Mississippi Highway 468 (MS 468) runs from Mississippi Highway 475 in Flowood, Mississippi where it is known as Flowood Drive to MS 469 in Brandon, Mississippi. It is known as Pearson Road in Pearl, Mississippi.
 Mississippi Highway 468 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDOT | ||||
| Length | 20.417 mi[1] (32.858 km) | |||
| Existed | 2000[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  MS 475 in Flowood | |||
| East end |  US 80 in Brandon | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Mississippi | |||
| Counties | Rankin | |||
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Route description
editMS 468 starts at MS 475 in Flowood and travels southwestwards along Flowood Drive. The route turns southward near Fourth Street in downtown Flowood. At U.S. Route 80 (US 80) in Pearl, MS 468 is briefly concurrent with the U.S. route, before traveling southwards at Pearson Road. The road crosses over Interstate 20 (I-20) at a diamond interchange and later turns southeastwards at Whitfield Road. It intersects the southern terminus of MS 475 near the Mississippi State Hospital and crosses over a railroad near Greenfield. MS 468 then intersects MS 469 and turns north at Bethel Road. At Greenfield Circle, the road turns northeastwards and meets MS 18 near Brandon. It turns east at Pine Lawn Drive, and the route turns north at South College Street. MS 468 ends at US 80 in downtown Brandon, and the road continues north as North College Street.[3]
Major intersections
editThe entire route is in Rankin County.
| Location | mi[4] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Flowood | 0.000 | 0.000 |      MS 475 (Airport Road) to MS 25 / I-20 – Pearl, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport | Western terminus | |
| 1.801 | 2.898 |   MS 477 north (Treetops Boulevard) to MS 25 | Southern terminus of MS 477 | ||
| Flowood–Pearl line | 5.864 | 9.437 |     US 80 west / MS 18 west to I-20 / I-55 / US 49 – Jackson | West end of US 80/MS 18 overlap | |
| 7.017 | 11.293 |  US 80 east / MS 18 east – Downtown Pearl, Brandon | Eastern end of US 80/MS 18 concurrency | ||
| Pearl | 7.849– 8.095 | 12.632– 13.028 | I-20 – Jackson, Meridian | I-20 exit 48; Diamond interchange | |
| Whitfield | 12.532 | 20.168 | MS 475 north (Airport Road South) – Hudspeth Regional Center | Southern terminus of MS 475 | |
| Greenfield | 15.027 | 24.184 |   MS 469 south – Florence | Northern terminus of MS 469 | |
| Brandon | 19.026 | 30.619 | MS 18 – Pearl, Puckett, Raleigh | ||
| 20.417 | 32.858 | US 80 (Government Street) to I-20 – Pearl, Pelahatchie | Eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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References
edit- ^ "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ "Mississippi Code Of 1972 As Amended - SEC. 65-3-137. Additions to and deletions from State Highway System". Mississippi Legislature. 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ^ Microsoft; Nokia. "Mississippi Highway 468" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ "MS Highways". Mississippi Geospatial Data Catalog. Retrieved June 1, 2021.