Mississippi Highway 541

Mississippi Highway 541 (MS 541) runs north–south from U.S. Highway 84 (US 84), at a point about five miles (8.0 km) south of the Simpson–Jefferson Davis county line to MS 13 near Puckett. Just east of Puckett, it merges with MS 18 for a short distance. It travels directly through Magee, entering on Pinola Drive (also marked as MS 28), making a left on to Main Avenue South, a one-block jog (on 1st Street Southeast) just after Simpson Highway 149, then continuing out of town on 1st Avenue Northeast.

Mississippi Highway 541
MS 541 highlighted in orange
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length	31.15 mi[1] (50.13 km) (37.6 mi (60.5 km) including concurrencies)[2]
Existed	c. 1955–present
Major junctions
South end	Clem Road / Clem School Road near Prentiss
	US 49 in Magee
North end	MS 13 north of Puckett
Highway system
Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State ← MS 540 MS 545 →

History

Between 1946 and 1948, a gravel road was constructed from US 49 and MS 20 in Magee to MS 18 near Puckett.[3][4] By 1950, a small section of the road near Magee was paved.[5][6] A paving project from the end of the existing pavement in Magee to 5.064 miles (8.150 km) at Martinville began in 1955, and the MS 541 designation was first used in that year.[7] Around a year later, MS 541 was extended southwards along a gravel road to U.S. Route 84 near Prentiss.[8][9] The paving project was finished by 1958, and the route was extended northwards to MS 13 northeast of Puckett.[10][11] A majority of MS 541 in Jefferson Davis County became county maintained by 1960, and all of the route from US 49 to MS 18 was paved.[11][12] By 1962, more than half of the county-maintained section was paved.[12][13] The section from MS 28 to MS 13 in Smith County was paved by 1968.[14][15] The county-maintained section in Jefferson Davis County was removed from the state highway system by 1996.[16][17]

Major intersections

MS 28 and MS 541 briefly overlap with US 49 in Magee

County	Location	mi[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Jefferson Davis	​	0.0	0.0	Clem Road / Clem School Road	Southern terminus
Simpson	​	12.4	20.0	MS 28 – Hazlehurst, Magee	Southern end of MS 28 concurrency
	Magee	14.0	22.5	US 49	Southern end of US 49 concurrency
		14.4	23.2	US 49 / MS 28	Northern end of MS 28 concurrency; northern end of US 49 concurrency
		14.9	24.0	MS 149	Southern end of MS 149 concurrency
		15.0	24.1		Northern end of MS 149 concurrency
	​	22.7	36.5	MS 540 – Mendenhall, Raleigh
Rankin	​	29.5	47.5	MS 18 – Puckett, Raleigh	Southern end of MS 18 concurrency
Smith	​	32.5	52.3		Northern end of MS 18 concurrency
	​	37.6	60.5	MS 13	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• List of state highways in Mississippi

References

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1. Mississippi Department of Transportation Planning Division (December 31, 2016). Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics Extent, Travel, and Designation (PDF) (Report). Mississippi Department of Transportation. p. 174. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
2. Microsoft; Nokia (July 17, 2018). "Mississippi Highway 541" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
3. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1946). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
4. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1948). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
5. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1949). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
6. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1950). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
7. "Magee-Martinville Road Contract Awarded; Durant Firm Is Low Bidder". The Magee Courier. Magee, Mississippi. June 16, 1955. p. 1. Retrieved December 17, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1955). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
9. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1956). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
10. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1957). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
11. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1958). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
12. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1960). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
13. Mississippi State Highway Commission (1962). Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
14. Mississippi State Highway Department (1967). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Department. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
15. Mississippi State Highway Department (1968). Official Road Map State of Mississippi (PDF) (Map). Jackson: Mississippi State Highway Department. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
16. Mississippi Department of Transportation (1994). Official Highway Map of Mississippi (PDF) (Map) (1994–1995 ed.). Jackson: Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
17. Mississippi Department of Transportation (1996). Official Highway Map of Mississippi (PDF) (Map) (1996–1997 ed.). Jackson: Mississippi Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

External links

• Media related to Mississippi Highway 541 at Wikimedia Commons