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Route 609 bridge in Jackson County and the I-110 bridge and U.S. 90 Biloxi Bay Bridge in Harrison County remain closed due to icy conditions. 5 p.m. Officially, 8.3 inches in St. Martin
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 ...
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 .
I-55 enters Arkansas from Tennessee as it crosses the Mississippi River on the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge. It overlaps I-40 for approximately 2.8 miles (4.5 km) in West Memphis . After separating from I-40, I-55 turns northward and runs with US 61, US 63 , and US 64 until US 64 exits in through Marion . [ 3 ]
Since then, Mississippi has gradually expanded its highway system. 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.
The weather service on Saturday evening issued an additional tornado watch impacting 3.5 million people for parts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi through 2 a.m. CST.
Minor damage to a gas station at U.S. 51 and Mississippi 28 also was reported. A tornado-producing storm was spotted near Sontag, about 12 miles southeast of Hazlehurst, moving east at 40 mph.