Interstate 55 in Mississippi

Interstate 55
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	290.41 mi[1] (467.37 km)
Existed:	1955 (proposed in 1939) – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-55 at the Louisiana state line
	US 98 near McComb US 84 in Brookhaven I-20 / US 49 in Jackson and Richland MS 25 in Jackson I-220 in Ridgeland US 82 in Winona I-69 / I-269 in Hernando
North end:	I-55 / I-69 at the Tennessee line
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State Unsigned ← MS 53 MS 57 →

Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major north–south Interstate Highway that serves the middle of the United States. It runs 963.5 miles (1,550.6 km) from Interstate 10 in Laplace, Louisiana - about 25 miles (40 km) west of New Orleans to U.S. 41 in Chicago, Illinois.

Route description

In Mississippi, I-55 runs 290.5 miles (467.5 km) 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. North of Jackson, the Interstate runs east of the bluffs of the Mississippi Delta.

Number of lanes

• Louisiana to I-20: 4 lanes
• I-20 to Madison: 6-10 lanes
• Madison to Southaven: 4 lanes
• Southaven to Tennessee: 8-10 lanes

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]

History

Exit list

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Pike	​	0.00	0.00	–	I-55 south – New Orleans	Continuation into Louisiana
	​			1	MS 584 – Osyka, Gillsburg
	​			4	Chatawa
	​			8	MS 568 – Gillsburg, Magnolia
	​			10	MS 48 – Magnolia
	​			13	Fernwood, Industrial Park
	McComb			15	US 98 east / MS 24 west – Tylertown, Liberty, South McComb	South end of US 98 overlap; Formerly signed as exits 15A (US 98) and 15B (MS 24)
				17	Delaware Avenue – Downtown McComb
				18	MS 570 (Veterans Boulevard) – North McComb
	Summit			20	US 98 west – Natchez, Summit	North end of US 98 overlap; Signed as exits 20A (Summit) and 20B (US 98)
Lincoln	​			24	Lake Dixie Springs, Johnstons Station
	​			30	Bogue Chitto, Norfield
	Bogue Chitto River			Bridge
	​			38	US 84 – South Brookhaven, Natchez
	Brookhaven			40	To MS 550 – Downtown Brookhaven
	​			42	North Brookhaven
	​			48	Mount Zion Road
Copiah	​			51	Wesson
	​			56	Martinsville
	​			59	South Hazelhurst
	​			61	MS 28 – Hazelhurst, Fayette
	​			65	Gallman
	​			68	South Crystal Springs
	​			72	US 51 south / MS 27 – North Crystal Springs, Utica	South end of US 51 overlap
Hinds	Terry			78	Terry
	​			81	Wynndale Road
	​			85	Byram
	Jackson			88	Elton Road
				90A	Savanna Street
				90B	Daniel Lake Boulevard	Southbound exit and northbound entrance
				92A	McDowell Road
				92C	I-20 west / US 49 north / Terry Road – Vicksburg, Yazoo City	South end of I-20 / US 49 overlap; Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-20 east exit 46
				Bridge over the Pearl River
				45A	Gallatin Street	Northbound exit via exits 45 and 92B
				45B	US 51 north (State Street)	North end of US 51 overlap; Signed as exits 45 and 92B northbound
Rankin	Flowood			94	I-20 east / US 49 south – Meridian, Hattiesburg	North end of I-20 / US 49 overlap; Southbound exit and northbound entrance; I-20 west exit 46
Pearl River				Bridge
Hinds	Jackson			96A	Pearl Street-Telcom Center, Convention Complex
				96B	High Street – State Capitol
				96C	Fortification Street
				98A	Woodrow Wilson Avenue
				98B	MS 25 north (Lakeland Drive) – Carthage	Formerly signed as exits 98B (east) and 98C (west)
				99	Meadowbrook Road	Southbound exit via exit 100
				100	Northside Drive
				102A	Briarwood Drive	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
				102B	Beasley Road / Adkins Boulevard	Signed as exit 102 southbound
				103	County Line Road - Ridgeland
Madison	Ridgeland			104	I-220 south – West Jackson	Northern terminus of I-220
				105A	Natchez Trace Parkway
				105 B-C	Jackson Avenue / Old Agency Road - Ridgeland	Signed as exits 105B and 105C northbound
	​			106	Steed Road, Northlake Avenue
	​			107	Colony Park Boulevard / Madison Avenue
	​			108	MS 463 – Madison
	​			112	Gluckstadt
	​			114	Sowell Road	Signed as 114A (east) and 114B (west) southbound
	​			118	Nissan Parkway	Signed as exits 118A (east) and 118B (west)
	Canton			119	MS 22 – Canton, Flora
	​			124	MS 16 – North Canton, Yazoo City
Big Black River				Bridge
Yazoo	​			133	Vaughan
	​			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	US 82 – Winona, Greenwood
Carroll	​			195	MS 404 – Duck Hill
Grenada	​			199	Nat G. Troutt Road – South Grenada
	​			206	MS 7 south / MS 8 – Grenada, Greenwood	South end of MS 7 overlap
	​			208	Paper Mill Road – North Grenada
	​			211	MS 7 north / MS 333 – Coffeeville	North end of MS 7 overlap
Yalobusha	​			220	MS 330 (Tillatoba Road) – Coffeeville
	​			227	MS 32 – Oakland, Water Valley
	​			233	Enid
Panola	​			237	Pope, Courtland
	Batesville			243	US 278 / MS 6 – Oxford, Batesville	formerly signed as exits 243A-B
				246	MS 35 / MS 315 – North Batesville
	Sardis			252	MS 315 – Sardis, Sardis Dam
	​			257	MS 310 – Como
Tate	Senatobia			263	MS 740 – South Senatobia
				265	MS 4 – Holly Springs, Senatobia
	Coldwater			271	MS 306 – Independence, Coldwater
DeSoto	Hernando			280	MS 304 (Commerce Street) – Hernando, Arktabula Lake
				283	I-69 south / I-269 / MS 304 west – Tunica, Collierville	South end of I-69 overlap; I-269 closed & under construction to the east.
				284	Nesbit Road, Pleasant Hill Road - North Hernando
	Southaven			287	Church Road –Southaven, Horn Lake
				289	MS 302 (Goodman Road) – Southaven, Horn Lake, Olive Branch
				291	Main Street / Stateline Road – Southaven, Horn Lake
		290.41	467.37	–	I-55 north / I-69 north – Memphis	Continuation into Tennessee
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. "Route Log and Finder List - Interstate System: Table 1". FHWA. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
2. Capka, J. Richard (FHWA Administrator), Letter to Harry Lee James (MDOT) dated January 18, 2008, retrieved May 28, 2008.
3. Lawrence, Christopher N. Photograph taken May 27, 2008.