Interstate 20 (I-20) is a major thoroughfare through the central region of the US state of Mississippi. Spanning 154.5 miles (248.6 km), it connects Jackson and I-55 with Vicksburg and the Mississippi River in the west and Meridian and I-59 in the east.
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by MDOT | ||||
Length | 154.5 mi[1] (248.6 km) | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | I-20 / US 80 at Vicksburg | |||
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East end | I-20 / I-59 at the Alabama line | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Mississippi | |||
Counties | Warren, Hinds, Rankin, Scott, Newton, Lauderdale | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editInterstate 20 enters in west from Tallulah, Louisiana into Vicksburg, Mississippi. It starts with an interchange with U.S. Route 61 South towards Natchez, Mississippi and then starts to make interchanges with the city's streets. Once I-20 is out of the city it leaves the city with an Partial cloverleaf interchange with U.S. Route 61 North towards Rolling Fork, Mississippi and Mississippi Highway 27 South towards Utica, Mississippi. Along the way with Mississippi Highway 22 towards Flora, Mississippi. It then enters the Jackson area with Clinton, Mississippi and makes an interchange with U.S. Route 80 towards Clinton-Raymond Road. It then goes into Jackson with a Partial cloverleaf interchange with Mississippi Highway 18 towards Raymond, Mississippi. After that, it makes its first interstate interchange with Interstate 220 (Mississippi), the city's bypass interstate. It then enters a spaghetti interchange with Interstate 55 and U.S. Route 49 South and it runs concurrent with both of those for 1 exit and then they all split in an interchange that Jackson calls "The Stack". This interchange splits making I-55 go north towards Downtown Jackson and Memphis, Tennessee. It makes I-20 continue east towards Forest, Mississippi and Meridian, Mississippi. Then, it makes US-49 go south towards Collins, Mississippi and Hattiesburg, Mississippi. After coming out of Jackson, the interstate makes interchanges with Mississippi Highway 468, Mississippi Highway 475, Mississippi Highway 18, U.S. Route 80, Mississippi Highway 43, Mississippi Highway 13, Mississippi Highway 481, Mississippi Highway 35, Mississippi Highway 15, and Mississippi Highway 503. As it enters Meridian, it makes its 4th and final interstate interchange with Interstate 59 towards Laurel, Mississippi and New Orleans. As it goes into the city, it makes highway interchanges with Mississippi Highway 19 and U.S. Route 11. It then goes into downtown making an interchange with Mississippi Highway 145. After this, it makes one interchange with 4 highways: Mississippi Highway 19, Mississippi Highway 39, U.S. Route 11, and U.S. Route 80. After the Jimmie Rodgers Parkway interchange, it encounters a cloverleaf interchange with U.S. Route 45 toward Quitman, Mississippi and Tupelo, Mississippi. After diamond interchanges with Russell-Mount Gilead Road in Russell and Will Garrett Road in Toomsuba, and a trumpet interchange with US 11/80 in Kewanee, the interstates encounter weigh stations in both directions before entering the Alabama state line heading towards Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Birmingham, Alabama (where it again runs concurrently with Interstate 59 in Alabama).
Exit list
editCounty | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Mississippi River | 0.00 | 0.00 | I-20 west / US 80 west – Monroe | Continuation into Louisiana | ||
Vicksburg Bridge; Louisiana–Mississippi state line | ||||||
Warren | Vicksburg | 0.44 | 0.71 | 1A | US 61 Bus. (Warrenton Road) | Two quadrant interchange |
1.19 | 1.92 | 1B | US 61 south – Natchez, Baton Rouge | Western end of US 61 overlap | ||
1.94 | 3.12 | 1C | Halls Ferry Road | |||
3.21 | 5.17 | 3 | Indiana Avenue | |||
4.65 | 7.48 | 4 | Clay Street – Vicksburg National Military Park, Downtown Vicksburg | Signed as exits 4A (east) and 4B (west); westbound exit to Clay Street west and eastbound entrance to eastbound I-20 are via exit 5B | ||
5.51 | 8.87 | 5A | US 61 north – Rolling Fork, Yazoo City, Memphis | Eastern end of US 61 overlap | ||
5B | MS 27 south – Utica | Westbound entrance is via exit 4B | ||||
| 11.15 | 17.94 | 11 | Tiffentown Road – Bovina | ||
| 15.11 | 24.32 | 15 | Ceres Boulevard – Flowers | ||
Hinds | Edwards | 19.60 | 31.54 | 19 | MS 22 to MS 467 – Flora, Edwards | |
Bolton | 27.58 | 44.39 | 27 | Bolton Brownsville Road – Bolton | ||
| 31.69 | 51.00 | 31 | Norrell Road | ||
Clinton | 34.14 | 54.94 | 34 | Natchez Trace Parkway | ||
35.25 | 56.73 | 35 | US 80 east / Clinton-Raymond Road | Eastern end of US 80 overlap | ||
