Interstate 20 East - Jackson to Pelahatchie

Spanning Wiggins Road and John R. Lynch Street, I-20 advances one mile to a six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 40) with MS 18 west. Robinson Road (old MS 18) extends the arterial north to U.S. 80 by Metrocenter Mall.

09/07/09

Originating in Port Gibson, the western branch of MS 18 navigates along a 53.6 mile course through Utica and Raymond to conclude at Exit 40. The eastern branch starts from I-20 at Exit 54. Interstate 220 begins at the ensuing exit.

05/07/12

Interstate 220 provides a bypass of Jackson for regional travelers headed north along I-55 to Memphis, Tennessee. The freeway begins at a three-wye interchange (Exit 41) with left side ramps.

05/07/12

A third eastbound lane opens from the Robinson Road overpass to Left Exit 41 for I-220/U.S. 49 north. U.S. 49 combines with Interstate 220, 5.2 miles to Medgar Evans Boulevard as it circumvents Jackson en route to Yazoo City.

05/07/12

Two lanes separate from eastbound Interstate 20 for I-220/U.S. 49 north. The freeway loop leads to the north Jackson suburbs of Ridgeland and Madison.

05/07/12

The initial guide sign for the cloverleaf interchange (Exit 42) with Ellis Avenue precedes the left side merge with traffic from I-220/U.S. 49 south.

05/07/12

U.S. 49 accompanies eastbound Interstate 20 for 4.5 miles between I-220 and the city of Richland. The two routes advance east with six overall lanes through the exchange (Exit 42) with Ellis Avenue.

05/09/16

Ellis Avenue is a local arterial extending north from Raymond Road and Belvedere Drive to John R. Lynch Street west of Jackson State University and Capitol Street by Jackson Zoological Park. I-20/U.S. 49 proceed one mile southeast from Exit 42B to join with Interstate 55.

05/09/16

Curving south from Lynch Creek, I-20/U.S. 49 approach a distributor roadway (Exit 43) for both Terry Road and I-55 south.

05/09/16

Two lanes separate from I-20 east / U.S. 49 south for Terry Road north to University Boulevard (Exits 43A/B) and Interstate 55 south to McComb and Hammond, Louisiana.

05/09/16

Interstate 55 merges with I-20 east at a three-wye interchange preceding Left Exit 45 for the State Street expressway spur to Gallatin Street and Downtown Jackson.

05/09/16

Interstate 55 separates with the State Street expressway just prior to the merge with I-20 east / U.S. 49 north. The expressway runs between the roadways of I-20, with a slip ramp (Exit 45) joining eastbound traffic with State Street ahead of Gallatin Street.

05/09/16

State Street formerly carried U.S. 51 north through the Jackson central business district. The route is discontinuous through the capital city, sharing an implied overlap with I-55 north to Ridgeland.

05/07/12

Flyovers at "The Stack", where I-55 splits to the north and U.S. 49 turns to the south from Interstate 20 come into view ahead of the Pearl River.

05/07/12

A loop ramp joins I-20/55 east from State Street ahead of the bridges crossing the Pearl River and Rankin County line.

05/09/16

Interstate 55 runs just east of Downtown Jackson and the Mississippi State Fairgrounds to the north of Exit 46. Continuing from Jackson through the Madison County suburbs, I-55 travels to Grenada and Memphis, Tennessee.

05/07/12

A collector distributor roadway separates from Interstate 20 east at Exit 47A, one mile ahead the southward turn of U.S. 49 through Richland.

05/07/12

The c/d roadway for U.S. 49 at Exit 47A combines with traffic from Interstate 55 south. U.S. 49 initially departs along an expressway through Richland. The four lane highway then transitions into an at-grade roadway on the 82 mile drive southeast to I-59 at Hattiesburg.

05/09/16

Advancing east along the I-20 mainline, the freeway crosses Old Highway 49 and the Kansas City Southern Railroad leading into the directional cloverleaf interchange (Exit 47B) with U.S. 49 north to U.S. 80 and MS 468 at Flowood.

