Mississippi Highway 44
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| East end |  MS 42 near Sumrall | |
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| Country | United States | |
| State | Mississippi | |
| Counties | Pike, Walthall, Lawrence, Marion, Lawrence | |
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Mississippi Highway 44 (MS 44) is a 48.6-mile-long (78.2 km) disconnected state highway comprising three segments in south-central Mississippi.[1]
The first, and longest, section runs from
.Route description
Western segment
MS 44 begins in
US 51 (Broadway). It heads east to cross a bridge over railroad tracks and pass through neighborhoods along Pearl River Avenue, a divided two-lane street, to an intersection with Locust Street, where MS 570 breaks off and heads north. The highway now narrows to a regular two-lane and leaves McComb to pass northeast through rural areas for the next several miles. MS 44 crosses Bogue Chitto and Topisaw Creek before passing through Pricedale and crossing into Walthall County. It now comes to the Enon community, where it becomes concurrent MS 583 for a few miles, before breaking off at Bristers Store and crossing into Lawrence County. MS 44 passes through the Jayess community, where the highway meets a couple of roads leading to the nearby community of Topeka, before coming to an end at an intersection with MS 27 between Tylertown and Monticello.[2]
Pearl River Bridge segment
MS 44 begins at an intersection with
Pearl River. This is the only bridge across the river between the towns of Monticello and Columbia. The highway continues east through wooded areas for a couple miles before coming to an end at an intersection with MS 13 in the community of Goss.[3]
This entire section of MS 44 lies within Marion County.
Future plans call for this section of MS 44 to be extended westward from MS 587 to an intersection with MS 27 near Jayess, which would connect it to the western segment of MS 44.
Eastern segment
MS 44 begins in
US 98 at the eastern edge of the Columbia city limits. It heads north along a recently completed two-lane eastern bypass of the city, which is a little over a mile long, to an intersection with Sumrall Road, the former routing of MS 44 through downtown. MS 44 now leaves Columbia and heads northeast through a mix of rural farmland and woodlands for several miles to cross into Lamar County. The highway comes to an end shortly thereafter at an intersection with MS 42 just west of the town of Sumrall.[4]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Western end of MS 570 concurrency; western terminus of western segment | |||||||
| 0.9 | 1.4 |   MS 570 east (N Locust Street) – Southwest Mississippi Community College, RuthS Locust Street   To US 98 | Eastern end of MS 570 concurrency | ||||
| Walthall | Enon | 15.2 | 24.5 |   MS 583 south – Tylertown | Western end of MS 583 concurrency | ||
| Bristers Store | 18.2 | 29.3 |  MS 583 north – Brookhaven | Eastern end of MS 583 concurrency | |||
| Lawrence | Jayess | 20.8 | 33.5 | Topeka-Jayess Road - Topeka | |||
| | 25.0 | 40.2 | Bismark Road - Topeka | ||||
| | 25.9 | 41.7 |  MS 27 – Monticello, Tylertown | Eastern terminus of western segment | |||
| Gap in route | |||||||
| Marion | | 0.0 | 0.0 |  MS 587 – Monticello, Morgantown | Western terminus of Pearl River Bridge segment | ||
| Goss | 5.5 | 8.9 |  MS 13 – Columbia, Prentiss | Eastern terminus of Pearl River Bridge segment | |||
| Gap in route | |||||||
US 98 – Foxworth, Hattiesburg | Western terminus of eastern segment | ||||||
| 1.3 | 2.1 | Sumrall Road  To MS 198 – Downtown | Old MS 44 | ||||
| Lamar | | 17.2 | 27.7 | MS 42 – Sumrall, Bassfield | Eastern terminus of eastern segment | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ Mississippi Department of Transportation Planning Division (December 31, 2010). Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics Extent, Travel, and Designation (PDF) (Report). Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- ^ Google (October 28, 2020). "Western segment of MS 44" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
- ^ Google (October 28, 2020). "Pearl River Bridge segment of MS 44" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
- ^ Google (October 28, 2020). "Eastern segment of MS 44" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
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