Interstate 55 in Mississippi

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Interstate 55
Main route of the Interstate Highway System

Length:

290.41 mi^[1] (467.37 km)

Formed:

1955 (route proposed in 1939)

South end:

I-55 at the Louisiana line

Major
junctions:

US 98 near McComb

I-20/US 49 in Jackson and Richland

MS 25 in Jackson

I-220 in Ridgeland

US 82 in Winona

I-69 South in Hernando

North end:

I-55 / I-69 at the Tennessee line

Numbered highways in Mississippi
< MS 53		MS 57 >
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State highways Unsigned state highways

Interstate 55 is a major north-south Interstate Highway that serves the middle of the United States. It runs 963.5 miles from Interstate 10 in Laplace, Louisiana - about 25 miles west of New Orleans to U.S. 41 in Chicago, Illinois.

1 Route description
- 1.1 Overlap with Interstate 69
2 Major cities
3 Exit list
4 References

[edit] Route description

In Mississippi, I-55 runs 290.5 miles from the Louisiana border near Osyka to Southaven on the Tennessee border, just south of Memphis. The highway parallels U.S. 51 during its trek roughly through the center of Magnolia State.

[edit] Overlap with Interstate 69

On January 18, 2008, the Federal Highway Administration authorized the states of Mississippi and Tennessee to extend I-69 from the I-40/TN 300 interchange in north Memphis to the I-55/I-69 interchange in Hernando; in late May 2008, Mississippi began posting signs reflecting the extension of the route.^[2]^[3]

