Mississippi Highway 42

MS Highway 42 marker

MS Highway 42

Route information

Maintained by MDOT

Length:

106.220 mi^[1] (170.945 km)

Major junctions

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Mississippi Highway 42 (MS 42) is a state highway in Mississippi. MS 42 runs in an east/west direction for 105 miles (excluding multiplexes with US routes), serving seven Mississippi counties: Wayne, Greene, Perry, Forrest, Lamar, Jefferson Davis, and Lawrence. Portions of this highway run parallel to the Longleaf Trace. The length of highway between Interstate 59 and U.S. Highway 11 in Forrest County, just outside Petal is known as the Evelyn Gandy Parkway.

Locales on Route

From East to West

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Lawrence		Rockport-New Hebron Road	west end of state maintenance (Simpson County line)
	New Hebron	Jones Street (MS 915)
	New Hebron	MS 43 – Pinola, Silver Creek
Jefferson Davis		US 84 – Collins, Monticello
	Prentiss	MS 13 / MS 184 – Collins, Monticello
	Prentiss	Columbia Avenue (MS 937)
	Bassfield	MS 35 – Mount Olive, Columbia
Lamar		MS 44 west – Columbia	west end of MS 44 overlap
Lamar	Sumrall	MS 589 – Downtown Sumrall	east end of MS 44 overlap
Forrest		US 49 north – Jackson	west end of US 49 overlap
	Hattiesburg	I-59 south / US 49 south – New Orleans, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Hattiesburg, University of Southern Mississippi	east end of US 49 overlap; west end of I-59 overlap; MS 42 west follows exit 67B
		I-59 north / Eatonville Road – Laurel, Eatonville	east end of I-59 overlap; MS 42 east follows exit 69
	Petal	US 11 – Hattiesburg, Laurel	interchange
	Petal	Central Avenue	former MS 142
Perry	Runnelstown	MS 29 – Ellisville, New Augusta
	Richton	MS 15 south – Beaumont	west end of MS 15 overlap
	Richton	MS 15 north – Laurel	east end of MS 15 overlap
Greene	Sand Hill	MS 63 south – Leakesville	west end of MS 63 overlap
		MS 63 north – Waynesboro	east end of MS 63 overlap
	State Line	To MS 57 / Main Street	former MS 57
Wayne	State Line	MS 57 – Waynesboro, Mississippi Gulf Coast	interchange
		US 45 south – Citronelle, Mobile	west end of US 45 overlap
	State Line	US 45 north – Waynesboro, State Line	east end of US 45 overlap
		SR 56 east – Chatom
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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