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Postgame traffic closures announced for Mississippi State campus

The Mississippi State campus will be closed to vehicles during postgame traffic operations, according to the Starkville Police Department.

There will be no access to Blackjack Road from Highway 12 or Locksley Way. Drivers must detour around Poorhouse Road or leave campus from the east side.

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The restrictions also apply to people seeking access to Highway 45. The department directed drivers to additional gameday traffic updates for Stone Boulevard and Hail State Boulevard at Blackjack Road.

Source: Starkville Police Department on Facebook.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."