The Mississippi Department of Transportation said a new alignment of State Route 2 in Tippah County is complete and opened to traffic Sept. 8.
MDOT said the 1.5-mile section is a two-lane highway that includes two new bridges. The agency said the roadway now carries local traffic to State Route 368 and Tippah County Road 700.
MDOT said the SR 2 alignment is part of a larger project to create a bypass from Blue Mountain to Ripley on State Route 15 and will eventually connect the existing SR 15 at Blue Mountain to the new SR 15 bypass.
MDOT District 1 Engineer Matt Dunn said, “Thanks to the investment of the Mississippi Legislature, this connection is the first step toward a much-needed four-lane bypass that will carry increased traffic, reduce congestion, and drive economic growth across the region.”
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
