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Home » US Law » 2020 Mississippi Code » Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries » Chapter 3 - State Highway System » General Provisions; Additions to and Deletions from State Highway System, 1954-1971

§ 65-3-1. Collection of tolls on state highway forbidden; exception

Subject only to the provisions hereinafter contained, it shall be unlawful for any person, acting privately or in any official capacity or as an employee of any subdivision of the state, to charge or collect any toll or other charge from any person for the privilege of traveling on any part of any highway which […]

§ 65-3-3. State highways designated

The following highways are designated as state highways and shall be under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance, and such highways, along with all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi: Mississippi 1 – Begins at Onward, […]

§ 65-3-34. Additional lanes along Mississippi Highway 552 in Jefferson and Claiborne Counties

The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall construct and reconstruct to department design standards four (4) lanes for traffic on and along Mississippi Highway 552 in Jefferson and Claiborne Counties beginning at its intersection with United States Highway 61 in Jefferson County and extending to Alcorn State University in Claiborne County. The Transportation Department shall also […]

§ 65-3-35. Certain highways designated as scenic route

The following links of highways located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as a scenic route: U.S. Highway 61 at Woodville, in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, thence to Natchez, in Adams County, thence to Fayette, in Jefferson County, thence to Port Gibson, in Claiborne County, thence across the new Highway 61 Bridge, spanning Bayou […]

§ 65-3-36. Additional designation of highways as scenic route

The following segments of highways located in the State of Mississippi are hereby designated as a scenic route: Mississippi Highway 7 beginning at point of intersection with Interstate 55, running east to the intersection with Mississippi Highway 332, thence southerly along the route of the Grenada Dam then to its intersection with Mississippi Highway 8, […]

§ 65-3-37. Markers designating Chickasa-Leaf Barn Quilt Trail authorized

The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and directed to allow for the erection of two (2) markers designating the Chickasa-Leaf Barn Quilt Trail, with one (1) at the intersection of Mississippi Highway 98 and Mississippi Highway 57 North, which is outside and east of the McLain corporate limits, and another at the intersection of […]

§ 65-3-37.1. Markers recognizing the Military Order of the Purple Heart authorized

The Mississippi Transportation Commission is hereby authorized and directed to allow for the erection of markers recognizing the Military Order of the Purple Heart at the entrances of state highways in the counties of Mississippi, subject to the limitation that only four (4) markers be authorized for erection per county. The Mississippi Department of Transportation […]

§ 65-3-8. No citation for violation of revised allowable weight limits for bridges until twenty-four hours after posting of sign indicating revised limits

When the Mississippi Department of Transportation designates a bridge as failing to meet the design, standard, sufficiency rating or any other criteria required for allowing certain weight limits on that specific bridge and revises the allowable weight limits for that bridge, no citation may be issued to the driver of a vehicle for violations of […]