Interstate 20 in Mississippi

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Interstate 20
Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 154.5 mi (249 km)
West end: I-20 at the Mississippi River/Louisiana line at Vicksburg
Major
junctions:
US 61 in Vicksburg
I-220/US 49 in Jackson
I-55 in Jackson and Richland
U.S. 49 in Richland
I-59 near Meridian
East end: I-20 at the Alabama line
Numbered highways in Mississippi
< MS 19 MS 21 >
Interstates - U.S. Routes - State highways
Unsigned state highways

Interstate 20 is a major thoroughfare through central Mississippi, connecting the area with major metropolitan areas, including Dallas, Texas, Atlanta, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama.

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[edit] Route description

In Mississippi, I-20 goes across the central section of the state, running 154.5 miles. The highway enters the state from Louisiana at Vicksburg after crossing the Mississippi River. Interstate 20 in Mississippi tends to be more winding and narrower than the same route in other states.

Between Edwards and Clinton, I-20 uses the original U.S. 80 alignment, except for a short bypass around Bolton.

In Jackson, I-20 briefly merges with Interstate 55 before separating just east of the Pearl River at Exit 46. From Jackson, I-20 continues eastward through the rural areas of east-central Mississippi before reaching Meridian, Mississippi. It is at Meridian where Interstate 59 joins I-20. From here, the two highways run concurrently through the city and continues conjoined until they reach Birmingham. Throughout the Mississippi portion of this concurrency, I-59's mileage takes over I-20's.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation recently announced plans to reconstruct I-20 through Vicksburg. The project includes the replacement and/or enhancement of all interchanges, additional lanes throughout the city and a new bridge to close a decades-old break in the south frontage road. Environmental studies are ongoing.

[edit] Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities.

[edit] Exit list

County Location Exit # Destinations Notes
Vicksburg Bridge over the Mississippi River
Madison Parish, Louisiana-Warren County, Mississippi Line
Warren Vicksburg 1A Washington Street, Warrenton Road
1B U.S. Route 61 South - Natchez
Begin concurrency
1C Halls Ferry Road
3 Indiana Avenue
4 Clay Street, Downtown Vicksburg Westbound
4A Clay Street Eastbound
4B Clay Street, Downtown Vicksburg Eastbound
5A MS 27 South - Utica
5B U.S. 61 North - Rolling Fork, Yazoo City
End concurrency
11 Bovina
15 Flowers
Warren-Hinds
county line
crosses the Big Black River
Hinds 19 MS 22/To MS 467 - Flora, Edwards
27 Bolton
31 Norrell Road
Clinton 34 Natchez Trace Parkway
35 U.S. Route 80 East (Clinton-Raymond Road)
End concurrency
36 Springridge Road Exit to reach Mississippi College
Jackson 40 MS 18 West - Raymond, (Robinson Road) Eastbound.
40A MS 18 West - Raymond Westbound.
40B Robinson Road Westbound.
41 I-220 North/U.S. Route 49 North - North Jackson, Yazoo City Exit to bypass downtown Jackson in reaching North.
Begin concurrency
42A-B Ellis Avenue Use Exit 42B to reach Jackson State University.
43A I-55 South/U.S. Route 51 South - McComb, Terry Road Eastbound exit.
U.S. 51 is unsigned on exit.
Use I-55 South to reach New Orleans, Louisiana.
43A Terry Road South Westbound exit.
43B Terry Road North Westbound exit.
44 I-55 South/U.S. 51 South - McComb, New Orleans
Begin concurrency
45A Gallatin Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance.
45B U.S. 51 North (State Street) Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only.
Exit to reach downtown Jackson.
Hinds-Rankin
county line
Jackson-Richland
city limits
crosses the Pearl River
Rankin Richland 46 I-55 North - Grenada, Memphis Exit to reach downtown Jackson.
End

concurrency

47 U.S. 49 South - Hattiesburg, Flowood Westbound exit. Use U.S. 49 South to reach Gulfport.
47A U.S. 49 South - Hattiesburg Eastbound exit.
End concurrency
47B Flowood Eastbound.
Pearl 48 MS 468 - Pearl
52 MS 475 - Jackson-Evers International Airport, Whitfield
Brandon 54 MS 18 East (Crossgates Boulevard/Greenfield Road) - West Brandon
56 U.S. 80 - Downtown Brandon
59 U.S. 80 - East Brandon
63 MS 43 - Puckett, Pelahatchie
Scott 77 MS 13 - Puckett, Morton
80 MS 481 - Raleigh, Morton
88 MS 35 - Raleigh, Forest
96 Lake
Newton 100 U.S. 80 - Lake, Lawrence
109 MS 15 - Newton, Decatur Exit to reach Union and Philadelphia.
115 MS 503 - Hickory, Decatur
121 Chunky
Lauderdale 129 U.S. 80 West - Lost Gap, Meehan Junction U.S. 80 joins eastbound and leaves westbound.
130 I-59 south - Laurel, New Orleans I-59 joins eastbound and exits westbound.
continues east using Interstate 59's exit numbers.
Meridian 150 U.S. Route 11 South/MS 19 North - Philadelphia, Meridian Airport U.S. 11 and MS 19 joins northbound and exits southbound.
Begin concurrency
151 Valley Road, 49th Avenue
152 29th Avenue, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
153 MS 145 south (22nd Avenue) - Downtown Meridian Exit to access Roebuck Drive.
154A MS 19 South - Butler, AL Northbound.
154B U.S. 11 North/U.S. 80 East/MS 39 North - DeKalb Northbound.
154 U.S. 11 North/U.S. 80 East/MS 19 South/MS 39 North - DeKalb, Butler, AL Southbound.
End concurrency
157A U.S. Route 45 South - Quitman
157B U.S. 45 North - Macon
160 Russell
165 Toomsumba
169 U.S. 11/U.S. 80 - Kewanee U.S. 11 and U.S. 80 are not marked on exit signs.
Lauderdale County, Mississippi-Sumter County, Alabama Line
continues east into Alabama

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Interstate 20
Previous state:
Louisiana
Mississippi Next state:
Alabama