MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Transportation; Appropriations
By: Representatives Creekmore IV, Turner, Arnold, Stamps
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE ENTIRE SEGMENT OF INTERSTATE 22 THAT LIES WITHIN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, ALONG WITH A PORTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 78 LOCATED IN BYHALIA, DESOTO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI THAT EXTENDS NORTHWESTERLY TO ITS POINT OF BEGINNING AT THE MISSISSIPPI-TENNESSEE STATE LINE, AS THE "MEDAL OF HONOR TRAIL"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The entire segment of Interstate 22 traversing through DeSoto, Marshall, Benton, Union, Pontotoc, Lee and Itawamba Counties, Mississippi, beginning at the convergence of Interstate 269 with U.S. Highway 78 in Byhalia, Mississippi, and extending southeasterly to its ending at the Mississippi-Alabama state line, in conjunction with that portion of U.S. Highway 78, which converges with Interstate 269 in Byhalia, Mississippi, and extending northwesterly to its ending at the Mississippi-Tennessee state line, is designated and shall be known as the "Medal of Honor Trail."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.