Mississippi Highway 42

MS Highway 42
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	106.220 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 in State Line
Location
Counties:	Wayne, Greene, Perry, Forrest, Lamar, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence
Highway system
Numbered highways in Mississippi Interstates  • U.S. Routes • State highways Unsigned state highways ← MS 41 MS 43 →

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.

Locales on Route

From East to West

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

Major Junctions

From East to West

• Alabama State Route 56
• Mississippi Highway 57
• Mississippi Highway 63
• Mississippi Highway 15
• Mississippi Highway 29
• U.S. Highway 11
• U.S. Highway 49
• Interstate 59
• Mississippi Highway 44
• Mississippi Highway 35
• U.S. Highway 84
• Mississippi Highway 13
• Mississippi Highway 43

References

1. ^ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. http://www.gomdot.com/Divisions/IntermodalPlanning/Resources/Planning/pdf/HighwayStats.pdf. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 

External links

• Mississippi Department of Transportation
• Magnoolia Meanderings