09/07/09

Eastbound I-20 at the loop ramp (Exit 47B) for the U.S. 49 connector north to MS 468 and the city of Flowood.

06/02/10

MS 468 overlaps with U.S. 80 east to Pearson Road, which leads the state highway south one mile to the first of two Pearl exits along Interstate 20 eastbound.

06/02/10

Childre Road stems south from U.S. 80/MS 468 to Trustmark Park and crosses I-20 a half mile west of Exit 48.

06/02/10

Prior to 2013, Interstate 20 reduced from six to four lanes at the diamond interchange (Exit 48) with Mississippi 468 (Pearson Road).

06/02/10

MS 468 forms a 13.4 mile loop south from U.S. 80 between Pearl and the Brandon city center via Whitfield. West Rankin Parkway, a new four mile roadway running north to Treetops Boulevard in Flowood, will tie into MS 468 at U.S. 80. Designated as MS 477, work on the roadway started in 2014. Construction of the original two phase, $7 million project was halted however due to design and contractor issues.¹ Work on the $17.1 million project resumed in Spring 2021.²

06/02/10

The roadways of Interstate 20 separate midway between Exits 48 and 52 across Red Hill.

09/07/09

Meridian debuts on I-20 eastbound distance signs 85 miles out.

06/02/10

Mississippi 475 (Airport Road) meets Interstate 20 east at the succeeding exit south of Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (JAN).

09/07/09

A 7.4 mile long route, MS 475 follows Airport Road south to MS 468 at Whitfield and north to MS 25 in Flowood.

06/02/10

Interstate 20 proceeds east from Pearl to the first of three interchanges within the city of Brandon.

06/02/10

Exit 54 connects I-20 with the eastern branch of Mississippi 18 to Puckett and the Smith County seat of Raleigh.

06/02/10

Prior to the realignment of MS 18 around Brandon, Exit 54 joined with Crossgates Boulevard to the north and Greenfield Road to the south. Leading northeast from Whitfield, Greenfield Road was relocated to end at MS 18 nearby.

06/02/10

Exit 54 leaves Interstate 20 east for MS 18 east. MS 18 zigzags along an 118 mile course from Brandon to Raleigh, Bay Springs and the Alabama state line east of Quitman.

09/07/09

Crossgates Boulevard ties into the diamond interchange (Exit 54) joining I-20 with MS 18 from the commercial strip along parallel U.S. 80.

09/07/09

The six lane section along Interstate 20 completed in 2013 concludes at Exit 56.

06/02/10

U.S. 80 angles southeast across Interstate 20 at forthcoming Exit 56 to Downtown Brandon.

06/02/10

MS 471 stems north from U.S. 80 just east of Exit 56 to MS 25 near Pelahatchie Bay at Ross R. Barnett Reservoir.

06/02/10

Passing over the Kansas City Southern Railroad and Marquette Road, I-20 navigates through an S-curve leading into the diamond interchange (Exit 56) with U.S. 80.

06/02/10

Distance sign posted at the North Street overpass outside Downtown Brandon, 77 miles from Meridian.

06/02/10

Converging with Interstate 20 again at Exit 59, U.S. 80 follows Government Street between several subdivisions in east Brandon.

06/02/10

Interstate 20 and U.S. 80 switch sides with one another at their diamond interchange (Exit 59) west of Richland Creek.

06/02/10

U.S. 80 continues east from Exit 59 and the city of Brandon along the Kansas City Southern Railroad to Pelahatchie and Morton.

06/02/10

Interstate 20 enters the Pelahatchie city limits at milepost 64. A diamond interchange follows with MS 43 at Exit 68.

06/02/10

Highway 43 winds 16.3 miles south from Exit 68 at Pelahatchie to Mississippi 18 at the village of Puckett. Pelahatchie city hall lie 1.4 miles to the northeast along U.S. 80 (2nd Street).

06/02/10

Interstate 20 travels south of Morton, meeting MS 13 in seven miles. Meridian is less than an hour's drive from Pelahatchie.

06/02/10

Interstate 20 bends southward across hills rising above Pelahatchie Creek and Gum Lake eastward to the Scott County line.

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