Mississippi Highway 547 (MS 547) is a state highway in southwestern
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. Miss ...
. The highway runs about long on a southeast to northwest direction, signed as a north–south route. It connects
MS 28 at
Allen Allen, Allen's or Allens may refer to:
Buildings
* Allen Arena, an indoor arena at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee
* Allen Center, a skyscraper complex in downtown Houston, Texas
* Allen Fieldhouse, an indoor sports arena on the Unive ...
with
Pattison and
U.S. Route 61
U.S. Route 61 or U.S. Highway 61 (U.S. 61) is a major United States highway that extends between New Orleans, Louisiana and the city of Wyoming, Minnesota. The highway generally follows the course of the Mississippi River and is designate ...
(US 61) in southern
Port Gibson.
Route description
MS 547 begins at a four-way intersection with MS 28 and Ridgewood Lane in Allen, an unincorporated settlement in southwestern
Copiah County. The two-lane state highway heads northwest through wooded lands (some of which officially part of
Homochitto National Forest
Homochitto National Forest is a U.S. National Forest in southwestern Mississippi comprising . In the mid-1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began reforestation of the area and developing a system of roadways and recreational areas.
Ge ...
) with some open fields present along the road. After about , the highway enters
Claiborne County. Continuing generally on a west-northwesterly course, MS 547 passes through the settlements of
Burnell and
Peyton and crosses Clarks Creek on a small bridge.
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The highway reaches the community of Pattison. Before passing through the center of Pattison, MS 547 makes a pair of 90-degree ]reverse curve
In civil engineering, a reverse curve (or "S" curve) is a section of the horizontal alignment of a highway or railroad route in which a curve to the left or right is followed immediately by a curve in the opposite direction.
On highways in the ...
s. Through the center of it, the highway passes a few houses, a post office, and one convenience store. Heading out of Pattison, MS 547 continues northwest staying to the south of Little Bayou Pierre. The highway passes a small unnamed residential settlement at Tillman Road. Before entering Port Gibson, MS 547 passes under Natchez Trace Parkway without an interchange or intersection and the historic McGregor
McGregor may refer to:
People
* McGregor (surname)
* Clan MacGregor, a Scottish highland clan
* McGregor W. Scott (born 1962), U.S. attorney
Characters
* Mr. McGregor, a fictional character from Peter Rabbit
Places
in Canada:
* McGregor Lake ...
house. Upon entering the city limits, it assumes the name McComb Avenue. It heads through a mostly residential neighborhood but also provides access to Chamberlain-Hunt Academy and Claiborne County Medical Center. MS 547 ends at a stop-controlled intersection with US 61 (Church Street) in the southern reaches of the city.[
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History
MS 547 was established in 1950 along the alignment it follows today.[ At the time of its formation, the road was only paved from Pattison to its northern terminus.][ The full length of the road was not paved until 1974.][ No major changes have occurred to the road or its alignment since then.
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Major intersections
References
External links
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Transportation in Copiah County, Mississippi
Transportation in Claiborne County, Mississippi