Interstate 10 East - Louisiana to Gulfport

Interstate 10 crosses the Pearl River between St. Tammany Parish and Hancock County, Mississippi. The Pearl River marks the border between Louisiana and Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico northward to Marion County.

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The first confirming marker for Interstate 10 east in Mississippi.

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The Mississippi welcome sign appears at the site of a former weigh station. I-10 between the Louisiana state line and MS 43 is designated the Stephen E. Ambrose Memorial Highway, after the author who lived in Bay St. Louis.^1,2

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The first exit in the Magnolia State on I-10 east is for the southern branch of MS 607 to John C. Stennis Space Station. Prior to the completion through Hancock County, I-10 defaulted onto MS 607 east.

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The first of two rest areas along I-10 in Mississippi houses the Mississippi Welcome Center.

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Located 2.69 miles north of Interstate 10, the Stennis Space Center is the Headquarters of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command.

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U.S. 90 straddles coastal areas between Pearlington and Pascagoula along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Storm surge from Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 destroyed bridges along U.S. 90 at Bay St. Louis and Biloxi. As a result, U.S. 90 was discontinuous until new spans were completed in 2007.

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The Mississippi Welcome Center lies just south of I-10 adjacent to the NASA Infinity Science Center along MS 607.

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East from the diamond interchange at Exit 2, MS 607 connects with MS 604 southwest to Pearlington in 1.09 miles and U.S. 90 east to Waveland in 5.65 miles.

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U.S. 90 continues the four lane roadway from MS 607 east to Waveland and Bay St. Louis. Attractions at Waveland include Buccaneer State Park, a Mississippi Sound side preserve along Beach Boulevard.

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The northern branch of MS 607 joins John C. Stennis Space Station with I-59/U.S. 11 at Nicholson. Shuttle Parkway between the legs of MS 607 is only accessible by military and other government personal.

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Interstate 10 passes through the John C. Stennis Space Center easement zone between Exits 2 and 13. The 11 mile stretch is the longest exit less stretch on I-10 between Port Allen, Louisiana and Loxley, Alabama.

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The southern leg of MS 607 runs 6.07 miles east from Shuttle Parkway to U.S. 90. The northern branch is 2.71 miles long.

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Interstate 10 travels east to Bay St. Louis at Exit 13, Gulfport at Exit 34 and Mobile, Alabama at I-65.

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What was previously an eastbound parking area was converted to a weigh station for commercial trucks along Interstate 10.

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Interstate 10 emerges from the wooded Stennis Space Center buffer zone south of Stennis International Airport (HSA).

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Commencing from U.S. 90 west of Bay St. Louis, MS 43/603 travel 5.36 miles north to the diamond interchange at Exit 13 and 9.80 miles to Kiln.

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The south end of MS 43/603 is at U.S. 90 and Nicholson Avenue in the city of Waveland. McLeod Park lies 1.50 miles west of MS 43/603 along Texas Flat Road on the Jourdan River.

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MS 43/603 overlap 11.21 miles north a point beyond Kiln. MS 43 continues westward 17.71 miles to I-59 at Picayune while MS 603 extends another 13.76 miles to MS 53 at Necaise.

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Confirming marker posted eastbound on I-10 between MS 43/603 and the Jourdan River.

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The six lane span over the Jourdan River into the city of Diamondhead was constructed between 2002-04. The MDOT project included adding auxiliary lanes between Exits 13 and 16.

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The Jourdan River empties into St. Louis Bay east of Bayou la Croix and Cameron Island.

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The diamond interchange at Exit 16 follows the Jourdan River at Gex Drive north and Yacht Club Drive south. Incorporated in February 2012, the city of Daimondhead lies north of St. Louis Bay and east of Rotten Bayou.

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Yacht Club Drive links Interstate 10 at Exit 16 with Diamondhead Drive S, the Diamondhead Yacht Club and Marina, and Airport Drive west to Diamondhead Airport (66Y).

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Gex Drive heads north from Exit 16 and adjacent retail to Diamondhead Circle by Diamondhead City Hall. Linking the community with Kiln-Delisle Road, Kapalma Drive provides the only exit point from Diamondhead to the northeast.

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Advancing east, Interstate 10 stays within the city limits of Diamondhead to the Harrison County line.

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Pass Christian is the first beach community served by Interstate 10 in Harrison County. Located along Mississippi Sound, the city lies between Henderson Point and Long Beach along U.S. 90.

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Interstate 10 enters Harrison County in a wooded area north of St. Louis Bay. Named after U.S. President William Henry Harrison, the county was founded in 1841. 208,621 call the county home as of the 2020 census.³

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Kiln-Delisle Road converges with Interstate 10 at a diamond interchange (Exit 20) near De Lisle. Kiln-Delisle Road runs 8.59 miles west to MS 43/603 at Kiln.

