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The Mississippi Gulf Coast consists of many cities that lie directly on the Mississippi Sound. The U. S. Census Bureau divided the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) for the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2003, which previously consisted of the three coastal counties (Hancock; Harrison; Jackson), into two MSAs that included two additional counties (George; Stone).
I-10 enters the Gulf Coast area of Mississippi from Louisiana after crossing the East Pearl River.The highway parallels US Route 90 (US 90) to the north, traversing the southern parts of the three southernmost counties in the state: Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson.
Map of the United States with Mississippi highlighted. Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States.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]
US 49 has historically been one of the most important highways in Mississippi. It was the state's first highway to see a significant rural segment four-laned. [2] Today, it is the only four-laned route directly connecting Jackson, the state's capital and largest city, to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. [3]
The Mississippi River System is connected to the Illinois Waterway, which continues to the Great Lakes Waterway and then to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Lower Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico allows ocean shipping to connect with the barge traffic, thereby making this segment vital to both the domestic and foreign ...
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 near Kewanee — — I-22: 106.0: ...
Mississippi highways 301 through 614 are secondary highways that are generally shorter than one- and two-digit highways. These routes are organized so that the 300s run in the northern part of the state, the 400s run in the north-central section, the 500s run in the south-central section, and the 600s run in the most southern section.
US 49 & US 49W at Yazoo City: US 49 & US 49W at Tutwiler: 1926: current US 49W: 81.894: 131.796 US 49 & US 49E at Yazoo City: US 49 & US 49E at Tutwiler: 1926: current US 51: 267.2: 430.0 US 51 at the Louisiana state line near Osyka: US 51 at the Tennessee state line near Horn Lake: 1926: current US 61: 299.8: 482.5