Mississippi Highway 27

MS Highway 27
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	119.897 mi[1] (192.956 km)
Major junctions
South end:	LA 25 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
Counties:	Walthall, Lawrence, Copiah, Hinds, Warren
Highway system
Numbered highways in Mississippi Interstates  • U.S. Routes • State highways Unsigned state highways ← MS 26 MS 28 →

Mississippi Highway 27 (MS 27) is a state highway in Mississippi. It runs from north to south 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.

Locales on Route

From North to South

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

Junctions

From North to South

• Interstate 20 / U.S. Highway 61 / U.S. Highway 80
• Natchez Trace Parkway
• Mississippi Highway 18
• Interstate 55 / U.S. Highway 51 ( joins eastbound, splits westbound)

( joins westbound, splits eastbound)

• Mississippi Highway 28
• Mississippi Highway 472
• Mississippi Highway 478
• U.S. Highway 84
• Mississippi Highway 44
• U.S. Highway 98
• Mississippi Highway 583
• Mississippi Highway 48
• Louisiana Highway 25

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. 

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