Mississippi Highway 43

MS Highway 43
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	235.526 mi (379.042 km)
Major junctions
South end:	US 90 in Bay Saint Louis
	I-10 in Bay Saint Louis I-59 in Picayune US 11 in Picayune MS 13 in Lampton MS 13 near Oak Vale US 84 from Monticello to Silver Creek MS 13 in Mendenhall MS 18 in Puckett I-20 in Pelahatchie US 80 in Pelahatchie
North end:	Attala Road 3122 near Kilmichael
Location
Counties:	Hancock, Pearl River, Marion, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Rankin, Madison, Leake, Attala
Highway system
Numbered Highways in Mississippi Interstate US State Unsigned ← MS 42 MS 44 →

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MS 43 as it passes through Goshen Springs, near the Ross Barnett Reservoir.

Mississippi Highway 43 generally runs north–south in three segments: the first from U.S. Highway 90 near Bay St. Louis to Mississippi Highway 13 south of Columbia, resuming at MS 13 in southern Jefferson Davis County to end near Mendenhall, and finally starting again at Mississippi Highway 18 near Puckett to end at Attala Road 3122 in northern Attala County. It traverses approximately 235 miles (378 km), serving Hancock, Pearl River, Marion, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Rankin, Madison, Leake, and Attala counties.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Hancock	Waveland			US 90 / Nicholson Avenue – Bay St. Louis, New Orleans, Buccaneer State Park, Beaches	south end of MS 603 overlap
	​			I-10 – New Orleans, Mobile	I-10 exit 13
	​			MS 603 north	north end of MS 603 overlap
Pearl River	Picayune			I-59 south – Picayune, New Orleans	south end of I-59 overlap; MS 43 south follows exit 4
				I-59 north – Hattiesburg	north end of I-59 overlap; MS 43 north follows exit 6
				US 11 – Picayune, Poplarville
	​			Beech Street (MS 992 south)
	Crossroads			MS 26 – Bogalusa, Poplarville
Marion	​			MS 13 – Columbia, Lumberton
Gap in route
Jefferson Davis	​			MS 13
Lawrence	​			MS 43A north
	​			MS 184 – Monticello
Gap in route
Lawrence	Silver Creek			MS 43A south (Front Street) / MS 184 (Southern Avenue)
	New Hebron			Jones Street (MS 915)
				MS 42 – Prentiss
Simpson	​			MS 478 west
	​			MS 28 east – Magee	south end of MS 28 overlap
	​			MS 472 west
	Pinola			MS 28 west – Hazlehurst	north end of MS 28 overlap
	Mendenhall			MS 13 – Mendenhall, Jackson, Prentiss
Gap in route
Rankin	Puckett			MS 18 – Puckett, Brandon, Jackson
	Pelahatchie			I-20 – Jackson, Meridian	I-20 exit 68
				US 80 – Brandon, Morton
	​			MS 481 south – Leesburg
	Koch			MS 25 – Jackson, Carthage	interchange
	​			MS 471 south – Brandon
Madison	Madisonville			Natchez Trace	interchange
	Canton			MS 16 west (Canton Parkway) to I-55 / US 51	south end of MS 16 overlap
				MS 16 east (East Peace Street) – Downtown Canton, Carthage	north end of MS 16 overlap
	​			MS 17 – Camden, Pickens
Leake	Thomastown			MS 429 – Sallis, Carthage
Attala	​			MS 14 west – Newport, Goodman	south end of MS 14 overlap
	​			MS 14 east / South Natchez Street – Kosciusko, Louisville	north end of MS 14 overlap
	​			MS 12 west – Durant	south end of MS 12 overlap
	​			MS 735 north
	Kosciusko			MS 19 north / MS 35 north (North Jackson Street) – Vaiden, Kosciusko	south end of MS 19 / MS 35 overlap
				MS 12 east / MS 19 south / MS 35 south – Ackerman	north end of MS 12 / MS 19 / MS 35 overlap
	​			Winfry Road / County Road 3122	to MS 407
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related routes

MS Highway 43 Spur
Location:	Picayune
Length:	1.350 mi (2.173 km)

MS 43 Spur, officially inventoried as Mississippi Highway 992, is a short local road which runs through Picayune, Mississippi. Its northern terminus is at MS 43 and its southern terminus is just north of Goodyear Boulevard in Picayune.

See also

• List of Mississippi state highways