Interstate 20 (I-20) is a major thoroughfare through the central region of the US state of

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Missis ...

. Spanning , it connects

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and

I-55 Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, connecting the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. The h ...

with Vicksburg and the

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in the west and Meridian and I-59 in the east.

Route description

Interstate 20 enters in west from

Tallulah, Louisiana Tallulah is a city in and the parish seat of Madison Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The 2010 population was 7,335, a decrease of 1,854, or 20.2 percent, from the 9,189 recorded at the 2000 census. As this was historically ...

into

Vicksburg, Mississippi Vicksburg is a historic city in Warren County, Mississippi, United States. It is the county seat, and the population at the 2010 census was 23,856. Located on a high bluff on the east bank of the Mississippi River across from Louisiana, ...

. It starts with an interchange with U.S. Route 61 South towards

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and then starts to make interchanges with the city's streets. Once I-20 is out of the city it leaves the city with an

Partial cloverleaf interchange A partial cloverleaf interchange or parclo is a modification of a cloverleaf interchange. The design has been well received, and has since become one of the most popular freeway-to- arterial interchange designs in North America. It has also ...

with U.S. Route 61 North towards Rolling Fork, Mississippi and

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South towards Utica, Mississippi. Along the way with Mississippi Highway 22 towards Flora, Mississippi. It then enters the Jackson area with

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and makes an interchange with

U.S. Route 80 U.S. Route 80 or U.S. Highway 80 (US 80) is a major east–west United States Numbered Highway in the Southern United States, much of which was once part of the early auto trail known as the Dixie Overland Highway. As the "0" in the r ...

towards Clinton-Raymond Road. It then goes into Jackson with a

with

Mississippi Highway 18 Mississippi Highway 18 (MS 18) is a state highway stretching across central Mississippi, from just a couple miles inland of the Mississippi River, through the state capital of Jackson, to the Alabama state line. It runs from east to west for , ser ...

towards

Raymond, Mississippi Raymond is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,933; in 2020, its population was 1,960. Raymond is one of two county seats of Hinds County (along with Jackson) and is the home of t ...

. After that, it makes its first interstate interchange with Interstate 220 (Mississippi), the city's bypass interstate. It then enters a spaghetti interchange with

Interstate 55 Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, connecting the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. The ...

and U.S. Route 49 South and it runs concurrent with both of those for 1 exit and then they all split in an interchange that Jackson calls "The Stack". This interchange splits making I-55 go north towards Downtown Jackson and

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. It makes I-20 continue east towards Forest, Mississippi and

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. Then, it makes US-49 go south towards Collins, Mississippi and

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. After coming out of Jackson, the interstate makes interchanges with Mississippi Highway 468, Mississippi Highway 475,

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, Mississippi Highway 13, Mississippi Highway 481,

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, and Mississippi Highway 503. As it enters Meridian, it makes its 4th and final interstate interchange with

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towards

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and

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

. As it goes into the city, it makes highway interchanges with Mississippi Highway 19 and

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. It then goes into downtown making an interchange with Mississippi Highway 145. After this, it makes one interchange with 4 highways: Mississippi Highway 19, Mississippi Highway 39,

, and

. After the Jimmie Rodgers Parkway interchange, it encounters a

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with

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toward Quitman, Mississippi and

Tupelo, Mississippi Tupelo () is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, Lee County, Mississippi, United States. With an estimated population of 38,300, Tupelo is the sixth-largest city in Mississippi and is considered a commercial, industrial, and ...

. After diamond interchanges with Russell-Mount Gilead Road in

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and Will Garrett Road in Toomsuba, and a trumpet interchange with US 11/80 in Kewanee, the interstates encounter weigh stations in both directions before entering the

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state line heading towards

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population of ...

and

Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...

(where it again runs concurrently with

Interstate 59 in Alabama Interstate 59 (I-59) is an Interstate Highway located in the southeastern United States. It is a north–south route that spans from a junction with I-10 and I-12 at Slidell, Louisiana, to a junction with I-24 near Wildwood, Georgia. ...

Exit list

Jackson spur route

Interstate 220 (I-220) in

is a loop around

that provides an Interstate connection for

and I-20. The northern terminus for the route is in the northern suburb of Ridgeland, at I-55 exit 104. The highway was Mississippi's first three-digit Interstate, complete by 1981. The route of I-220 is defined in Mississippi Code § 65-3-3.

References

External links

"Interstate 20 Eastbound." Mississippi @ SoutheastRoads.com

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