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Highways that are legislatively numbered between 701 and 994 run mostly along main streets and major roads through the state's towns and cities. Many of these routes are unsigned. The 700s run through the northern part of Mississippi, the 800s run through the central part, and the 900s run through the southern part.
According to the 2020 United States Census, Mississippi is the 32nd-most populous state, with 2,949,965 inhabitants and the 31st largest by land area, spanning 46,923.27 square miles (121,530.7 km 2) of land. [1] Mississippi is divided into 82 counties and contains 300 municipalities, consisting of cities, towns, and villages.
Until 1987, there were but two major four-lane highways in Mississippi, not counting the Interstates, which were built during the 1960s and 1970s: U.S. Highway 49 (US 49) from Yazoo City to Gulfport and US 82 between Greenville and Winona. Things changed when the state legislature launched the $1.3 billion Four-Lane Highway Program of 1987. [2]
The legislature's 1990 decision to legalize casino gambling along the Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast has led to increased revenues and economic gains for the state. Gambling towns in Mississippi have attracted increased tourism: they include the Gulf Coast resort towns of Bay St. Louis, Gulfport and Biloxi, and the Mississippi River towns ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Mississippi: Mississippi – U.S. state located in the Southern United States, named after the Mississippi River which flows along its western boundary. The capital is Jackson, which is also the state's largest city. The state is heavily forested outside ...
US 78 at the Tennessee state line near Olive Branch: US 78 at the Alabama state line near Tremont: 1926: current US 80: 157: 253 US 80 at the Louisiana state line (Vicksburg Bridge) near Vicksburg: US 80 at the Alabama state line near Kewanee: 1926: current US 82: 180.0: 289.7 US 82 at the Arkansas state line (Greenville Bridge) near Refuge
In its "12 Cutest Small Towns in the Southern United States" list, travel site World Atlas included two quaint Mississippi cities.
Alabama state line proposed — Proposed across the central part of the state, from the Louisiana state line (Mississippi River) near Natchez to the Alabama state line near Meridian; Proposal for the Fourteenth Amendment Highway I-20: 154.5: 248.6 I-20 at Louisiana state line (Vicksburg Bridge) near Vicksburg: I-20/I-59 at Alabama state line ...