MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Highways and Transportation
By: Senator(s) Younger
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A SEGMENT OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 45 IN LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "PFC BRADFORD C. FREEMAN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY" IN MEMORY OF DECEASED WORLD WAR II ARMY VETERAN PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BRADFORD CLARK FREEMAN; TO DESIGNATE A SECTION OF INTERSTATE 220 NORTH IN HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "SENATOR DOUGLAS ANDERSON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY" IN HONOR OF FORMER MISSISSIPPI SENATOR DOUGLAS ANDERSON; TO DESIGNATE THE SECOND CREEK BRIDGE ON HUTCHINS LANDING ROAD IN ADAMS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "BOYD SOJOURNER MEMORIAL BRIDGE" IN MEMORY OF THE LATE FORMER ADAMS COUNTY SUPERVISOR ALEXANDER BOYD SOJOURNER; TO DESIGNATE THE ST. CATHERINE'S CREEK BRIDGE ON LIBERTY ROAD IN ADAMS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "JAMES CARTER MEMORIAL BRIDGE" IN MEMORY OF THE LATE ADAMS COUNTY SUPERVISOR JAMES CARTER; TO DESIGNATE THE SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY 1 BETWEEN ROSEDALE, MISSISSIPPI, AND FRIARS POINT, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "TRAVELING RIVERSIDE BLUES HIGHWAY"; TO DESIGNATE A SECTION OF SOUTH FRONTAGE ROAD IN WARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, AS THE "DR. BILL PIERCE MEMORIAL FRONTAGE ROAD" IN MEMORY OF THE LATE DR. PAUL WILLIAMSON "BILL" PIERCE, III; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The section of Mississippi Highway 45 North located in Lowndes County, Mississippi, beginning at the Ridge Road Exit near Kolola Springs, Mississippi, and extending one (1) mile north is designated and shall be known as the "PFC Bradford C. Freeman Memorial Highway" in memory of deceased World War II army veteran Private First Class Bradford Clark Freeman of Caledonia, Mississippi.
(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. (1) The section of Interstate 220 North located in Hinds County, Mississippi, beginning at the Highway 49 intersection in Jackson, Mississippi, and extending north for one (1) mile, is designated and shall be known as the "Senator Douglas Anderson Memorial Highway" in honor of former Mississippi Senator Mr. Douglas Anderson of Jackson, Mississippi.
(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 3. (1) The bridge on Hutchins Landing Road in Adams County, Mississippi, that is currently referred to as the Second Creek Bridge, is designated as the "Boyd Sojourner Memorial Bridge" in memory of the late former Adams County Supervisor Alexander Boyd Sojourner.
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of road described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 4. (1) The bridge on Liberty Road in Adams County, Mississippi, that is currently referred to as the St. Catherine's Creek Bridge, is designated as the "James Carter Memorial Bridge" in memory of the late Adams County Supervisor James Carter.
SECTION 5. (1) The stretch of Highway 1 between Rosedale, Mississippi, and Friars Point, Mississippi, is designated as the "Traveling Riverside Blues Highway."
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of road described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 6. (1) The intersection of Indiana Avenue and South Frontage Road in Warren County, Mississippi, and extending west to Halls Ferry Road for approximately one and one-half (1-1/2) miles, is designated as the "Dr. Bill Pierce Memorial Frontage Road" in memory of the late Dr. Paul Williamson "Bill" Pierce, III.
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of road described in subsection (1) of this section.
SECTION 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.