Mississippi Highway 42

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.

Mississippi Highway 42
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length106.220 mi[1] (170.945 km)
Major junctions
West end MS 43 in New Hebron
  US 84 in Prentiss
US 49 in Hattiesburg
I-59 in Hattiesburg
US 11 in Hattiesburg
US 45 in State Line
East end SR 56 at the Alabama state line in State Line
Location
CountiesWayne, Greene, Perry, Forrest, Lamar, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence
Highway system
← MS 41MS 43 →

Locales on Route

From East to West

  • State Line
  • Richton
  • Petal
  • Hattiesburg
  • West Hattiesburg
  • Sumrall
  • Bassfield
  • Prentiss
  • New Hebron

Major intersections
CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Lawrence​Rockport-New Hebron Roadwest end of state maintenance (Simpson County line)
New HebronJones Street (MS 915 south)Northern terminus of unsigned MS 915
MS 43 – Pinola, Silver Creek
Jefferson Davis​ US 84 – Collins, Monticello
Prentiss MS 13 / MS 184 – Collins, Monticello
Columbia Avenue (MS 937)
Bassfield MS 35 – Mount Olive, Columbia
Lamar​ MS 44 west – ColumbiaWest end of MS 44 overlap
Sumrall MS 589 – Downtown SumrallEast end of MS 44 overlap
Forrest​ US 49 north – JacksonWest end of US 49 overlap
Hattiesburg I-59 south / US 49 south – New Orleans, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Hattiesburg, University of Southern MississippiEast end of US 49 overlap; west end of I-59 overlap; MS 42 west follows exit 67B
​ I-59 north / Eatonville Road – Laurel, EatonvilleEast end of I-59 overlap; MS 42 east follows exit 69
Petal US 11 – Hattiesburg, LaurelInterchange
Central Avenueformer MS 142
PerryRunnelstown MS 29 – Ellisville, New Augusta
Richton MS 15 south – BeaumontWest end of MS 15 overlap
MS 15 north – LaurelEast end of MS 15 overlap
GreeneSand Hill MS 63 south – LeakesvilleWest end of MS 63 overlap
​ MS 63 north – WaynesboroEast end of MS 63 overlap
State Line To MS 57 / Main Streetformer MS 57
Wayne MS 57 – Waynesboro, Mississippi Gulf CoastInterchange
​ US 45 south – Citronelle, MobileWest end of US 45 overlap
State Line US 45 north – Waynesboro, State LineEast end of US 45 overlap
​ SR 56 east – ChatomAlabama state line; eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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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