Mississippi Highway 27

Mississippi Highway 27 (MS 27) is a state highway in Mississippi. It runs from south to north for 119.53 miles (192.36 km), serving 5 counties: Walthall, Lawrence, Copiah, Hinds, and Warren. The segment between Vicksburg and Crystal Springs is known vernacularly as the "Utica cutoff" because it facilitates a circumvention of Jackson for I-20 / I-55 traffic flowing between Vicksburg and Hammond.

Mississippi Highway 27
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length119.897 mi[1] (192.956 km)
Major junctions
South end LA 25 at the Louisiana state line near Tylertown
  US 98 in Tylertown

US 84 in Monticello
US 51 in Crystal Springs
I-55 in Crystal Springs

US 80 in Vicksburg
North end I-20 / US 61 in Vicksburg
Location
CountiesWalthall, Lawrence, Copiah, Hinds, Warren
Highway system
MS 26MS 28

Locales on route

From South to North

  • Tylertown
  • Monticello
  • Georgetown
  • Crystal Springs
  • Utica
  • Vicksburg

Major intersections

A sign for Mississippi Highway 27, located just north of the Louisiana state line.
CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Walthall LA 25 south FranklintonLouisiana state line; southern terminus
Tylertown MS 48 / MS 198 McComb, Columbia
MS 583 north (Tyler Avenue)Southern terminus of MS 583
US 98 McComb, Columbia
Lawrence MS 44 west JayessEastern terminus of western segment of MS 44
Monticello MS 184 Monticello, Brookhaven, Prentiss
US 84 Brookhaven, Silver Creek, PrentissInterchange
RosellaN.A. Sandifer Highway Ferguson
WanillaSmith Ferry Road - Wanillaproposed MS 904
CopiahRockport MS 478 eastWestern terminus of MS 478
MS 472 westEastern terminus of MS 472
Georgetown MS 28 Hazlehurst, Pinola
Crystal Springs US 51 south / MS 801 north Crystal Springs, Calling Panther Lake, Lake ChautauquaSouth end of US 51 overlap; southern terminus of MS 801
I-55 / US 51 north Brookhaven, JacksonNorth end of US 51 overlap; I-55 exit 72
HindsUtica MS 18 west Port Gibson, Downtown UticaSouth end of MS 18 overlap
MS 18 east JacksonNorth end of MS 18 overlap
Natchez Trace ParkwayInterchange
WarrenVicksburg US 80 / MS 822 east to I-20 west / US 61 south Edwards, Downtown VicksburgWestern terminus of MS 822
I-20 east / US 61 north Rolling Fork, JacksonI-20 exit 6; no access to I-20 westbound/US 61 southbound
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References

  1. "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
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