Title 65, Highways, Bridges and Ferries

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 8 in Monroe County, beginning at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 8 and U.S. Highway 45 and extending to the intersection of Mississippi Highway 8 and Oakland Drive, shall be known as “Jo Doss Miller Memorial Drive.” (2) The Mississi…

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 25 beginning at the Hinds/Rankin County line and extending northeasterly to U.S. Highway 82 in Oktibbeha County shall be known and designated as “Military Order of the Purple Heart Drive.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation sh…

(1) That segment of New U.S. Highway 49 in the City of Mendenhall, Simpson County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 13 and extending southerly to its intersection with Old U.S. Highway 49 (Jackson Avenue), is designated and shall be known as the…

(1) That segment of the four-lane bypass for Mississippi Highway 15 within the City of Philadelphia, Mississippi, shall be known as “Veterans’ Boulevard.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment…

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 15/25 in Winston County is designated and shall be known as “Veterans’ Memorial Drive.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in su…

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 84 in Jones County beginning at the eastern city limits of the City of Laurel and extending easterly to the Jones/Wayne County line is designated and shall be known as the “Corporal James D. Slaton Memorial Highway.” (2) The Mississippi Department…

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 4 in Prentiss County beginning at the western boundary of the City of Booneville and extending westerly to the Prentiss/Tippah county line, a distance of approximately six (6) miles, is designated and shall be known as the “Hershel G. Jumpe…

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 61 in Coahoma County beginning at its intersection with State Road 161 North and extending southerly to its intersection with State Road 161 South is designated and shall be known as “Veterans’ Memorial Drive.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Tr…

(1) That portion of Interstate Highway 110 north of the Interstate Highway 110 bridge within the municipal limits of the City of d’Iberville is hereby designated and henceforth shall be known as the “Lee C. Seymour, Sr., Memorial Highway.” (2) The State Highway Department is here…

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 19 in Lauderdale and Newton Counties, beginning at the Alabama state line and extending northwesterly to the Neshoba county line, shall be known as “Veterans Highway.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintai…

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 15 in Newton County shall be known as “WWII Veterans Highway.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this sect…

(1) Mississippi Highway 617 in Jackson County is designated and shall be known as the “Jerry St. Pe’ Highway.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of t…

(1) That relocated segment of Mississippi Highway 42 in Forrest County beginning at its intersection with Interstate 59 and extending easterly to its intersection with Macedonia-Sunrise Road is designated and shall be known as the “Evelyn Gandy Parkway.” (2) The Mississippi Depar…

(1) The Mississippi Highway 304 Spur in Tunica County is designated and shall be known as the “Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway desc…

(1) That bridge on Cowan-Lorraine Road in Harrison County that spans the Harrison County Industrial Seaway is designated and shall be known as the “Eugene P. Wilkes Memorial Bridge.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain an appropriate plaque a…

(1) That portion of Smithdale Road (Mississippi 570) between Northwest Avenue and Enterprise Road in the corporate limits of the City of McComb is designated and shall be known as “Veterans Boulevard.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appr…

(1) That segment of Mississippi 603 in Hancock County beginning at Interstate 10 and extending northerly to Kiln is designated and shall be known as “Stennis Airport Parkway.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and ap…

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 315 beginning at the eastern boundary of the corporate limits of the City of Water Valley, Yalobusha County, and extending easterly to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 9W in Lafayette County is designated and shall be known as the …

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 1 in Sharkey and Issaquena Counties beginning at its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 at or near Onward and extending westerly and northerly to the Issaquena/Washington county line is designated and shall be known as the “C.B. ‘Buddie’ New…

Upon completion of construction of the new bridge over the Yazoo River on U. S. Highway 49 West in Yazoo County, Mississippi, between Yazoo City and Louise, such bridge shall be known and shall be designated as the “John Sharp Williams Memorial Bridge,” and the State Highway Depa…

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 25 in Monroe County beginning at its intersection with Highway 382 to its intersection with U.S. Highway 45 Alternate is designated and shall be known as the “Walton Greene Gray Memorial Highway.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transport…

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 18 in Jasper County beginning at the corporate limits of the Town of Bay Springs and extending northeasterly approximately twenty (20) miles to the Rose Hill community shall be known as the “Sheriff Tom Royce Green Memorial Highway.” (2) Th…

(1) That portion of Interstate Highway 10 in Hancock County beginning at the Mississippi/Louisiana state line and extending easterly to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 43 is designated and shall be known as the “Stephen E. Ambrose Memorial Highway.” (2) The Mississippi …

(1) That the bridge on U.S. Highway 45 which spans Mississippi 19 in Meridian, Mississippi, shall be known and shall be designated as the “Military Order of the Purple Heart, Department of Mississippi, Memorial Bridge.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect…

(1) The Interstate 20 and Highway 15 interchange in Newton County is designated and shall be known as the “Medgar Evers Memorial Interchange.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along the interchange.

