Mississippi Highway 28


Mississippi Highway 28 is a two-lane state highway in Mississippi, United States, that runs east–west from U.S. Highway 84 west of Laurel to MS 33 near Fayette. It travels approximately, serving Jefferson, Copiah, Simpson, Smith, and Jones counties.

Route description

MS 28 is a largely two-lane, paved road that travels east and west across central Mississippi. The route does have several dangerous intersections and sharp curves, the most notable being the intersection with MS 37 in Taylorsville and the intersection with MS 35 in Mize. The road is heavily traveled, and is a major corridor from Laurel to Jackson. The road does share a four-lane concurrency with US49 for about in the city of Magee before turning south.

Future

There have been some discussions among residents in communities along MS 28 concerning plans to completely four-lane MS 28 from its terminus with US 84 in Laurel to US 49 in Magee. The route already shares a concurrency with US 49 in Magee, and some residents feel that a four-lane highway would better alleviate heavy truck traffic.
There have been no official plans from the Mississippi Department of Transportation to upgrade MS 28 to freeway standards. Residents opposed to the potential change claim that "four-laning" the Highway would also entail bypasses for several small towns along the route, stifling business opportunities.
However, MDOT does have some improvements scheduled for the dangerous intersection with MS 37 in Taylorsville. A $3,000,000 project for "various intersection improvements at MS 37/MS 28" is set to begin in 2018.

Major intersections