Mississippi Highway 27
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDOT | ||||
| Length: | 119.897 mi[1] (192.956 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
 LA 25 near Tylertown | |||
 US 98 in Tylertown US 84 in Monticello US 51 in Crystal Springs I-55 in Crystal Springs US 80 in Vicksburg | ||||
| North end: |
  I-20 / US 61 in Vicksburg | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Walthall, Lawrence, Copiah, Hinds, Warren | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Mississippi Highway 27 (MS 27) is a state highway in Mississippi. It runs from south to north for 119.53 miles (192.36 km), serving 5 counties: Walthall, Lawrence, Copiah, Hinds, and Warren. The segment between Vicksburg and Crystal Springs is known vernacularly as the "Utica cutoff" because it facilitates a circumvention of Jackson for I-20 / I-55 traffic flowing between Vicksburg and Hammond.
Locales on Route
From South to North
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Walthall | LA 25 south – Franklinton | Louisiana state line | |||
| Tylertown |   MS 48 / MS 198 – McComb, Columbia | ||||
 MS 583 north (Tyler Avenue) | |||||
| US 98 – McComb, Columbia | |||||
| Lawrence |  MS 44 west – Jayess | ||||
| Monticello |  MS 184 – Monticello, Brookhaven, Prentiss | ||||
| US 84 | Interchange | ||||
| Rosella | N.A. Sandifer Highway – Ferguson | ||||
| Wanilla | Smith Ferry Road - Wanilla | proposed MS 904 | |||
| Copiah | Rockport |  MS 472 west | |||
| Georgetown |  MS 28 – Hazlehurst, Pinola | ||||
| Crystal Springs |  US 51 south / MS 801 north – Crystal Springs, Calling Panther Lake, Lake Chautauqua | South end of US 51 overlap | |||
| I-55 / US 51 north – Brookhaven, Jackson | North end of US 51 overlap; I-55 exit 72 | ||||
| Hinds | Utica |  MS 18 west – Port Gibson, Downtown Utica | South end of MS 18 overlap | ||
| MS 18 east – Jackson | North end of MS 18 overlap | ||||
| Natchez Trace | Interchange | ||||
| Warren | Vicksburg |  US 80 / MS 822 east to I-20 west / US 61 west – Edwards, Downtown Vicksburg | |||
| I-20 east / US 61 north – Rolling Fork, Jackson | I-20 exit 6 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ↑ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
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