Mississippi Highway 39

MS Highway 39
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length:	49.676 mi[1] (79.946 km)
Major junctions
South end:	I-20 / I-59 / US 11 / US 80 in Meridian
North end:	US 45 in Shuqualak
Location
Counties:	Lauderdale, Kemper, Noxubee
Highway system
Mississippi State Highway System Interstate US State Unsigned ← MS 37 MS 41 →

Mississippi Highway 39 is a south to north highway that is 49.8 miles (80.1 km) long, between Meridian, MS and Shuqualak, MS.

Route description

The highway is four-laned from its beginning until it passes nearby NAS Meridian. It is cosigned with Mississippi Highway 145 for less than a 1/4 mile in Meridian. The highway passes through Daleville, MS and De Kalb, MS. It also passes the Sam Dale Monument. The highway also passes near the alternate NAS Meridian airstrip at Shuqualak. It is cosigned with Mississippi Highway 21 as it enters the corporate limits of Shuqualak, MS. Highway 39 spans over Lauderdale, Kemper, and Noxubee counties. Mississippi Highway 39 began at US 45 when it routed through downtown Meridian (present-day Mississippi Highway 145) until US 45 was rerouted around Meridian. So its beginning and ending were at the same highway, and it made for an alternate route between Meridian and Shuqualak, as it still does today.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Lauderdale	Meridian			I-20 / I-59 / US 11 / US 80 (Frontage Road) to US 45 – Butler, Tuscaloosa, Jackson
				Russell Drive	interchange; former US 11 / US 80
				Front Street - Downtown Meridian	former US 45 south
				Old Highway 45 North - Marion	former US 45 north; proposed MS 884
	Lizelia			MS 854 east (John C. Stennis Drive) – Meridian Naval Air Station, Stennis Center
Kemper	De Kalb			MS 16 – Philadelphia, Scooba
Noxubee	​			MS 21 south – Philadelphia	south end of MS 21 overlap
	Shuqualak			MS 145	north end of MS 21 overlap
	​			US 45 – Macon, Scooba
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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