U.S. Route 49E (US 49E) is an
U.S. Highway
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in the
Delta region of
Mississippi. It travels through
Yazoo,
Holmes,
Leflore, and
Tallahatchie counties.
Route description
US 49E begins at an interchange between US 49 and
US 49W, just north of downtown
Yazoo City in
Yazoo County
Yazoo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,065. The county seat is Yazoo City. It is named for the Yazoo River, which forms its western border. Its name is said to come from a ...
. It heads northeast along the western edge of some
Loess
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Loess is a periglacial or aeolian ...
bluffs for several miles to pass through
Eden
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* Garden of Eden, the "garden of God" described in the Book of Genesis
Places and jurisdictions
Canada
* Eden, Ontario
* Eden High School
Middle East
* Eden, Lebanon, a city and former bishopric
* Camp Eden, Iraq
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and enter the
Hillside National Wildlife Refuge
Hillside National Wildlife Refuge is one of seven refuges in the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The refuge is an oasis of wildlife habitat surrounded by agriculture. Bounded on the east side by the unique loess bluffs of eas ...
before crossing into
Holmes County.
The highway passes through the refuge for several miles before leaving, crossing over some railroad tracks, and heading north along the banks of
Bee Lake to pass through
Thornton. US 49E turns northeast to become concurrent with
MS 12 and pass through
Mileston before passing through rural farmland for a few miles to enter
Tchula. In Tchula, the highway bypasses downtown to south and east, where it intersects unsigned
MS 835 and MS 12 splits off toward
Lexington. US 49E parallels
Tchula Lake
Tchula Lake is a creek in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Despite its name, Tchula Lake is classified by the GNIS as a stream rather than a lake. It is a tributary to the Yazoo River
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as it passes through the
Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge and
Cruger, where it intersects unsigned
MS 818. It then crosses into
Leflore County
Leflore County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,317. The county seat is Greenwood. The county is named for Choctaw leader Greenwood LeFlore, who signed a treaty to cede his peo ...
shortly thereafter.
The highway immediately passes through the
Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge
Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge encompasses in west-central Mississippi. Established in 1980, the refuge is one of seven national wildlife refuges in the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The primary habitat feature is M ...
before passing through
Sidon, where it intersects
MS 706, and
Rising Sun. US 49E now enters
Greenwood Green wood is unseasoned wood.
Greenwood or Green wood may also refer to:
People
* Greenwood (surname)
Settlements
Australia
* Greenwood, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region
* Greenwood, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
C ...
and comes to an interchange and becomes concurrent with
US 82/
MS 7 just south of downtown. Prior to this point, the entire route of US 49E is a two-land highway. The highway heads as a four-lane highway to pass through business districts and cross the
Yazoo River before leaving Greenwood and US 49E splits off and heads north. US 49E narrows to 2-lanes and has an intersection with
MS 442 before passing through
Minter City, where it intersects
MS 8. It now crosses into
Tallahatchie County
Tallahatchie County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,715. Its county seats are Charleston and Sumner.
Tallahatchie County is located in the Mississippi Delta region, divided by the Tall ...
.
US 49E crosses a bridge over a creek before passing through
Glendora (where it intersects
MS 734),
Webb (where it has a short concurrency with
MS 32), and
Sumner
Sumner may refer to:
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* Mount Sumner, a mountain in the Rare Range, Antarctica
* Sumner Glacier, southern Graham Land, Antarctica
Australia
* Sumner, Queensland, suburb of Brisbane
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(where it intersects
MS 728) as it parallels the
Tallahatchie River to the east. The highway then enters
Tutwiler and comes to an end shortly thereafter at a Y-Intersection between US 49, US 49W, and
MS 3.
History
U.S. Route 49E represents the original route of US 49 between 1928 and 1932, when the US 49E/W split between Yazoo City and Tutwiler was made. This route is now generally perceived as the lesser of the two.
It is notable that for several years during the 1930s, a second split route existed on US 49 in South Mississippi, similar to but shorter than the split that still exists in the Delta region.
Official Mississippi Highway Map of 1936
retrieved September 29, 2011 Between Brooklyn and Hattiesburg, travelers had the option of a direct route via US 49W, or a somewhat shorter but broken route on US 49E, serving the Forrest County Agricultural High School and the small community of McLaurin, Mississippi.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
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Transportation in Yazoo County, Mississippi
Transportation in Holmes County, Mississippi
Transportation in Leflore County, Mississippi
Transportation in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi