Mississippi Highway 33
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Country | Wilkinson | |||
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Mississippi Highway 33 (MS 33) is a
Route description
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/MS33_North_-Sign_-_Gloster_%2842180915611%29.jpg/220px-MS33_North_-Sign_-_Gloster_%2842180915611%29.jpg)
MS 33 begins in Wilkinson County at the Louisiana state line, with it continuing south as Louisiana Highway 19 (LA 19) into Norwood. It heads north through woodlands, then farmland for several miles, passing through Whitaker before entering the Centreville city limits and becoming concurrent (overlapped) with MS 24. The highway heads east through a business district as it bypasses downtown along its southern side and crosses into neighboring Amite County, where they have an intersection with MS 48, before leaving Centreville and heading due north through farmland for several miles. MS 24/MS 33 travel through the town of Gloster, bypassing downtown along its eastern side before MS 24 splits off and heads east while MS 33 heads north to enter the Homochitto National Forest. MS 33 winds its way northwest through hilly remote woodlands for several miles before exiting the forest and straddles the county line with Wilkinson County as it passes through the community of Coles, the town of Crosby, has an intersection with MS 563, and passes through the community of Rosetta before crossing the Homochitto River into Franklin County.
MS 33 immediately re-enters the National Forest for the next several miles, exiting only briefly at times to pass through the communities of
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/MS33_North_-_Bordering_Trees_near_Fayette_%2842180917621%29.jpg/220px-MS33_North_-_Bordering_Trees_near_Fayette_%2842180917621%29.jpg)
MS 33 passes through the community of
The entire route of Mississippi Highway 33 is a rural two-lane highway.[2]
History
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/HomochittoRiver1974.jpg/220px-HomochittoRiver1974.jpg)
In April 1974, the bridge on MS 33 over the
Major intersections
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Wilkinson | | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() | Louisiana state line; southern terminus | |||
Centreville | 6.0 | 9.7 | ![]() ![]() | South end of MS 24 overlap | ||||
Downtown Centreville | Eastern terminus of unsigned MS 946 | |||||||
| 8.3 | 13.4 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of MS 48 | ||||
Gloster | 15.5 | 24.9 | E Tate Street (MS 911 north) – Downtown Gloster | Southern terminus of unsigned MS 911 | ||||
15.9 | 25.6 | E Main Street (MS 913 north) – Downtown Gloster | Southern terminus of unsigned MS 913 | |||||
16.3 | 26.2 | ![]() ![]() | North end of MS 24 overlap | |||||
Wilkinson |
No major junctions | |||||||
Amite |
No major junctions | |||||||
Wilkinson | | 25.3 | 40.7 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of MS 563 | |||
Franklin | Knoxville | 32.4 | 52.1 | Bunkley Road – Knoxville | ||||
US 84 – Natchez, Brookhaven | ||||||||
Hamburg | 46.5 | 74.8 | Hamburg Road – Hamburg | |||||
Jefferson | McNair | 51.1 | 82.2 | McNair Road – McNair | ||||
Fayette | 54.8 | 88.2 | ![]() ![]() | South end of MS 28 overlap | ||||
55.6 | 89.5 | Main Street - Fayette | Former US 61 | |||||
55.7 | 89.6 | ![]() US 61 – Natchez, Port Gibson | North end of MS 28 overlap; northern terminus; western terminus of MS 28 | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
- ^ Google (April 9, 2021). "Map of Mississippi Highway 33" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
External links
Media related to Mississippi Highway 33 at Wikimedia Commons
- Magnolia Meanderings