Hattiesburg Laurel, MS, October 19, 2026 —

The Mississippi Department of Transportation says work is progressing on transportation projects across southeast Mississippi, with projects involving highways and bridges in several counties. The work includes safety improvements, road overlays, widening, bridge replacement and ramp gate installation.

On I-59, safety improvements are underway in Forrest and Jones counties. The summary also identifies cable barrier installation on I-59 as a completed project, but does not specify the location of that installation or whether it is separate from the safety work currently listed.

In Pearl River County, MDOT is replacing a bridge on U.S. 11. Ramp gates are also being installed along I-59 and U.S. 84 across multiple counties. The counties covered by the ramp gate work were not identified.

Overlay work is listed for U.S. 98 in Perry County and State Routes 514, 513 and 18 in Clarke and Jasper counties. On State Route 613, in Jackson and George counties, the project involves both widening and an overlay.

MDOT’s list also includes completed overlays on U.S. 49 in Forrest County and State Route 528 in Jasper County. The summary does not provide further details about the scope of these projects or the specific sections of roadway involved.

No project costs, contractor names, start dates, completion dates or construction schedules were provided. The summary does not give details about traffic impacts or specify the current status of each project beyond describing the listed I-59 cable barrier installation and two overlays as completed. It therefore offers a regional overview of the work but does not establish when the ongoing projects are expected to finish.


Story summarized from the original created by Alicia Ferreira on www.wdam.com, see more information here.

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