NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI DAILY JOURNAL
140 YEARS
SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2010 ■ PAGE 15I
U.S. HIGHWAY 78 / TUPELO TRAIN DEPOT
Highways and railroads have figured prominently in Tupelo’s growth. The ribbon-cutting for the four-lane U.S. Highway 78 in 1994, left, had traffic backed up for miles; now the highway is in line for designation as Interstate 22, below. The Tupelo Railroad Depot went from an isolated structure in the early 1900s, above, to a more distinguished building on Spring Street, near the Southern Hotel, in 1935, middle.