I-55 Mississippi News Reports

GRENADA - A well-known Delta pastor and funeral home owner died this week, when his hearse rolled over on Interstate 55. Read More

the area between Interstate 55 and Ridgewood Road would move to Ward 2. The ward lines must be redrawn and approved before the next municipal election in 2025. According to the 2020 Census, ... Read More

Yalobusha County Coroner Ronnie Stark confirmed that one person was killed in a crash on Interstate 55. WTVA reported that the Mississippi Highway Patrol (MHP) said a 2010 Cadillac left the roadway ... Read More

Interstate 55 is closed to northbound traffic between the 206 Grenada exit and the 208 Papermill exit due to an 18-wheeler crash and fire. Read More

A longtime Water Valley pastor was killed in a single-vehicle wreck on I-55 Monday afternoon. Mississippi Highway Patrol Sgt. Marvin Baird reported Sammy Townes, 63, was a passenger in a 2010 Cadillac ... Read More

One person was killed in a wreck on the Mississippi interstate Monday afternoon. Officials say 63-year-old Sammy Townes was killed in a crash on Interstate 55 north of Oakland Monday afternoon. WTVA ... Read More

YALOBUSHA COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) - Yalobusha County Coroner Ronnie Stark confirmed one person was killed in a crash on Interstate 55. According to a report from the Mississippi Highway Patrol, a 2010 ... Read More

FILE - People stand at the base of the Interstate 55 bridge crossing the Mississippi River on May 8, 2011, in Memphis, Tenn. Officials announced Friday, July 12, 2024, that the U.S. Department of ... Read More

The U.S. Department of Transportation is providing nearly $400 million to build a new Interstate 55 bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas across the Mississippi River, replacing the existing ... Read More

The Interstate 55 bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Arkansas and Tennessee is among dozens of aging bridges in 16 states that will be replaced or improved with the help of $5 billion in ... Read More

A new and improved Interstate 55 bridge is coming soon. Officials including U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced Friday that a $394 million grant from the federal government ... Read More

Congressman Steve Cohen announced on Friday that the Tennessee and Arkansas Department of Transportation secured over $393 million for a new Interstate 55 bridge over the Mississippi River. Read More

The pickup was pushed and left hanging over the railing on I-55 under the Wynndale Road bridge. While the pickup truck sustained major damage, only two passengers were injured. Those passengers were ... Read More

(WJTV) - A truck crashed under a bridge on Interstate 55 in Hinds County. The crash happened on I-55 North under the Wynndale Road bridge on Wednesday, July 3. According to the Mississippi ... Read More

Mississippi Highway Patrol Troop M responded to two car crashes Monday afternoon. One person was injured in one of the wrecks.  One wreck occurred on Interstate 55 Northbound around the 47 mile marker ... Read More

They were driving north on I-55 about six miles south of Festus. The Kia drove off the side of the road and struck a tree, police said. The 3-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene of the ... Read More