U.S. 98 East - Hattiesburg to Lucedale

U.S. 98 east separates from Interstate 59 south at a rural trumpet interchange just outside the Hattiesburg city limits.
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Elks Lake Road extends 2.8 miles south from Edwards Street (MS 969) and U.S. 49 in Hattiesburg to a diamond interchange with U.S. 98.
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Elks Lake Road continues south from the freeway along U.S. 98 to the rural community of Dixie.
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U.S. 49 is a four lane highway joining Hattiesburg and the I-59 corridor with the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
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U.S. 49 travels 62.8 miles south from the six-ramp parclo interchange with U.S. 98 at Hattiesburg to U.S. 90 in Gulfport.
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New Augusta is another 14 miles east along U.S. 98 while Lucedale is actually 49 miles away, despite this distance sign referencing the city at 52 miles. Mobile, Alabama is 87 miles to the southeast instead of 82.
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Most of which traverses DeSoto National Forest, MS 29 is a rural highway south from New Augusta to the Stone County seat of Wiggins.
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MS 29 heads 33 miles north from U.S. 98 in New Augusta to the Jones County seat of Ellisville.
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The branch of MS 198 through the town of Beaumont follows the pre-expressway alignment of U.S. 98 east to MS 15.
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MS 15 south combines with MS 198 east for 2.10 miles from Beaumont to a folded diamond interchange with U.S. 98.
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Mississippi Highway 15 is split between two segments, one between U.S. 90 and MS 26, the other between U.S. 98 at Beaumont and the Tennessee state line near Walnut.
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U.S. 98 crosses the Greene County line just ahead of MS 198 south into the town of McLain.
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MS 198 angles 1.82 miles southeast from U.S. 98 across McLain to MS 57.
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MS 57 heads 0.71 miles north from MS 198 (Main Street) in McLain to U.S. 98.
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Historically MS 57 replaced what was MS 59. MS 59 traveled south from McLain to the Mississippi Gulf Cost. The portion of MS 57 east to Leakesville was formerly MS 594.
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MS 57 north joins U.S. 98 east ahead of the Leaf River. The waterway flows south from near Meridian into the Pascagoula River nearby.
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U.S. 98/MS 57 overlap east for 1.57 miles.
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MS 57 continues 17.62 miles east from U.S. 98 to overtake the expressway along MS 63 north from Leakesville.
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A diamond interchange connects U.S. 98 with the expressway along MS 63 to the northwest of Lucedale.
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MS 63 and MS 57 form a seamless expressway joining Moss Point and the Mississippi Gulf Cost with the U.S. 45 corridor north from State Line.
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The realignment of MS 63 west out of Lucedale opened to traffic in 2000.
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Prior to the completion of the expressway taking MS 63 north to MS 57 near Leakesville, the state highway overlapped with U.S. 98 east 4.5 miles.
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Signed as the route into East Lucedale, Old MS 63 meets U.S. 98 at an RCUT intersection.
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U.S. 98 crosses the Escatawpa River east into Alabama. The eastbound span was constructed by MDOT well in advance of the eventual four laning of U.S. 98 in Mobile County.
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U.S. 98 continues with four lanes a half mile east from the state border to SR 158, which is the future alignment of U.S. 98 east to Interstate 65 at Saraland.
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