MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2005 Regular Session
To: Highways and Transportation
By: Senator(s) Pickering, Albritton, Butler, Dawkins, Dearing, Frazier, Harden, Horhn, Jackson (11th), Jackson (32nd), Jordan, Lee (47th), Little, Ross, Simmons, Thomas, Tollison, Turner, Williamson, Gordon, Walls
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF U.S. HIGHWAY 84 IN JONES COUNTY AS "VETERANS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN OVERPASS ON INTERSTATE 59 IN PEARL RIVER COUNTY AS "DEPUTY LEN J ROWELL MEMORIAL BRIDGE"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) That segment of U.S. Highway 84 located in Jones County beginning from 16th Avenue within the corporate limits of Laurel and extending westerly to the Jones/Covington county line is designated and shall be known as the "Veterans Memorial Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1).
SECTION 2. (1) The overpass located at exit 35 on Interstate 59 in Pearl River County is designated and shall be known as the "Deputy Len J Rowell Memorial Bridge."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the overpass described in subsection (1).
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2005.