36.15 | 58.18 | 36 | Springridge Road | |||
Jackson | 40.30 | 64.86 | 40 | MS 18 / Robinson Road – Raymond | Signed as exits 40A (west) and 40B (east) westbound; MS 18 doesn’t terminate at nor have concurrency with I-20, it continues unsigned during the concurrency of US 80, then it returns back to I-20 at the other side, where the route begins to be signed again | |
41.35 | 66.55 | 41 | I-220 north / US 49 north – North Jackson, Yazoo City To I-55 north – Grenada, Memphis | Southern terminus of I-220; western end of US 49 overlap; I-220 no number signed | ||
42.64 | 68.62 | 42 | Ellis Avenue | Signed as exits 42A (south) and 42B (north) | ||
43.82 | 70.52 | 43 | Terry Road | Signed as exits 43A (south) and 43B (north) | ||
44.23 | 71.18 | 44 | I-55 south to US 51 south / McDowell Road – McComb, New Orleans | Western end of I-55 overlap; I-55 exit 92C | ||
45.08 | 72.55 | 45A | Gallatin Street | Eastbound exit is part of exit 45 | ||
45.51 | 73.24 | 45B | US 51 north (State Street) | Signed as exit 45 eastbound | ||
Rankin | Richland | 46.17 | 74.30 | 46 | I-55 north – Grenada, North Jackson, Memphis | Eastern end of I-55 overlap; I-55 exit 94 |
47.16 | 75.90 | 47 | US 49 south – Hattiesburg To US 80 – Flowood | Eastern end of US 49 overlap; signed as exits 47A (south) and 47B (north) eastbound | ||
Pearl | 48.72 | 78.41 | 48 | MS 468 – Pearl | ||
52.32 | 84.20 | 52 | MS 475 – Whitfield, JAN, CMCF, USPFO | |||
Brandon | 54.53 | 87.76 | 54 | MS 18 / Crossgates Boulevard – Puckett, Raleigh | MS 18 doesn’t terminate at nor have concurrency with I-20, it continues unsigned during the concurrency of US 80, then it returns back to I-20 at the other side, where the route begins to be signed again | |
56.61 | 91.10 | 56 | US 80 – Downtown Brandon | |||
59.70 | 96.08 | 59 | US 80 – East Brandon | |||
Pelahatchie | 68.65 | 110.48 | 68 | MS 43 – Puckett, Pelahatchie | ||
Scott | | 76.90 | 123.76 | 77 | MS 13 – Puckett, Morton | |
| 80.04 | 128.81 | 80 | MS 481 – Raleigh, Morton | ||
Forest | 88.04 | 141.69 | 88 | MS 35 – Raleigh, Forest | ||
| 96.57 | 155.41 | 96 | Lake-Norris Road / Steve Lee Drive – Lake | ||
Newton | | 99.94 | 160.84 | 100 | US 80 – Lake, Lawrence | |
Newton | 108.92 | 175.29 | 109 | MS 15 – Newton, Philadelphia | ||
| 114.48 | 184.24 | 115 | MS 503 – Hickory, Decatur | ||
| 121.10 | 194.89 | 121 | MS 889 south (Chunky-Duffee Road) – Chunky | ||
Lauderdale | Meridian | 129.30 | 208.09 | 129 | US 80 west – Lost Gap, Meehan Junction | Western end of US 80 overlap |
130.74 | 210.41 | 130 | I-59 south – Laurel, New Orleans | Western end of I-59 overlap, north exit 149; no exit number westbound | ||
133.00 | 214.04 | 150 | US 11 south / MS 19 north – Meridian Airport, Philadelphia | Western end of US 11/MS 19 overlap Exits follow I-59's mile markers Serves Mississippi State University Meridian Campus | ||
133.47 | 214.80 | 151 | Valley Road, 49th Avenue | |||
134.42 | 216.33 | 152 | 29th Avenue | |||
135.63 | 218.28 | 153 | MS 145 south / 22nd Avenue – Quitman | |||
137.08 | 220.61 | 154 | MS 19 south / MS 39 north / US 11 north / US 80 east – Butler, De Kalb | Eastern end of US 11/US 80/MS 19 overlap; signed as exits 154A (south) and 154B (north) eastbound | ||
138.43 | 222.78 | 156 | Jimmy Rodgers Parkway | |||
139.51 | 224.52 | 157 | US 45 – Quitman, Macon | Signed as exits 157A (south) and 157B (north) | ||
| 142.94 | 230.04 | 160 | Russel-Mount Gilead Road – Russell | ||
| 147.46 | 237.31 | 165 | Will Garrett Road – Toomsuba | ||
| 151.12 | 243.20 | 169 | US 11 / US 80 – Kewanee | ||
| 154.42 | 248.51 | I-20 east / I-59 north – Tuscaloosa | Continuation into Alabama | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Jackson spur route
editLocation | Jackson-Ridgeland |
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Length | 12.01 mi[2] (19.33 km) |
Existed | 1981–present |
Interstate 220 (I-220) in Mississippi is a loop around Jackson that provides an Interstate connection for I-55 and I-20. The northern terminus for the route is in the northern suburb of Ridgeland, at I-55 exit 104. The highway was Mississippi's first three-digit Interstate, complete by 1981.
The route of I-220 is defined in Mississippi Code § 65-3-3.
References
edit- ^ "Mississippi Public Roads. Selected Statistics. Extent, Travel, and Designation" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ^ "Route Log and Finder List - Interstate System: Table 2". FHWA. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
External links
edit- "Interstate 20 Eastbound." Mississippi @ SoutheastRoads.com
- "Interstate 20 Westbound." Mississippi @ Southeast Roads.com
- "I-20 Exits: Mississippi River to I-55"
- "I-20 Exits: I-55 South to I-59 South"