MISSISSIPPI (KTVE/KARD) — The Mississippi Department of Transportation has secured a $44 million federal grant to improve roadways and traffic systems in DeSoto County.
The funding will help provide much-needed expansion of the Interstate 55 and Interstate 69 corridor, which runs from Church Road to State Route 302.
I-55 will be expanded from four to 10 lanes, and the project will include improvements to the interchanges at Church Road and State Route 302, including widening and extending the ramps, along with adding a loop in the southeast quadrant of the Church Road interchange…