Mississippi Highway 29 Explained

State:MS
Type:MS
Route:29
Maint:MDOT
Map Custom:yes
Length Mi:78.7
Length Ref:[1]
Length Notes:(78.009 mi excluding concurrency with MS 149)
Established:1950
Direction A:South
Terminus A: in Wiggins
Junction: in New Augusta
in Ellisville
in Ellisville
near Calhoun
Direction B:North
Terminus B: in Soso
Counties:Stone, Perry, Jones
Previous Type:MS
Previous Route:28
Next Type:MS
Next Route:30

Mississippi Highway 29 (MS 29) is a state highway in southern Mississippi. It runs from north to south for 78.7miles and serves three counties: Jones, Perry, Stone.

Route description

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics. Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. PDF. 2010-06-03. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101203100143/http://gomdot.com/Divisions/IntermodalPlanning/Resources/Planning/pdf/HighwayStats.pdf. 2010-12-03.