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 149 (Old Highway 49) within the corporate limits of the Town of D’Lo, Simpson County, Mississippi, is designated and shall be known as the “D’Lo World War II Veterans Highway.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect an…

(1) The municipal bypass south of Lexington connecting Mississippi Highways 17 and 12 is designated and shall be known as “Liberty Parkway.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching such bypass.

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 43 located in Hancock County beginning at its intersection with Mississippi Highway 603 and extending northerly and westerly to the Hancock/Pearl River county line is designated and shall be known as the “Alton A. (Dolph) Kellar Memorial Hi…

(1) That portion of Interstate Highway 59 located in Forrest County and in Jones County from the Forrest/Jones County line northerly to its intersection with 16th Avenue within the City of Laurel is designated and shall be known as the “Lance Corporal Roy M. Wheat Memorial Highwa…

(1) Mississippi Highway 773 located in Tippah County is designated and shall be known as the “Joe Mitch McElwain Memorial Highway.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the highway described in subsectio…

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 32 from Parchman in Sunflower County to the corporate limits of the Town of Webb in Tallahatchie County is hereby designated and henceforth shall be known as the “Guy Williams Memorial Highway.” (2) The Mississippi State Highway Department …

(1) U.S. Highway 80 within the State of Mississippi is designated and shall be known as the “Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway” in honor and memory of and in gratitude, recognition and appreciation for sacrifices and contributions made by the veterans of the Korean War. (2) Th…

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 25 located in Tishomingo County is designated and shall be known as the “David Bonds Memorial Highway.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway…

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 309 in Marshall County beginning at the community of Watson and extending northerly to the Mississippi/Tennessee state line, is designated and shall be known as the “J.P. Woods Memorial Highway.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transporta…

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 84 located in Jones County beginning from 16th Avenue within the corporate limits of Laurel and extending westerly to the Jones/Covington county line is designated and shall be known as the “Veterans Memorial Highway.” (2) The Mississippi Departme…

(1) The southbound lane of Interstate 59 in Pearl River County near mile-marker 35 is designated and shall be known as the “Deputy Len J. Rowell Memorial Highway.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching th…

(1) That segment of Mississippi Highway 19 located in Neshoba County beginning at the corporate limits of Philadelphia in Neshoba County and extending southeasterly to the Neshoba/Newton county line is designated and shall be known as the “Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner Memorial H…

(1) That segment of U.S. Highway 49E located in Leflore and Tallahatchie Counties beginning at the intersection of U.S. Highway 49E and U.S. Highway 82 and extending to the intersection of U.S. Highway 49E and Mississippi Highway 3 is designated and shall be known as the “Emmitt …

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 43 located in Leake, Madison and Rankin Counties beginning at the western corporate limits of the town of Sandhill, in Rankin County, and extending northerly to the Leake/Attala County line, is designated and shall be known as the “Joe A. W…

(1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 472 in Copiah County beginning at Shady Grove Church and extending easterly to Rock Port Road is designated and shall be known as “Heroes Trail.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs al…

(1) That portion of U.S. Highway 84 located in Jefferson Davis County is designated and shall be known as the “Officer Ronald Wayne Jones Memorial Highway.” (2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segme…

When the Mississippi Department of Transportation designates a bridge as failing to meet the design, standard, sufficiency rating or any other criteria required for allowing certain weight limits on that specific bridge and revises the allowable weight limits for that bridge, no …

(1) In addition to and including all other highways designated as a part of the state highway system, there is hereby designated as a part thereof a four-lane highway system to connect various areas of the state with interstate and primary highways. For the segments described in …

Whenever, by legislation, any highway, street or road under the jurisdiction of a county, municipality or other political subdivision of the state is placed on the designated state highway system under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission, such highway, s…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Economic Development Highway Act.”

Before approving any application under this chapter the board shall have the Mississippi Department of Transportation, or the political subdivision if the political subdivision will have the construction or improvement performed, prepare and submit to it a detailed engineering st…