Mississippi Highway 902
{{Short description|Highway in Mississippi}}
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{{Infobox road
| state =MS
| type =MS
| route =902
| map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-lat=32.1577|frame-long=-89.5301|zoom=12|type=line|from=Mississippi Highway 902.map}}
| map_custom=yes
| map_notes=MS 902 highlighted in violet
| length_mi =4.261
| length_km =
| length_round =
| length_ref ={{Cite report |author=Mississippi Department of Transportation Planning Division |date=December 31, 2016 |title=Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics Extent, Travel, and Designation |url=http://mdot.ms.gov/documents/planning/Programs/Statistics%20Book/2016%20MDOT%20Public%20Roads%20Statistics%20Extent%2C%20Travel%2C%20and%20Designation.pdf |publisher=Mississippi Department of Transportation |page=182 |access-date=August 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613084621/http://mdot.ms.gov/documents/planning/Programs/Statistics%20Book/2016%20MDOT%20Public%20Roads%20Statistics%20Extent,%20Travel,%20and%20Designation.pdf |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |url-status=dead }}
| established ={{circa|1967}}
| direction_a =West
| terminus_a ={{Jct|state=MS|MS|481}} near Burns
| junction =
| direction_b =East
| terminus_b ={{Jct|state=MS|MS|35}} near Lorena
| previous_type =MS
| previous_route =897
| next_type =MS
| next_route =903
| counties =Smith
}}
Mississippi Highway 902 (MS 902, also known as MS 35 Connector) is a state highway in central Mississippi. The route starts at MS 481 in Burns and it travels northeastwards. It travels within the Bienville National Forest and it ends at MS 35 in Lorena. The road was constructed around 1967 and was paved by 1968. The route was signed as MS 902 on state maps by 1998.
Route description
All of MS 902 is located in Smith County.{{Cite map |author = Mississippi Department of Transportation |url = http://mdot.ms.gov/documents/planning/Maps/County%20Highway%20Maps/Smith.pdf |title = Smith County, Mississippi |scale = c. 1:63,360 |location = Jackson |publisher = Mississippi Department of Transportation |year = 2016 |format = PDF |access-date = August 11, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170210021302/http://mdot.ms.gov/documents/planning/maps/County%20Highway%20Maps/Smith.pdf |archive-date = February 10, 2017 |url-status = dead }} In 2018, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) calculated 210 vehicles traveling on MS 902 north of County Road 32-A (CO 32-A) on average each day.{{cite web|title=MDOT Traffic Count Application|url=http://mdot.ms.gov/applications/trafficcounters/|publisher=Mississippi Department of Transportation|year=2017|access-date=August 20, 2019}} The road is legally defined in Mississippi Code § 65-3-3, as both MS 902 and MS 35 Connector,{{cite web |work = Mississippi Code of 1972 as Amended |title = Sec. 65-3-3: State Highways Designated |url = http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/mscode/ |author = Mississippi Legislature |author-link = Mississippi Legislature |publisher = Mississippi Legislature |via = LexisNexis |access-date = August 11, 2018 }} but it is signed as MS 902.{{cite sign |author=Mississippi Department of Transportation |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@32.1838234,-89.5101344,3a,15.6y,192.68h,85.47t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdDENW1r68d131b804HRLbA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en&authuser=0 |title=Mississippi Highway 902 West |location=Pulaski |publisher=Mississippi Department of Transportation |via = Google Street View |date=May 2016 |access-date=August 13, 2018 |medium=Traffic sign}} The route is maintained by MDOT as part of the Mississippi State Highway System.
MS 902 starts at a three-way junction with MS 481 in the unincorporated area of Burns and travels northward. As the route is completely within the Bienville National Forest, the majority of the road is surrounded by forests, with several farms located along the way.{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/32.1354435,-89.5475558/32.1830422,-89.5099531/@32.1587568,-89.5348895,6273m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!4m1!3e0?hl=en&authuser=0|title=Mississippi Highway 902|access-date=August 11, 2018}} It then intersects CO 502-A, a gravel spur route of CO 502, and CO 32-A, which travels to MS 35 near Lemon. MS 902 turns northeastwards south of CO 32-B, and continues in that direction until it ends at MS 35 in Lorena. The road continues as CO 32, which ends at CO 541 northwest of Klein.
History
Around 1967, a gravel road from MS 481 to MS 35 was constructed within the Bienville National Forest in Smith County,{{Mississippi road map|year=1965|access-date=August 11, 2018}}{{Mississippi road map|year=1967|access-date=August 11, 2018}} and it was paved one year later.{{Mississippi road map|year=1968|access-date=August 11, 2018}} The road was signed as MS 902 on the state highway map by 1998.{{Mississippi road map|year=1996|access-date=August 11, 2018}}{{Mississippi road map|year=1998|access-date=August 11, 2018}}
Major intersections
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|location=Burns
|mile=0.000
|road={{Jct|state=MS|MS|481}}
|notes=Western terminus
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{{MSint
|location=Lorena
|mile=4.261
|road={{Jct|state=MS|MS|35|city1=Forest|city2=Raleigh}}
|notes=Eastern terminus
}}
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