MississippiMississippi law gives honorary names to roads and a bridge
Mississippi’s transportation department must mark the named roads and Natchez bridge, while county leaders choose the road sections in Kemper and Neshoba counties.
What it does
Eleven Mississippi road sections and a Natchez bridge receive names honoring specific people. County leaders choose the exact one-mile sections in Kemper and Neshoba counties.
Mississippi’s transportation department must install and maintain signs along and approaching the named roads. The Natchez bridge must have plaques at both ends and markers along and approaching it.
Argument forRoad signs and bridge plaques could help travelers recognize the people honored and keep their names visible in their communities.
Argument againstInstalling and maintaining the required signs, plaques, and markers could add work and expenses for Mississippi’s transportation department.
More detail
The law assigns names honoring people to eleven road sections and one bridge in Mississippi. The road sections are in eleven counties. The bridge carries U.S. Highway 61 over Liberty Road in Natchez and honors Larry L. 'Butch' Brown, Sr. The Kemper and Neshoba county boards of supervisors must each choose the endpoints of a one-mile section and report them to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. The naming provisions took effect July 1, 2026.
The Mississippi Department of Transportation must install and maintain signs for the named road sections and plaques and markers for the bridge. Signs must stand along and approaching each named road section. The bridge requirements apply to the U.S. Highway 61 bridge over Liberty Road in Natchez. The bridge must have a plaque at each end, plus markers along and approaching it. The sign, plaque, and marker requirements took effect July 1, 2026.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 8Approved by Governor Tate ReevesBecame Law
- Apr 2Enrolled Bill SignedTo Governor
- Apr 2Enrolled Bill Signed
- Mar 31Conference Report Adopted
- Vote recorded Adopt Conference Report. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 31Reconsidered
- Mar 30Motion to Reconsider Entered
- Vote recorded Adopt Conference Report. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 30Conference Report Adopted
- Mar 27Conference Report Adopted
- Vote recorded Adopt Conference Report. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 26Conference Report Filed
- Mar 26Conference Report Filed
- Mar 12Conferees Named Massengill,Tubb,Arnold
- Mar 11Conferees Named Younger,Norwood,Rhodes
- Mar 11Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- Mar 6Returned For Concurrence
- Mar 5Passed As AmendedPassed House
- Vote recorded Passage as Amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 5AmendedMajor
- Feb 26Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedMinor
- Feb 6Referred To TransportationMinor
- Feb 6Transmitted To HouseMinor
- Feb 4Passed As AmendedPassed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage as Amended. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 4AmendedMajor
- Feb 4Committee Substitute AdoptedMajor
- Jan 28Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubMinor
- Jan 19Referred To Highways and TransportationIntroduced
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