Route information | ||||
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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 | |||
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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 | ||||
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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.