Route information | ||||
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Maintained by MDOT | ||||
Length | 290.41 mi[1] (467.37 km) | |||
Existed | 1955 (proposed in 1939)–present | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | I-55 at the Louisiana state line | |||
North end | I-55 at the Tennessee state line | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Mississippi | |||
Counties | Pike, Lincoln, Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Madison, Yazoo, Holmes, Carroll, Montgomery, Grenada, Yalobusha, Panola, Tate, DeSoto | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major north–south Interstate Highway that serves the middle of the United States. It runs 963.5 miles (1,550.6 km) from I-10 in Laplace, Louisiana—about 25 miles (40 km) west of New Orleans—to U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) in Chicago, Illinois. In Mississippi, it runs for about 290.41 miles (467.37 km), entering the state at the Louisiana state line near Osyka and leaving at the Tennessee state line near Southaven, just south of Memphis.