Mississippi Highway 29
 Mississippi Highway 29 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDOT | ||||
| Length | 78.7 mi[1] (126.7 km) (78.009 mi excluding concurrency with MS 149) | |||
| Existed | 1950–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   MS 26 / MS 149 in Wiggins | |||
 US 98 in New Augusta US 11 in Ellisville I-59 in Ellisville US 84 near Calhoun | ||||
| North end |  MS 28 in Soso | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Mississippi | |||
| Counties | Stone, Perry, Jones | |||
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Mississippi Highway 29 (MS 29) is a state highway in southern Mississippi. It runs from north to south for 78.7 miles (126.7 km) and serves three counties: Jones, Perry, Stone.
Route description
[edit]MS 29 begins in Stone County at an interchange between MS 26 (W Central Avenue) and MS 149 (Magnolia Drive) in Wiggins. It heads north concurrent (overlapped) with MS 149 and they head straight up through the center of downtown for several blocks before MS 29 splits off and heads east through neighborhoods along E Hatten Avenue. MS 29 merges onto Parkway Drive to pass by the Flint Creek Water Park before leaving the Wiggins city limits and traveling northeast through a mix of farmland and woodlands for a few miles to cross into Perry County.
MS 29 travels through farmland for several miles before entering the Black Creek Wilderness portion of De Soto National Forest, where it crosses Black Creek and winds its way through remote woodlands for several miles, exiting only briefly to pass through the community of Janice. The highway finally exits the forest as it passes through the town of New Augusta, where it has an intersection with US 98, before crossing the Leaf River. MS 29 begins paralleling Tallahala Creek as it heads north through mostly rural wooded areas, with some farmland here and there, for several miles to pass through Runnelstown, where it has an intersection with MS 42. The highway winds its way through more woodlands before crossing into Jones County at the community of Whitfield.
MS 29 travels northwest through farmland for several miles to pass through Johnson and cross Tallahala Creek before entering the Ellisville city limits at an intersection with MS 590. It passes through some neighborhoods before merging onto S Church Street as it passes by Jones College. The highway heads north through neighborhoods before turning left onto Holly Street to pass along the northern edge of downtown, as well as cross a railroad track. MS 29 immediately has an intersection with US 11, where it becomes Hill Street as well as begins a concurrency with MS 588. The travel northwest through a business district for several blocks to have an interchange with I-59 (Exit 88) before MS 588 splits off and heads west. MS 29 leaves Ellisville shortly thereafter and travels northwest through rural farmland for several miles, where it has an interchange with US 84, before entering the town of Soso and coming to an end at an intersection with MS 28.
The entire length of Mississippi Highway 29 is a rural two lane state highway.[2]
Major intersections
[edit]| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Stone | Wiggins | 0.0 | 0.0 |    MS 26 / MS 149 south to US 49 – Poplarville, Lucedale | Southern terminus; interchange; south end of MS 149 overlap |
| 0.7 | 1.1 |  MS 149 north | North end of MS 149 overlap | ||
| 2.0 | 3.2 | Flint Creek Water Park main entrance | Access road into park | ||
| Perry | De Soto National Forest | 20.3 | 32.7 | Progress Road (FS 385) - McLain | |
| 23.5 | 37.8 | Beaumont-Brooklyn Road - Beaumont | |||
| New Augusta | 32.7 | 52.6 | US 98 – Hattiesburg, Lucedale | ||
| | 34.6 | 55.7 | Buck Creek Road to Old Augusta Road - McSwain, Richton | ||
| | 35.4 | 57.0 | Old River Road - Hattiesburg | ||
| Runnelstown | 46.1 | 74.2 |  MS 42 – Hattiesburg, Richton | ||
| Jones | | 65.0 | 104.6 |    MS 590 west to I-59 – Seminary | Eastern terminus of MS 590 |
| Ellisville | 66.5 | 107.0 | US 11 – Laurel, Hattiesburg  MS 588 begins | Eastern terminus of MS 588; south end of MS 588 overlap | |
| 67.2– 67.4 | 108.1– 108.5 | I-59 – Hattiesburg, Laurel | I-59 exit 88 | ||
| 67.7 | 109.0 | MS 588 west – Collins | North end of MS 588 overlap | ||
| | 72.5– 72.9 | 116.7– 117.3 | US 84 – Collins, Laurel | Interchange | |
| Soso | 78.7 | 126.7 | MS 28 – Taylorsville, Laurel | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ "Map of Mississippi Highway 29" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 26, 2021.