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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 ...
A sign honoring a former convict who was executed for killing a police officer was up for several months in 2022. MoDOT is reviewing the program.
An Adopt-A-Highway sign on Interstate 8. The Adopt-A-Highway program allows any organization to participate, which became a point of controversy when the Ku Klux Klan adopted a portion of Interstate 55 just south of St. Louis, Missouri. While legally the program had to uphold the groups' rights to participate, public outcry and repeated ...
Mississippi Highway 395 (MS 395) is a short state highway in east-central Mississippi. It connects the small communities of Arlington and Plattsburg , along with MS 19 , with the town of Noxapater .
In July 1992, the State Highway Commission and State Highway Department were reorganized as the Mississippi Transportation Commission and the Mississippi Department of Transportation. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Dick Hall was the longest-tenured transportation commissioner, serving from 1999 until 2019. [ 4 ]
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.
Maintained by MDOT: Length: 17.762 mi (28.585 km) Major junctions; South end: US 80 in Brandon ... Mississippi Highway 471 (MS 471) is a highway in Central Mississippi.
Mississippi Highway 389 (MS 389) is a state highway that runs from south to north in the U.S. State of Mississippi. MS 389 currently exists in two sections. The southern section begins at MS 182 in Starkville. The road travels north out of the city, and crosses U.S. Route 82 (US 82) and MS 15.