Interstate 55 in Mississippi
Appearance
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Mississippi | |||
Counties | Pike, Lincoln, Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Yazoo, Holmes, Carroll, Montgomery, Grenada, Yalobusha, Panola, Tate, DeSoto | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major north–south
Laplace, Louisiana—about 25 miles (40 km) west of New Orleans—to U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) in Chicago, Illinois. In Mississippi, it runs for about 290.41 miles (467.37 km), entering the state at the Louisiana state line near Osyka and leaving at the Tennessee state line near Southaven, just south of Memphis
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Route description
The highway parallels
US 51 during its trek roughly through the center of the Magnolia State. North of Jackson, the Interstate runs east of the bluffs of the Mississippi Delta
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Near
. The highway crosses the state line north of Southaven into Tennessee.History
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Exit list
County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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New Orleans | Continuation into Louisiana | |||||
| 0.79 | 1.27 | 1 | ![]() | Diamond interchange | |
| 4.49 | 7.23 | 4 | Chatawa Road – Chatawa | Diamond interchange | |
| 7.79 | 12.54 | 8 | ![]() | Diamond interchange | |
| 10.24 | 16.48 | 10 | ![]() | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |
| 13.29 | 21.39 | 13 | Airport-Fernwood Road – Fernwood, Industrial Park | ||
Diamond interchange; south end of US 98 overlap; Formerly signed as exits 15A (US 98) and 15B (MS 24) | ||||||
17.30 | 27.84 | 17 | Delaware Avenue – Downtown McComb | |||
18.13 | 29.18 | 18 | ![]() | |||
North end of US 98 overlap; Signed as exits 20A (Summit) and 20B (US 98) | ||||||
Lincoln | | 24.31 | 39.12 | 24 | Pike County Line Road – Lake Dixie Springs, Johnstons Station | |
| 29.52 | 47.51 | 30 | Bogue Chitto Road – Bogue Chitto, Norfield | ||
| 37.66 | 60.61 | 38 | ![]() US 84 – South Brookhaven, Natchez | ||
Brookhaven | 40.22 | 64.73 | 40 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
| 42.14 | 67.82 | 42 | Dunn-Ratcliff Road – North Brookhaven | ||
| 48.25 | 77.65 | 48 | Mount Zion Road | ||
Copiah | | 51.27 | 82.51 | 51 | Sylvarena Road – Wesson | |
| 56.27 | 90.56 | 56 | Tower Road – Martinsville | ||
| 58.67 | 94.42 | 59 | County Farm Road – South Hazelhurst | ||
| 61.00 | 98.17 | 61 | ![]() Hazelhurst, Fayette | ||
| 64.67 | 104.08 | 65 | Gallman Road – Gallman | ||
| 67.95 | 109.35 | 68 | ![]() ![]() MS 844 east (Pat Harrison Drive) – South Crystal Springs | ||
| 71.26 | 114.68 | 72 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | South end of US 51 overlap | |
Hinds | Terry | 78.23 | 125.90 | 78 | Green Gable Road / Cunnigham Street – Terry | |
| 80.58 | 129.68 | 81 | Wynndale Road | ||
| 84.53 | 136.04 | 85 | Siwell Road – Byram | ||
Jackson | 87.71 | 141.16 | 88 | Elton Road | ||
89.29 | 143.70 | 90A | Savanna Street | |||
90.02 | 144.87 | 90B | Daniel Lake Boulevard | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
91.14 | 146.68 | 92A | McDowell Road | |||
91.57 | 147.37 | 92C | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | South end of I-20 / US 49 overlap; Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-20 exit 44 | ||
92.52 | 148.90 | 45A | Gallatin Street | Northbound exit is part of exit 45; this exit gives I-55 northbound traffic a 2nd chance to get exit access to Gallatin Street | ||
92.90 | 149.51 | 45B (SB) 92B (NB) | ![]() ![]() US 51 north (State Street) | North end of US 51 concurrency | ||
US 80 – Flowood | North end of I-20 / US 49 overlap; Southbound exit and northbound entrance; I-20 exit 46 | |||||
Hinds | Jackson | 95.21 | 153.23 | 96A | Pearl Street-Telcom Center, Convention Complex | Trumpet interchange |