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

[edit] Exit list

County	Location	Exit #	Destinations	Notes
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana-Pike County, Mississippi Border
Pike		1	MS 584 - Osyka, Gillsburg
		4	Chatawa
		8	MS 568 - Gillsburg, Magnolia
		10	MS 48 - Magnolia
		13	Fernwood, Industrial Park
	McComb	15A	U.S. Route 98 east - Tylertown, South McComb
		15B	MS 24 west - Liberty
		Begin concurrency
		17	Delaware Avenue, Downtown McComb
		18	MS 570 (Smithdale Road) - North McComb
	Summit	20A	Summit
		20B	U.S. 98 west - Natchez
		End concurrency
Lincoln		24	Lake Dixie Springs, Johnstons Station
		30	Bogue Chitto, Norfield
	Bridge over the Bogue Chitto River
		38	U.S. Route 84 - South Brookhaven, Natchez	Exit to access Monticello and Meadville.
	Brookhaven	40	To MS 550 - Downtown Brookhaven
		42	North Brookhaven
		48	Wesson, Mount Zion Road
Copiah		51	Beauregard, Sylvarena Road
		56	Martinsville
		59	South Hazelhurst
		61	MS 28 - Hazelhurst, Fayette
		65	Gallman
		68	South Crystal Springs
		72	U.S. Route 51 south/MS 27 - North Crystal Springs, Vicksburg	Exit to access Utica and Georgetown.
	Begin concurrency
Hinds	Terry	78	Terry
		81	Wynndale Road
		85	Byram
	Jackson	88	Elton Road
		90A	Savannah Street
		90B	Daniel Lake Boulevard	Southbound exit and northbound entrance.
		92A	McDowell Road
		92B	U.S. 51 north (State Street) - Gallatin Street	Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
		End concurrency
		92C	I-20 west/U.S. Route 49 north - Vicksburg, Yazoo City, Terry Road North	Northbound exit and southbound entrance.
		overlaps using I-20's exit numbers
		45A	Gallatin Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance.
		45B	U.S. 51 north (State Street)	Exit to reach downtown Jackson.
Hinds-Rankin county line	Jackson-Richland city limits	crosses the Pearl River
Rankin	Richland	46	I-55 north - Grenada, Memphis	Exit to reach downtown Jackson.
	Richland	End concurrency
	Flowood	94	I-20 east/U.S. 49 south - Meridian, Hattiesburg	Southbound exit and northbound entrance. Exit to reach Jackson-Evers International Airport.
Hinds	Jackson	Second bridge over the Pearl River
		96A	U.S. 51 south (Pearl Street) - Telcom Center	Downtown Jackson exits. U.S. 51 (not signed) joins northbound via the Pascagoula Street on-ramp and exits southbound at Exit 96A. Use Exit 96C to reach Belhaven College.
		96B	State Capitol, High Street
		96C	Fortification Street
		98A	Woodrow Wilson Avenue	Exit to reach Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium and Millsaps College.
		98B	MS 25 north (Lakeland Drive) - Carthage	Southbound
		98B	MS 25 north (Lakeland Drive) - Carthage	Northbound Exit 98B to reach Jackson-Evers International Airport, Flowood and Ross Barnett Reservoir.
		98C	West Lakeland Drive
		99	Meadowbrook Drive, Northside Drive East	Northbound - exit to reach Old Canton Road.
		100	Northside Drive
		102A	Briarwood Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance only.
		102	Beasley Road, Adkins Boulevard	Northbound: Exit is numbered 102B. Southbound - Exit to reach Briarwood Drive.
		103	U.S. 51 north - County Line Road, Ridgeland	U.S. 51 (not signed) exits northbound and joins southbound via I-55's frontage road. Exit to reach Ross Barnett Reservoir and Tougaloo College. County Line Road is the border between Hinds and Madison counties and the cities of Jackson and Ridgeland.
Madison	Ridgeland	104	I-220 - West Jackson
		105A	Natchez Trace Parkway
		105B-C	Ridgeland, Old Agency Road
	Madison	108	MS 463 - Madison
		112	Gluckstadt
		114	Sowell Road
		118A-B	Nissan Drive	Exit to reach Nissan's assembly facility.
	Canton	119	MS 22 - Canton, Flora
		124	MS 16 - North Canton, Yazoo City
Madison-Yazoo county line		Bridge over the Big Black River
Yazoo		133	Vaughn
Yazoo		139	MS 432 - Pickens, Yazoo City, Benton
Holmes		144	MS 17 - Pickens, Lexington
		146	MS 14 - Goodman, Ebenezer
		150	Holmes County State Park
		156	MS 12 - Durant, Lexington
		164	West
Carroll	Vaiden	174	MS 35/MS 430 - Vaiden, Carrollton
Montgomery	Winona	185	U.S. Route 82 - Winona, Greenwood	Exit to reach Greenville, Starkville, Mississippi Valley State University and Mississippi University for Women.
Carroll		195	MS 404 - Duck Hill
Grenada		199	Elliott
	Grenada	206	MS 7 south/MS 8 - Grenada, Greenwood
	Begin concurrency
		208	North Grenada, Paper Mill Road
		211	MS 7 north/Scenic MS 333 - Coffeeville
	End concurrency
Yalobusha		220	MS 330 (Tillatoba Road) - Coffeeville
		227	MS 32 - Oakland, Water Valley	Exit to reach George Payne Cossar State Park.
		233	Enid
Panola		237	Pope, Courtland
	Batesville	243A-B	U.S. Route 278/MS 6 - Oxford, Batesville	Exits 243A (Oxford) and 243B (Batesville). Exit 243A to reach South Sardis Lake. Exit 243B to reach Clarksdale.
	Batesville	246	Senic MS 35 / MS 315 Scenic Route - North Batesville	Exit to reach Sardis Dam.
	Sardis	252	MS 315/MS 315 Scenic Route - Sardis
		257	MS 310 - Como	Exit to reach North Sardis Lake.
Tate	Senatobia	263	MS 740 - South Senatobia	Connector to U.S. 51.
	Senatobia	265	MS 4 - Holly Springs, Senatobia	Exit to reach Tunica and Northwest Mississippi Community College.
	Coldwater	271	MS 306 - Independence, Coldwater
DeSoto	Hernando	280	MS 304 Scenic Route - Hernando, Commerce Street, Arktabula Lake
		Begin concurrency
		283	I-69 south/MS 304 west - Tunica
		284	Nesbit Road
	Southaven	287	Church Road
		289	MS 302 (Goodman Road) - Horn Lake, Olive Branch, South Southaven
		291	Southaven, Main Street/State Line Road
DeSoto County, Mississippi-Shelby County, Tennessee Border continues north into Memphis