Interstate 55

Traveling 290 miles through the Magnolia State, Interstate 55 enters Mississippi in rural Pike County and exits it through Southhaven in suburban DeSoto County. Joining the state capital of Jackson with Memphis, Tennessee and the Greater New Orleans area in southeastern Louisiana, I-55 replaced U.S. 51. The mostly rural route connects a number of smaller cities including McComb, where it combines with U.S. 98, Brookhaven at U.S. 84, and Grenada.

The establishment of Interstate 69 in Tunica and DeSoto Counties in 2006 included a 9.2 mile overlap with I-55 to the Tennessee state line. The cloverleaf interchange where I-55 and I-69 combine was completed in October 2018, when the final section of Interstate 269 in northern Mississippi opened to traffic.

Through Jackson, Interstate 55 overlaps with I-20 across the Pearl River. The commuter freeway accommodate six lanes, with additional auxiliary lanes between interchanges. The suburban corridor extends northward along I-55 through Ridgeland, Madison and Canton.

Interstate 55 Mississippi Guides

Roadwork completed along Interstate 55 between the north end of I-220 and the Jackson suburb of Ridgeland included reconstruction of the diamond interchange (Exit 105B) with Old Agency Road into a partial cloverleaf. Work also expanded Old Agency Road to five lanes west from Sunnybrook Road to a multi-lane roundabout with Highland Colony Parkway. A 1.6 mile section of I-55, from I-220 (Exit 104) to Exit 105B, was also widened from four to six lanes. This included reconstructing the Natchez Trace Parkway overpass. Costing $16.8 million, the improvement project ran from February 2001 to May 2004.¹

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Exit 90 B joins I-55/U.S. 51 south with Daniel Lake Boulevard west at Greenwood Avenue in south Jackson. 06/12/08

The west Frontage Road for I-55 ties into Greenwood Avenue south at Daniel Lake Boulevard adjacent to the wye interchange at Exit 90 B. 06/12/08

Daniel Lake Boulevard links with I-55/U.S. 51 north to central Jackson. The succeeding entrance ramp for I-55 southbound is at Savanna Street, 0.80 miles to the south. 06/12/08

Old Agency Road west at the loop ramp for Interstate 55 south in the Jackson suburb of Ridgeland. 06/12/08

Emory Road leads 2.63 miles west from the town of West to Interstate 55 at Exit 164. 12/19/09

I-55 heads north from Emory Road in Holmes County to the Montgomery County seat of Winona and south toward Pickens. 12/19/09

Commerce Street (MS Scenic Highway 304) east at Interstate 55 in the city of Hernando. 01/13/19

Pleasant Hill Road heads west through unincorporated Nesbit to meet I-55/69 along the Hernando city line. 06/02/10

I-55/69 run north from Nesbit to Southaven and Memphis, Tennessee. 06/02/10

Pleasant Hill Road west becomes Nesbit Road within the diamond interchange (Exit 284) at I-55/69. 06/02/10

I-55/69 part ways to the south at Interstate 269. Nesbit Road continues just west of the exchange to U.S. 51. 06/02/10

Church Road west at I-55/69 in the city of Southaven. 01/13/19

Church Road east at the diamond interchange (Exit 287) with I-55/69 in Southaven. I-55/69 overlap 9.27 miles from the Tennessee state line south to I-269 at Hernando. 01/13/19

Photo Credits:

06/12/08, 12/19/09, 06/02/10, 01/13/19 by AARoads

Connect with:
Interstate 20
Interstate 220
Interstate 269
U.S. 84
U.S. 98

Page Updated 05-02-2023.