95.52 | 153.72 | 96B | High Street – State Capitol | Future western terminus of the proposed Airport Parkway; one-quadrant interchange | ||
96.05 | 154.58 | 96C | Fortification Street | One-quadrant interchange | ||
97.28 | 156.56 | 98A | Woodrow Wilson Avenue | |||
97.85 | 157.47 | 98B | ![]() ![]() | Formerly signed as exits 98B (east) and 98C (west); partial cloverleaf interchange | ||
98.98 | 159.29 | 99 | Meadowbrook Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
99.51 | 160.15 | 100 | Northside Drive | |||
101.24 | 162.93 | 102A | Briarwood Drive | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
101.59 | 163.49 | 102B | Beasley Road / Adkins Boulevard | Signed as exit 102 southbound | ||
102.58 | 165.09 | 103 | County Line Road - Ridgeland | |||
Madison | Ridgeland | 103.51 | 166.58 | 104 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of I-220; Y interchange |
104.62 | 168.37 | 105A | ![]() | Partial cloverleaf interchange & Two-quadrant interchange | ||
104.79 | 168.64 | 105 B-C | ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 105B (Jackson Street) and 105C (Old Agency Road) northbound; partial cloverleaf interchange | ||
| 106.68 | 171.68 | 107 | Colony Park Boulevard / Madison Avenue | ||
| 107.66 | 173.26 | 108 | ![]() | SPUI | |
| 111.59 | 179.59 | 112 | Gluckstadt Road – Gluckstadt | ||
| 113.27 | 182.29 | 114 | ![]() | Signed as 114A (east) and 114B (west) southbound | |
| 116.82 | 188.00 | 118 | Nissan Parkway – South Canton | Signed as exits 118A (east) and 118B (west) | |
Canton | 118.15 | 190.14 | 119 | ![]() | ||
| 123.51 | 198.77 | 124 | ![]() | ||
Yazoo | | 132.56 | 213.33 | 133 | Vaughan Road – Vaughan | |
| 138.14 | 222.31 | 139 | ![]() | ||
Holmes | | 143.17 | 230.41 | 144 | ![]() | |
| 145.74 | 234.55 | 146 | ![]() | ||
| 149.37 | 240.39 | 150 | State Park Road – Holmes County State Park | ||
| 155.41 | 250.11 | 156 | ![]() | ||
| 163.85 | 263.69 | 164 | Emory Road – West | ||
Carroll | Vaiden | 173.64 | 279.45 | 174 | ![]() ![]() | |
Montgomery | Winona | 184.07 | 296.23 | 185 | ![]() | |
Carroll | | 194.56 | 313.11 | 195 | ![]() | |
Grenada | | 198.10 | 318.81 | 199 | Nat G. Troutt Road – South Grenada | |
South end of MS 7 overlap | ||||||
207.37 | 333.73 | 208 | Paper Mill Road – North Grenada | |||
| 210.77 | 339.20 | 211 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() MS 333 Scenic – Coffeeville | North end of MS 7 overlap | |
Yalobusha | | 219.43 | 353.14 | 220 | ![]() | |
| 225.98 | 363.68 | 227 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() MS 32 Scenic west – Oakland, Water Valley | ||
| 231.72 | 372.92 | 233 | ![]() ![]() MS 32 Scenic – Enid | ||
Panola | | 236.48 | 380.58 | 237 | Hentz Road – Pope, Courtland | |
formerly signed as exits 243A-B | ||||||
245.15 | 394.53 | 246 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() MS 315 Scenic north – North Batesville | |||
MS 315 Scenic south – Sardis, Sardis Dam | ||||||
| 256.43 | 412.68 | 257 | ![]() | ||
Tate | Senatobia | 262.00 | 421.65 | 263 | ![]() | |
264.19 | 425.17 | 265 | ![]() | |||
Coldwater | 269.86 | 434.30 | 271 | ![]() | Counterclockwise terminus of MS 304 Scenic | |
MS 304 Scenic west (Commerce Street) – Hernando, Arkabutla Lake | Clockwise terminus of MS 304 Scenic; former MS 304 | |||||
281.24 | 452.61 | 283 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | South end of I-69 overlap; I-269 western terminus | ||
282.74 | 455.03 | 284 | Nesbit Road / Pleasant Hill Road - North Hernando | |||
Southaven | 286.22 | 460.63 | 287 | Church Road –Southaven, Horn Lake | ||
288.26 | 463.91 | 289 | ![]() | |||
Mississippi–Tennessee line | 290.29– 290.51 | 467.18– 467.53 | 291 | Main Street / State Line Road – Southaven | ||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Tennessee | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
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- ^ "Route Log and Finder List - Interstate System: Table 1". FHWA. Retrieved October 5, 2007.