Interstate 59 North - Hattiesburg to Ellisville

Interstate 59 turns northwest with U.S. 98, 1.25 miles to a diamond interchange (Exit 60) with U.S. 11.

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U.S. 98 west combines with I-59 north for six miles to West Hattiesburg.

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Heading northeast from Exit 60 into Hattiesburg, U.S. 11 expands to a four lane arterial to Timberton Golf Club and the cloverleaf interchange with U.S. 49. U.S. 49 connects with U.S. 11 by the Cloverleaf Center retail and office complex west of William Carey University.

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Continuing north from U.S. 11 on I-59 & U.S. 98. Speed limits stay at 70 miles per hour through the Hattiesburg vicinity.

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Hardy Street (MS 198 / former U.S. 98) ties into Interstate 59 north at the succeeding exchange in four miles. Laurel follows in another 29 miles.

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Reentering Lamar County, Interstate 59 parallels the county line north beyond a Norfolk Southern Railroad underpass to West Hattiesburg.

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U.S. 98 parts ways with Interstate 59 north at a six-ramp parclo interchange (Exits 65A/B) with Hardy Street (MS 198) east in one mile.

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Built in 1992, the Lincoln Road overpass across I-59 is the Military Order of the Purple Heart Memorial Bridge.

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A collector distributor roadway separates from Interstate 59 northbound for MS 198 (Hardy Street) east into Hattiesburg (Exit 65A) and U.S. 98 west to Columbia (Exit 65B).

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Mississippi 198 overlays Hardy Street 1.25 miles east from I-59 and U.S. 98 to The University of Southern Mississippi campus and U.S. 49. Hardy Street extends east from U.S. 49 as a locally maintained boulevard to U.S. 11 outside Downtown Hattiesburg.

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Leading away from I-59 toward Turtle Creek Mall, U.S. 98 (Hardy Street) constitutes a heavily developed commercial arterial through West Hattiesburg. Columbia, seat of Marion County, is a 26 mile drive to the west.

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West 4th Street and Longleaf Trace Trail, the former Illinois Central Gulf Railroad line, span Interstate 59 beyond this confirming marker.

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U.S. 49 curves northwest from West 7th Street and The University of Southern Mississippi campus to meet Interstate 59 at a cloverleaf interchange (Exit 67) in one mile.

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Bending northeast, I-59 crosses back into Forrest County at Riverside in north Hattiesburg.

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Exit 67A departs I-59 north for U.S. 49 south back into Hattiesburg. MS 42 formerly overlapped with U.S. 49 east for 1.1 miles along a route connecting with Main Street and U.S. 11 (Bouie Street) north of Downtown Hattiesburg. The state highway was realigned in 2007.

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MS 42 west combines with U.S. 49 north from Exit 67B, 5.7 miles to northwest Forrest County. U.S. 49 constitutes a regional highway joining Hattiesburg and the Mississippi Gulf Coast with Jackson. MS 42 branches west to Sumrall and Prentiss.

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Angling northeast across the Bouie River, Interstate 59 is the Roy Wheat Memorial Highway.

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Mississippi 42 was realigned to overlap with I-59 north two miles to Exit 69 in 2007.

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Evelyn Gandy Parkway, the north bypass of Petal, opened east from Exit 69 to U.S. 11 on November 14, 2006. Completed in 2012, the four lane section of MS 42 extends 9.5 miles east to Sunrise Road.

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Construction starting in April 2019 reconfigures the diamond interchange (Exit 69) with Evelyn Gandy Parkway (MS 42) east to Glendale and Eatonville Road north to Eatonville. Longer ramps and frontage roads will be built at the exchange.

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Mississippi 42 travels 24 miles east from Interstate 59 to Richton and 55 miles to State Line.

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Continuing north from MS 42, Interstate 59 passes east of Eatonville.

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Located 21 miles southwest of Laurel, Monroe Road represents the final exit in Forrest County along I-59 north.

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Monroe Road extends north from MS 42 and Glendale to run along the east side of I-59 leading to Warren Mott Parkway and Exit 73.

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Monroe Road shifts west across I-59, continuing along a rural course north to Shelton in Jones County. Sis Hobson Road stems west from the diamond interchange at Exit 73 to Eatonville Road.

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Interstate 59 advances 2.1 miles north into Jones County from Monroe Road and next meets Terminal Drive at a diamond interchange (Exit 76).

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Terminal Drive links Interstate 59 with Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport (PIB) west of Exit 76.

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Interstate 59 makes a gradual turn to the northeast from Exit 76 toward the Leaf River.

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A folded diamond interchange (Exit 78) links I-59 with Sanford Road in one mile.

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Sanford Road heads west from Exit 78 to Monroe Road at Shelton and east to a dead end along the Leaf River.

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Angling northeast across Mill Creek, I-59 approaches Exit 80 with Moselle Seminary Road.

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The unincorporated community of Moselle lies just southeast of the exchange with Moselle Seminary Road along U.S. 11.

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U.S. 11 and I-59 parallel each other northeast six miles into the Jones County seat of Ellisville.

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MS 590, a 22 mile long highway from U.S. 49 at Seminary to MS 29 at Ellisville, crosses paths with I-59 at a diamond interchange (Exit 85) just west of Ellisville State School.

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The Highway 590 Extension project lengthened MS 590 east 2.4 miles from the to MS 29 at Jordan Loop Road. Included in the $12 million project was construction of a 1,948 foot long bridge across U.S. 11 and the adjacent Norfolk Southern Railroad line. Road work ran from June 28, 2011 to August 30, 2013.¹

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Exit 88 joins Interstate 59 with MS 588 west to U.S. 49 at Collins, MS 29 north to MS 28 at Soso and MS 29 (Hill Street) south to U.S. 11 and Downtown Ellisville.

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U.S. 11 and Interstate 59 come together 2.2 miles northeast of MS 29 (Hill Street) in Ellisville at a diamond interchange (Exit 90).

June 2001