Mississippi Highway 27
Mississippi Highway 27 (MS 27) is a state highway in Mississippi. It runs from south to north for 119.53 miles (192.36 km), serving 5 counties: Walthall, Lawrence, Copiah, Hinds, and Warren. The segment between Vicksburg and Crystal Springs is known vernacularly as the "Utica cutoff" because it facilitates a circumvention of Jackson for I-20 / I-55 traffic flowing between Vicksburg and Hammond.
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Maintained by MDOT | ||||
Length | 119.897 mi[1] (192.956 km) | |||
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Counties | Walthall, Lawrence, Copiah, Hinds, Warren | |||
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Locales on route
From South to North
Major intersections

A sign for Mississippi Highway 27, located just north of the Louisiana state line.
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Walthall | | ![]() | Louisiana state line; southern terminus | ||
Tylertown | ![]() ![]() | ||||
![]() | Southern terminus of MS 583 | ||||
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Lawrence | | ![]() | Eastern terminus of western segment of MS 44 | ||
Monticello | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Interchange | ||||
Rosella | N.A. Sandifer Highway – Ferguson | ||||
Wanilla | Smith Ferry Road - Wanilla | proposed MS 904 | |||
Copiah | Rockport | ![]() | Western terminus of MS 478 | ||
![]() | Eastern terminus of MS 472 | ||||
Georgetown | ![]() | ||||
Crystal Springs | ![]() ![]() | South end of US 51 overlap; southern terminus of MS 801 | |||
![]() ![]() | North end of US 51 overlap; I-55 exit 72 | ||||
Hinds | Utica | ![]() | South end of MS 18 overlap | ||
| ![]() | North end of MS 18 overlap | |||
| ![]() | Interchange | |||
Warren | Vicksburg | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of MS 822 | ||
![]() ![]() | I-20 exit 6; no access to I-20 westbound/US 61 southbound | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- "Mississippi Public Roads Selected Statistics" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Transportation. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
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