It heads southeast through a mix of open fields and woods passing some homes along the way.

It enters the community of Schamberville and forms part of the border of the census designated place of Collinsville.

Continuing southeast, it heads through Suqualena before ending at MS 19, about equidistant between Collinsville and Nellieburg and about six miles (9.7 km) northwest of Meridian.

[3][4] The MS 494 appeared along the road by 1955 however references to it dated back to at least 1952.

[5][6][7] The only change to its routing was when MS 15 was moved to a bypass of Union in 1977, MS 494 was cut back to its current terminus from Old Decatur Road.