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MDOT highlights District 1 capacity, bridge and overlay projects

The Mississippi Department of Transportation said its District 1 maintenance and construction work includes major capacity projects, bridge repairs and new overlays, with crews reaching milestones over the past couple of months.

The update covers northeast Mississippi’s District 1, which includes Alcorn, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster and Winston counties.

Source: Mississippi Department of Transportation.

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."

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