Mississippi Highway 42

Mississippi Highway 42
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length	116.0 mi[1] (186.7 km) (106.220 mi excluding concurrencies)
Existed	1932–present
Major junctions
West end	Rockport-New Hebron Road near New Hebron
Major intersections	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
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
Counties	Lawrence, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Forrest, Perry, Greene, Wayne
Highway system
Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State
← MS 41 → MS 43

Mississippi Highway 42 (MS 42) is a state highway in southern Mississippi. MS 42 runs in an east/west direction for 116.0 miles (186.7 km), 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.