Mississippi Highway 42

MS Highway 42 marker

MS Highway 42
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length: 106.220 mi[1] (170.945 km)
Major junctions
West end: MS 43 in New Hebron
  US 84 in Prentiss
US 49 in Hattiesburg
I-59 in Hattiesburg
US 11 in Hattiesburg
US 45 in State Line
East end: SR 56 in State Line
Location
Counties: Wayne, Greene, Perry, Forrest, Lamar, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence
Highway system
← MS 41MS 43 →

Mississippi Highway 42 (MS 42) is a state highway in Mississippi. MS 42 runs in an east/west direction for 105 miles (excluding multiplexes with US routes), serving seven Mississippi counties: Wayne, Greene, Perry, Forrest, Lamar, Jefferson Davis, and Lawrence. Portions of this highway run parallel to the Longleaf Trace. The length of highway between Interstate 59 and U.S. Highway 11 in Forrest County, just outside Petal is known as the Evelyn Gandy Parkway.

Locales on Route

From East to West

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Lawrence Rockport-New Hebron Roadwest end of state maintenance (Simpson County line)
New HebronJones Street (MS 915)
MS 43 – Pinola, Silver Creek
Jefferson Davis  US 84 – Collins, Monticello
Prentiss MS 13 / MS 184 – Collins, Monticello
Columbia Avenue (MS 937)
Bassfield MS 35 – Mount Olive, Columbia
Lamar  MS 44 west – Columbiawest end of MS 44 overlap
Sumrall MS 589 – Downtown Sumralleast end of MS 44 overlap
Forrest  US 49 north – Jacksonwest end of US 49 overlap
Hattiesburg I-59 south / US 49 south – New Orleans, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Hattiesburg, University of Southern Mississippieast end of US 49 overlap; west end of I-59 overlap; MS 42 west follows exit 67B
  I-59 north / Eatonville Road – Laurel, Eatonvilleeast end of I-59 overlap; MS 42 east follows exit 69
Petal US 11 – Hattiesburg, Laurelinterchange
Central Avenueformer MS 142
PerryRunnelstown MS 29 – Ellisville, New Augusta
Richton MS 15 south – Beaumontwest end of MS 15 overlap
MS 15 north – Laureleast end of MS 15 overlap
GreeneSand Hill MS 63 south – Leakesvillewest end of MS 63 overlap
  MS 63 north – Waynesboroeast end of MS 63 overlap
State Line To MS 57 / Main Streetformer MS 57
Wayne MS 57 – Waynesboro, Mississippi Gulf Coastinterchange
  US 45 south – Citronelle, Mobilewest end of US 45 overlap
State Line US 45 north – Waynesboro, State Lineeast end of US 45 overlap
  SR 56 east – Chatom
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ↑ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Retrieved 2010-06-03.

External links

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