Mississippi Highway 536 (MS 536) is an
unsigned highway
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that runs from
MS 15 southwest of
Laurel
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* Lauraceae, the laurel family
* Laurel (plant), including a list of trees and plants known as laurel
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* Laurel (given name), people with the given name
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* Laurel (mus ...
to
MS 63 southwest of
Waynesboro in the U.S. state of
Mississippi
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. Only about of the overall highway is paved and state maintained. The majority of the route is a dirt road that runs through
De Soto National Forest
De Soto National Forest, named for 16th-century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, is of pine forests in southern Mississippi. It is one of the most important protected areas for the biological diversity of the Gulf Coast ecoregion of North Ame ...
.
Route description
The unsigned highway begins along MS 15 about southeast of
Tuckers Crossing and about southeast of Laurel in a rural area of
Jones County. The two-lane state-maintained
roadway heads north as George Boutwell Road. It heads past some houses and open fields and makes a sharp curve to the east before resuming a northeasterly course. At Road 201, the MS 536 designation turns onto it which is a dirt road. Heading southeast, the road's surroundings becomes completely forest as it formally enters De Soto National Forest. Upon entering
Wayne County, the road name becomes Strickland Road, but remains a dirt surface. Through the Wayne County portion, MS 536 remains on an easterly course through the forest, though some open fields and homes appear along the road. At the end of Strickland Road, the MS 536 turns to the north onto the paved but not state maintained Camp 8 Road. Its length on Camp 8 Road is short, totaling about , as it comes to an end at an intersection with MS 63, about southwest of
Clara
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* Clara.Net, a European ISP
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* Clara (given name), a feminine giv ...
and about southwest of Waynesboro.
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History
MS 536 first appeared on state maps in 1960.[ It may have been state maintained at the time of its designation around 1959 however by 1962, it was not.][ No major changes to its routing have occurred since its initial designation
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Major intersections
References
External links
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Transportation in Jones County, Mississippi
Transportation in Wayne County, Mississippi