Mississippi Highway 28

Mississippi Highway 28
Route information
	Maintained by MDOT
Length	124.601 mi[1] (200.526 km)
Existed	1958–present
Major junctions
West end	US 61 / MS 33 in Fayette
	I-55 in Hazlehurst; US 51 in Hazlehurst; US 49 in Magee; MS 35 in Mize; MS 37 in Taylorsville;
East end	US 84 in Calhoun
Location
Counties	Jefferson, Copiah, Simpson, Smith, Jones
Highway system

Mississippi Highway 28 (MS 28) is a two-lane state highway in Mississippi, United States, that runs east–west from U.S. Highway 84 (US 84) west of Laurel to MS 33 near Fayette. It travels approximately 126 miles (203 km), serving Jefferson, Copiah, Simpson, Smith, and Jones counties.

Route description

MS 28 outside of Taylorsville as it tracks west towards Magee

MS 28 is a largely two-lane, paved road that travels east and west across central Mississippi. The route does have several dangerous intersections and sharp curves, the most notable being the intersection with MS 37 in Taylorsville and the intersection with MS 35 in Mize. The road is heavily traveled, and is a major corridor from Laurel to Jackson. The road does share a four-lane concurrency with US49 for about two miles (3.2 km) in the city of Magee before turning south.

History

What is now MS 28 originated back in 1932 as Mississippi Highway 20 (MS 20), but it was renumbered to 28 in 1958 to avoid confusion with soon to be built I-20, with some sections of that highway beginning construction in 1960.

Future

MS 28 and MS 541 briefly overlap with US 49 in Magee

There have been some discussions among residents in communities along MS 28 concerning plans to completely four-lane MS 28 from its terminus with US 84 in Laurel to US 49 in Magee. The route already shares a two-mile-long (3.2 km) concurrency with US 49 in Magee, and some residents feel that a four-lane highway would better alleviate heavy truck traffic.

There have been no official plans from the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to upgrade MS 28 to freeway standards. Residents opposed to the potential change claim that "four-laning" the Highway would also entail bypasses for several small towns along the route, stifling business opportunities.

However, MDOT does have some improvements scheduled for the dangerous intersection with MS 37 in Taylorsville. A $3,000,000 project for "various intersection improvements at MS 37/MS 28" is set to begin in 2018.

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Jefferson		US 61 – Natchez, Port Gibson MS 33 begins	Western terminus; northern terminus of MS 33; western end of MS 33 concurrency
		MS 33 south – Roxie	Eastern end of MS 33 concurrency
	Union Church	MS 550 east	Western terminus of MS 550
Copiah	Pleasant Hill	MS 552 west	Eastern terminus of MS 552
	Allen	MS 547 north	Southern terminus of MS 547
	Hazlehurst	I-55 – Jackson, Brookhaven	I-55 exit 61
	Hazlehurst	US 51 – Crystal Springs, Hazlehurst
	Georgetown	MS 27 – Crystal Springs, Monticello
Simpson	Union	MS 469 north – Harrisville	Southern terminus of MS 469
	Pinola	MS 43 north – Mendenhall	Western end of MS 43 concurrency
		MS 472 west	Eastern terminus of MS 472
		MS 43 south – New Hebron	Eastern end of MS 43 concurrency
		MS 13 – Mendenhall, Prentiss
		MS 545 north	Southern terminus of MS 545
		MS 541 south	Western end of MS 541 concurrency
	Magee	US 49 north – Jackson	Western end of US 49 concurrency
		MS 541 north (Main Avenue South) – Downtown Magee	Eastern end of MS 541 concurrency
		US 49 south – Hattiesburg	Eastern end of US 49 concurrency
		MS 149 south – Hattiesburg	Western end of MS 149 concurrency
		MS 149 north	Eastern end of MS 149 overlap
Smith	Mize	MS 35 south – Mount Olive	Western end of MS 35 concurrency
		MS 35 north – Raleigh	Eastern end of MS 35 concurrency
	Taylorsville	MS 37 north – Raleigh	Northern end of MS 37 concurrency
	Taylorsville	MS 37 south – Collins	Southern end of MS 37 concurrency
		MS 531 north – Bay Springs	Southern terminus of MS 531
Jones	Soso	MS 533 north – Stringer, Bay Springs	Southern terminus of MS 533
	Soso	MS 29 south – Ellisville	Northern terminus of MS 29
	Calhoun	US 84 – Laurel, Collins	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

"Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.

External links

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[MDOT-1] "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.