U.S. 84

U.S. 84 travels across southern reaches of Mississippi between Natchez and Waynesboro. The four lane corridor joins a number of smaller cities and towns including Bude, Brookhaven, Monticello, Prentiss and Collins. Through the city of Laurel, U.S. 84 combines with Interstate 59 along a bypass south of Downtown.

U.S. 84 Mississippi Guides

East - Brookhaven to Laurel

West - 8 photos

The Mississippi Department of Transportation's 1987 Four-Lane Highway Program and Vision 21 upgraded all but the eastern half mile of U.S. 84 in the state. This included building limited access bypasses at Monticello and Waynesboro.

Some sections of old U.S. 84 were reclassified as Mississippi State Route 184. Connecting the city center with a controlled access bypass, many of these branches act as business routes from the U.S. 84 mainline. The segments of MS 184 are as follows:

Meadville / Bude - a 4.7 mile route along Main Street north of U.S. 84 through Meadville and Old U.S. 84 south of U.S. 84 through Bude.
Monticello - 6.7 miles along Broad Street south of U.S. 84.
Silver Creek - a 4.3 mile loop north of U.S. 84.
Prentiss - 3.8 miles south from U.S. 84.
Collins - 2.8 miles south of U.S. 84.
Powers / Cleo - 3.9 miles along a rural section of Highway 184 south of U.S. 84
Waynesboro - 5.2 miles south of the U.S. 84 expressway along Azalea Drive to U.S. 45. The route spurs one mile northeast from U.S. 45 to a dead end beside U.S. 84 via Central Road.

A ribbon cutting ceremony marked the completion of the 1987 Four-lane Highway Program on December 15, 2011 in Wayne County. Completed was a $26.3 million project extending east along U.S. 84 from Waynesboro toward the Alabama state line. Work on this ten mile segment started in 2009. Total cost for four-laning 186.2 miles of U.S. 84 across Mississippi was approximately $130 million.¹