Mississippi Highway 43

Mississippi Highway 43 (MS 43) generally runs north–south in three segments: the first from US 90 near Bay St. Louis to MS 13 south of Columbia, resuming at MS 13 in southern Jefferson Davis County to end near Mendenhall, and finally starting again at MS 18 near Puckett to end at Attala Road 3122 in northern Attala County. It traverses approximately 235 miles (378 km), serving Hancock, Pearl River, Marion, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Rankin, Madison, Leake, and Attala counties.

Mississippi Highway 43
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length	235.526 mi[1] (379.042 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 90 in Bay Saint Louis
	I-10 in Bay Saint Louis I-59 in Picayune US 11 in Picayune MS 13 in Lampton MS 13 near Oak Vale US 84 from Monticello to Silver Creek MS 13 in Mendenhall MS 18 in Puckett I-20 in Pelahatchie US 80 in Pelahatchie
North end	Attala Road 3122 near Kilmichael
Location
Counties	Hancock, Pearl River, Marion, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Rankin, Madison, Leake, Attala
Highway system
Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State ← MS 42 MS 44 →

MS 43 as it passes through Goshen Springs, near the Ross Barnett Reservoir.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Hancock	Waveland			US 90 / Nicholson Avenue – Bay St. Louis, New Orleans, Buccaneer State Park, Beaches	Southern terminus of MS 43 and MS 603; southern end of MS 603 overlap
	​			I-10 – New Orleans, Mobile	I-10 exit 13
	​			MS 603 north	Northern end of MS 603 overlap
Pearl River	Picayune			I-59 south – Picayune, New Orleans	Southern end of I-59 overlap; MS 43 south follows exit 4
				I-59 north – Hattiesburg	Northern end of I-59 overlap; MS 43 north follows exit 6
				US 11 – Picayune, Poplarville
	​			Beech Street (MS 992 south)	Northern terminus of MS 43 Spur (MS 992)
	Crossroads			MS 26 – Bogalusa, Poplarville
Marion	​			MS 13 – Columbia, Lumberton	Northern terminus of southern section of MS 43
Gap in route
Jefferson Davis	​			MS 13 – Prentiss, Columbia	Southern terminus of middle section of MS 43
Lawrence	​			MS 43A north – Silver Creek	Southern terminus of MS 43A
	​			MS 184 west – Monticello	Southern end of MS 184 overlap
	​			MS 184 east	Northern end of MS 184 overlap
	​			US 84 west – Monticello, Brookhaven	Southern end of US 84 overlap
	​			MS 184 west – Monticello	Eastern terminus of Monticello section of MS 184
	​			MS 184 east – Silver Creek	Western terminus of Silver Creek section of MS 184
	​			US 84 east – Prentiss MS 43A south	Northern end of US 84 overlap; northern terminus of MS 43A
	Silver Creek			MS 184 (Southern Avenue)
	New Hebron			Jones Street (MS 915 north) to MS 42	Southern terminus of MS 915
				MS 42 – Prentiss
Simpson	​			MS 478 west	Eastern terminus of MS 478
	​			MS 28 east – Magee	Southern end of MS 28 overlap
	​			MS 472 west	Eastern terminus of MS 472
	Pinola			MS 28 west – Hazlehurst	Northern end of MS 28 overlap
	Mendenhall			MS 13 – Mendenhall, Jackson, Prentiss	Northern terminus of middle section of MS 43
Gap in route
Rankin	Puckett			MS 18 – Puckett, Brandon, Jackson	Southern terminus of southern section of MS 43
	Pelahatchie			I-20 – Jackson, Meridian	I-20 exit 68
				US 80 – Brandon, Morton
	​			MS 481 south – Leesburg, Morton	Northern terminus of MS 481
	Koch			MS 25 – Jackson, Carthage	Interchange
	​			MS 471 south – Brandon	Northern terminus of MS 471
Madison	Madisonville			Natchez Trace Parkway	Interchange
	Canton			MS 16 west (Canton Parkway) to I-55 / US 51	Southern end of MS 16 overlap
				MS 16 east (East Peace Street) – Downtown Canton, Carthage	Northern end of MS 16 overlap
	​			MS 17 – Camden, Pickens
Leake	Thomastown			MS 429 – Sallis, Carthage
Attala	​			MS 14 west – Newport, Goodman	Southern end of MS 14 overlap
	​			MS 14 east / South Natchez Street – Kosciusko, Louisville	Northern end of MS 14 overlap
	​			MS 12 west – Durant	Southern end of MS 12 overlap
	​			MS 735 north – Downtown Kosciusko	Southern terminus of MS 735; old MS 12
	Kosciusko			MS 19 north / MS 35 north (North Jackson Street) – Vaiden, Kosciusko	Southern end of MS 19 / MS 35 overlap
				MS 12 east / MS 19 south / MS 35 south – Ackerman	Northern end of MS 12 / MS 19 / MS 35 overlap
	​			Winfry Road / County Road 3122	to MS 407; northern terminus of northern section of MS 43; end of state maintenance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Related routes

Highway 43 Spur

Mississippi Highway 43 Spur
Location	Picayune
Length	1.350 mi[1] (2.173 km)

MS 43 Spur, officially inventoried as Mississippi Highway 992 (MS 992), is a short local road which runs through Picayune, Mississippi. Its northern terminus is at MS 43 and its southern terminus is just north of Goodyear Boulevard in Picayune.

Highway 43A

Mississippi Highway 43A
Location	Lawrence County
Length	5.6 mi (9.0 km)

Mississippi Highway 43A (MS 43A) is a 5.6-mile-long (9.0 km) alternate route of MS 43 in Lawrence County, Mississippi.

MS 43A begins at an intersection with MS 43 just northwest of the community of Arm. It heads north through rural areas, running parallel to the Silver Creek, for several miles to enter the town of Silver Creek and come to an end at an intersection with US 84/MS 43 just south of downtown. The entire route of MS 43A is a two-lane highway. Signage of MS 43A is extremely poor along its entire length, with the only known sign being at its southern terminus.[2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Lawrence County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
​	0.0	0.0	MS 43 – Monticello, Columbia	Southern terminus
Silver Creek	5.6	9.0	US 84 / MS 43 – Monticello, Prentiss, Downtown, New Hebron	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• List of Mississippi state highways

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.
2. Google (November 28, 2019). "Mississippi Highway 43A" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 28, 2019.