Mississippi Highway 48
Route information | ||
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Maintained by MDOT | ||
Length | 83.6 mi[1] (134.5 km) (64.629 mi excluding concurrencies) | |
Existed | 1932–present | |
Major junctions | ||
West end | MS 24 / MS 33 in Centreville | |
East end | MS 35 in Sandy Hook | |
Location | ||
Country | United States | |
State | Mississippi | |
Counties | Amite, Pike, Walthall, Marion | |
Highway system | ||
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Mississippi Highway 48 (MS 48) is a state highway in southern Mississippi. It runs from east to west for 83.6 miles (134.5 km), serving a total of four counties: Marion, Walthall, Pike, and Amite.
Route description
MS 48 begins in
MS 24/MS 48 travel through woodlands, where they cross the
MS 48 immediately crosses the Bogue Chitto River and travels eastward through more farmland before the Tylertown city limits and becoming concurrent with MS 198. They travel along Beulah Avenue through some neighborhoods for several blocks before entering downtown and having an intersection with MS 27 (Franklinton Street/Ball Avenue) near the Walthall County Courthouse. MS 48/MS 198 continue through downtown for several blocks before leaving and passing through neighborhoods again, where they cross Magees Creek and MS 48 splits off to leave Tylertown and wind its way southeast through farmland for several miles (where it passes through the community of Dexter) to enter Marion County.
MS 48 curves eastward again and travels through woodlands for several miles before coming to an end in the community of Sandy Hook at an intersection with MS 35, only 2.5 miles north of the Louisiana state line by road.
The entire route of Mississippi Highway 48 is a rural two-lane state highway.[2]
Major intersections
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Baton Rouge | Western terminus | ||||
Baton Rouge | West end of MS 569 overlap | ||||
Liberty | 15.0 | 24.1 | MS 24 west (Main Street) – Gloster | West end of MS 24 overlap | |
15.2 | 24.5 | MS 584 east (Gillsburg Road) – Gillsburg | Western terminus of MS 584 | ||
15.3 | 24.6 | MS 569 north (Old Jackson Road) | East end of MS 569 overlap | ||
Pike | | 33.6 | 54.1 | MS 24 east – McComb | East end of MS 24 overlap |
New Orleans | I-55 exit 10 | ||||
39.9 | 64.2 | ||||
Dykes Crossing | 51.3 | 82.6 | MS 575 south – Progress | Northern terminus of MS 575 | |
US 98 – McComb | West end of MS 198 overlap | ||||
60.8 | 97.8 | Franklinton | |||
61.6 | 99.1 | US 98 – Columbia | East end of MS 198 overlap | ||
Bogalusa | Eastern terminus | ||||
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 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ Google (May 29, 2021). "Map of Mississippi Highway 48" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
External links
- Media related to Mississippi Highway 48 at Wikimedia Commons