Mississippi Highway 42

MS Highway 42
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	106.220 mi (170.945 km)
Major junctions
West end:	MS 43 in New Hebron
	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 in State Line
Location
Counties:	Wayne, Greene, Perry, Forrest, Lamar, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence
Highway system
Numbered Highways in Mississippi Interstate US State Unsigned ← MS 41 MS 43 →

Mississippi Highway 42 (MS 42) is a state highway in Mississippi. MS 42 runs in an east/west direction for 105 miles (excluding multiplexes with US routes), 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.

Locales on Route

From East to West

• State Line
• Richton
• Petal
• Hattiesburg
• West Hattiesburg
• Sumrall
• Bassfield
• Prentiss
• New Hebron

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Lawrence	​			Rockport-New Hebron Road	west end of state maintenance (Simpson County line)
	New Hebron			Jones Street (MS 915)
				MS 43 – Pinola, Silver Creek
Jefferson Davis	​			US 84 – Collins, Monticello
	Prentiss			MS 13 / MS 184 – Collins, Monticello
				Columbia Avenue (MS 937)
	Bassfield			MS 35 – Mount Olive, Columbia
Lamar	​			MS 44 west – Columbia	west end of MS 44 overlap
	Sumrall			MS 589 – Downtown Sumrall	east end of MS 44 overlap
Forrest	​			US 49 north – Jackson	west end of US 49 overlap
	Hattiesburg			I-59 south / US 49 south – New Orleans, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Hattiesburg, University of Southern Mississippi	east end of US 49 overlap; west end of I-59 overlap; MS 42 west follows exit 67B
	​			I-59 north / Eatonville Road – Laurel, Eatonville	east end of I-59 overlap; MS 42 east follows exit 69
	Petal			US 11 – Hattiesburg, Laurel	interchange
				Central Avenue	former MS 142
Perry	Runnelstown			MS 29 – Ellisville, New Augusta
	Richton			MS 15 south – Beaumont	west end of MS 15 overlap
				MS 15 north – Laurel	east end of MS 15 overlap
Greene	Sand Hill			MS 63 south – Leakesville	west end of MS 63 overlap
	​			MS 63 north – Waynesboro	east end of MS 63 overlap
	State Line			To MS 57 / Main Street	former MS 57
Wayne				MS 57 – Waynesboro, Mississippi Gulf Coast	interchange
	​			US 45 south – Citronelle, Mobile	west end of US 45 overlap
	State Line			US 45 north – Waynesboro, State Line	east end of US 45 overlap
	​			SR 56 east – Chatom
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

External links

• Mississippi Department of Transportation
• Magnoolia Meanderings