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The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is the organization in charge of developing and maintaining all state and federal roadways in the U.S. state of Mississippi. In addition to highways, the department also has a limited role in supporting Mississippi's public transportation system, ports and waterways system, aeronautics and ...
[7] [8] Beginning in 2011, the Mississippi Department of Transportation constructed a 2.3-mile-long (3.7 km) extension of MS 590 from just west of its original terminus at US 11 to MS 29 southeast of Ellisville. [9] The construction also included a new entrance to Jones County Junior College. The extension was completed in September 2013. [2]
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.
Planning of the MS 304 Bypass predates I-69 planning in Mississippi, and federal and state officials opted to route I-69 over this segment in 2000 since it was nearing the start of construction. It also eliminated the need for constructing a new highway while still accomplishing the intended goals for the I-69 corridor.
Interstate 310 (I-310), also designated as Mississippi Highway 601 (MS 601), is a proposed auxiliary route of I-10 in Gulfport, Mississippi. It is planned to travel from US Highway 90 (US 90) near the Port of Gulfport to I-10. The route is part of the High Priority Corridor 100(B), Central Mississippi Corridor, as part of the I-14 extension ...
Mississippi Highway 304 (MS 304) is an east-west state highway in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Mississippi, running for 40.4 miles (65.0 km) as a four-lane freeway from U.S. Route 61 (US 61) in Tunica Resorts to the Tennessee state line near Collierville. It is mostly concurrent with Interstate 69 (I-69) and Interstate 269 (I-269).
Interstate 59 (I-59) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs 445.23 miles (716.53 km) from Slidell, Louisiana, to just outside of Wildwood, Georgia.In the U.S. state of Mississippi, I-59 travels 171.72 miles (276.36 km) from the Louisiana state line south of Nicholson northward to the Alabama state line northeast of the city of Meridian.
By 1953, the gravel road opened, connecting from US 51 to MS 305. [8] [9] Another project was announced in 1954, with asphalt surfacing and more drainage and culverts. [10] By 1956, all of the route was paved, and MS 305 was extended past MS 306. [11] [12] In 1960, I-55 was proposed to intersect MS 306, [13] [14] and construction began by 1962.