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Mississippi Highway 48 (MS 48) is a
MS 48 begins in 
MS 48 immediately crosses the 
MS 48 curves eastward again and travels through woodlands for several miles before coming to an end in the community of
state highway
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in southern Mississippi
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. It runs from east to west for , serving a total of four counties: Marion Marion may refer to:
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, Walthall, Pike
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, and Amite.
Route description
MS 48 begins in Amite County
Amite County is a county located in the state of Mississippi on its southern border with Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,720. Its county seat is Liberty. The county is named after the Amite River, which runs through the ...
in the town of Centreville at an intersection with MS 24/ MS 33 at the eastern edge of town, with the road continuing westward as E Howard Street into downtown. It immediately leaves the town and heads east through woodlands, with some farms here and there, for several miles to pass through the community of Ariel
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and become concurrent (overlapped) with MS 569 before crossing the West Fork of the Amite River and entering the town of Liberty
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. The highway enters town along S Broad Street, passing through a neighborhood before entering downtown and becoming concurrent with MS 24 (Main Street) at an intersection on the corner of the Amite County Courthouse. MS 24/MS 48/MS 569 head east along Main Street straight the center of the downtown business district, where they have an intersection with MS 584 (Gillsburg Road) and MS 569 splits off (along Old Jackson Road), and MS 24/MS 48 leave downtown and pass through neighborhoods before leaving Liberty and traveling through a mix of farmland and wooded areas for several miles, where they cross the East Fork of the Amite River, before entering Pike County.
MS 24/MS 48 travel through woodlands, where they cross the Tangipahoa River
The Tangipahoa River ( ) originates northwest of McComb in southwest Mississippi, and runs south U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 20, 2011 through Lake Tangipahoa in ...
about 1.5 miles north of Lake Tangipahoa
Lake Tangipahoa Dam is an embankment dam on the Tangipahoa River in Pike County, Mississippi. It forms Lake Tangipahoa within the Percy Quin State Park
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, before MS 48 splits and heads south, directly passing through Percy Quin State Park
Percy Quin State Park is a public recreation area located off Interstate 55, approximately southwest of McComb, Mississippi. The state park surrounds Lake Tangipahoa, an impoundment of the Tangipahoa River.
History
The park is one of the nine ...
. MS 48 now has a rather large interchange with I-55
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(Exit 10) as it curves eastward again to enter the town of Magnolia
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along Bay Street and pass through some neighborhoods. It enters downtown and has an intersection with US 51
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(Clark Avenue) before passing by the Pike County Courthouse and crossing over a railroad track. The highway crosses a bridge over the Little Tangipahoa River
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to leave Magnolia and travel southeast through mostly farmland for several miles to enter Walthall County.
MS 48 immediately crosses the Bogue Chitto River
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The river passes through the Bogue Chitto State Park in Washington Parish, Louisiana.
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and travels eastward through more farmland before the Tylertown city limits and becoming concurrent with MS 198. They travel along Beulah Avenue through some neighborhoods for several blocks before entering downtown and having an intersection with MS 27 (Franklinton Street/Ball Avenue) near the Walthall County Courthouse. MS 48/MS 198 continue through downtown for several blocks before leaving and passing through neighborhoods again, where they cross Magees Creek and MS 48 splits off to leave Tylertown and wind its way southeast through farmland for several miles (where it passes through the community of Dexter
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) to enter Marion County.
MS 48 curves eastward again and travels through woodlands for several miles before coming to an end in the community of Sandy Hook
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at an intersection with MS 35, only 2.5 miles north of the Louisiana
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state line by road.
The entire route of Mississippi Highway 48 is a rural two-lane state highway.
Major intersections
References
External links
*{{commons category inline 048 Transportation in Amite County, Mississippi Transportation in Pike County, Mississippi Transportation in Walthall County, Mississippi Transportation in Marion County, Mississippi