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Kiln-Delisle Road continues 3.09 miles east to Vidalia and Wittman Roads at the community of De Lisle. Wittman Road continues south as Hampton Road across the Wolf River and Bayou Portage into western Pass Christian. Pass Christian was the site Hurricane Camille's landfall in 1969.

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Shifting north, Interstate 10 parallels a Kansas City Southern Railroad spur from the Vidalia Road underpass to De Lisle Bayou and Exit 24.

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Gulfport is 17 miles to the east of the De Lisle area via I-10 and U.S. 49 south. Downtown Mobile is 83 miles away.

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Menge Avenue heads 6.09 miles northwest from U.S. 90 at east Pass Christian to Cuevas and the diamond interchange at Exit 24.

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Menge Avenue becomes Firetower Road northwest 4.82 miles from Interstate 10 to Vidalia Road and Dedeaux.

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State named shields began reappearing in Mississippi by 2010. The first along I-10 was added east of Menge Avenue in 2012.

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Interstate 10 bends northeast ahead of the Wolf River. Gulfport follows in 13 miles and Downtown Mobile in 79 miles.

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The diamond interchange at Exit 28 connects I-10 with County Farm Road north of Jones Mill.

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The Wolf River originates in Pearl River County east of Poplarville and empties into Bay St. Louis north of Pass Christian.

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County Farm Road becomes Beatline Road 1.05 miles south of Exit 28. Beatline Road runs 4.28 miles south to Railroad Street along the Long Beach city line.

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County Farm Road continues 7.19 miles north from Interstate 10 to MS 53 and Shaw Road beyond the Harrison County Fairgrounds.

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Interstate 10 expands to six lanes from just ahead of Exit 28 to Exit 57 in Jackson County.

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The succeeding exit along Interstate 10 east is for Canal Road just outside of the Gulfport city limits. Canal Road runs 2.71 miles south to 28th Street by Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, home of the Seabees arm of the Navy.

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Canal Road extends 5.52 miles north from the diamond interchange at Exit 31 to MS 53 near Lyman.

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Just east of Canal Road is the proposed location for an interchange with the planned MS 601 freeway southeast to the Port of Gulfport and north to Hattiesburg. Preliminary tree clearing was underway in 2012 on a stretch near Turkey Creek.

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A cloverleaf interchange joins I-10 with U.S. 49 at Exit 34. Beginning from U.S. 90 in Gulfport, U.S. 49 travels north to Piggott, Arkansas. Regionally U.S. 49 connects the Mississippi Gulf Coast with Hattiesburg and Jackson.

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Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport (GPT) lies 1.19 miles east of U.S. 49 along Airport Road. Pass Road (25th Street) west 0.58 miles from U.S. 49 (25th Avenue) leads to the Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport gate.

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U.S. 49 constitutes a congested arterial south 4.36 miles from Exit 34 A to Downtown Gulfport and U.S. 90 at the Port of Gulfport.

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Exit 34 B loops onto U.S. 49 north ahead of Crossroads Shopping Center at Landon. U.S. 49 continues through the suburban communities of Orange Grove, Nugent and Lyman en route to Wiggins and Hattiesburg.

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Progressing east through Gulfport, Interstate 10 runs along the north side of the Bernard Bayou Industrial District.

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I-10 enter the city of Biloxi east of the Biloxi River near milepost 40. Interstate 110 south to Downtown Biloxi is 11 miles away while Downtown Mobile, Alabama is another 57 miles.

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The ensuing exit from I-10 east is for MS 605. Designated in 2004, MS 605 follows Lorraine-Cowan Road 4.30 miles north from U.S. 90 (Beach Boulevard) in east Gulfport to Exit 38.

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MS 605 continues 7.98 miles north from the diamond interchange (Exit 38) with I-10 to MS 67 at Traditions Parkway. The four lane alignment from nearby Lorraine to MS 67 opened to traffic on December 20, 2006.

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Lorraine-Cowan Road is an arterial south to nearby the Bernard Bayou Industrial District and the Handsboro community in Gulfport.

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Construction in 1999/2000 widened Interstate 10 from four to six lanes through north Gulfport and Biloxi.

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The dogbone interchange at Exit 41 joins Interstate 10 with Woolmarket, a semi rural community in north Biloxi. Exit 46 to Interstate 110 south at D'Iberville follows in seven miles.

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Rising to cross the Biloxi River on Interstate 10 east. The Biloxi/Gulfport city line follows the river between Big Lake and Three Rivers Road.

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