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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 I-10 in Laplace, Louisiana —about 25 miles (40 km) west of New Orleans —to U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) in Chicago, Illinois .
Signs for Interstate 55 North and Interstate 69 North are seen at a light at the I-55 exit on Church Road in Southaven, Miss., on Monday, June 17, 2024. Phase one is just the beginning of I-55's ...
Hazlehurst is a city in and the county seat of Copiah County, Mississippi, United States, [2] located about 30 miles (48 km) south of the state capital Jackson along Interstate 55. The population was 4,009 at the 2010 census. [3] It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its economy is based on agriculture, particularly tomatoes ...
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Mississippi Highway Patrol releases traffic fatalities and incidents that occurred over the New Year holidays.
Things changed when the state legislature launched the $1.3 billion Four-Lane Highway Program of 1987. [2] This program gradually allowed for the funding of over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of four-lane highway statewide. In 2002, the Four-Lane Highway Program was expanded in what was known as Vision 21.
When it was realized that a national highway system was needed, the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 provided for a highway replacing the old US 66 which I-55 filled. I-55 was originally constructed in the 1960s, to extend a section of US 66 between I-294 and Gardner which had been converted into a freeway and had Interstate signage installed in 1960.
A dust storm in central Illinois Monday morning, May 1 created "zero visibility" conditions, triggering a fiery 72-vehicle pileup on Interstate 55 that killed seven people and injured more than 35 ...