Winter storm wreaking havoc with South Mississippi roads, bridges. Which ones are closed?
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Emergency managers have urged residents to stay home as snow begins to blanket South Mississippi, with road closings already announced.
The city of Ocean Springs has just announced that snow and ice have closed the Biloxi Bay Bridge between Ocean Springs and Biloxi, and the city of Biloxi says Interstate 110 is closed south of Bayview Avenue, where southbound motorists must exit.
“We’re seeing ice and snow on basically all roads south of Wiggins now,” Anna Ehrgott, public information officer with the Mississippi Department of Transportation said Tuesday morning. “Snow plows are headed to the Coast now. “
Up to 6 inches of snow could accumulate, the first significant snowfall since 1996, when the coast had an inch of snow on the ground. The record for snow was on Dec. 31, 1963, when the city of Gulfport reported 7 inches of snow, the National Weather Service says.
“Mississippi Department of Transportation crews will closely monitor weather conditions and highways and bridges, and be ready to respond as the winter weather moves in,” an agency news release said Tuesday morning. “Motorists should remain cautious, especially on bridges and overpasses.”
U.S. 90 was covered in snow, with a double line of slushy tire tracks in the north and south bound lanes as a few motorists braved the snow and crept along the beach highway.
As snow piled up, Harrison County Emergency Manager Matt Stratton said Tuesday morning: “The public needs to understand that almost every road in the counties and cities is affected now. People need to go to a safe location.”
Road closings reported so far:
- The Pascagoula River Bridge on Interstate 10 near Pascagoula/Moss Point/Gautier is closed.
- Interstate 110 is closed south of Bayview Avenue, where southbound motorists must exit.
- The Biloxi Bay Bridge that connects the cities of Ocean Springs and Biloxi is closed.
- The Popp’s Ferry Bridge in Biloxi is closed.
- The Cedar Lake Bridge in Biloxi is closed.
The Fort Bayou Bridge on Washington Avenue in Ocean Springs is closed.
The bridge on Bienville Blvd going over the CSX railroad tracks in Ocean Springs has been hard barricaded.
The Shearwater Bridge in Ocean Springs is closed.
- The Bayou Portage Bridge on Henderson Avenue in western Harrison County also is closed, with Menge Avenue as an alternate route.
- The David LaRosa Bridge, just north of the Bayou Portage Bridge, is closed..
- The Biloxi River Bridge on Lorraine Road in Harrison County is closed.
- Highway 613 from the Lucedale city limits to southbound Pineview Road in George County.
- George Doug Byrd Road to South Ward Road to Pineview Road in George County.
- Highway 29 in Wiggins
- Highway 63 south of Polktown Road in Jackson County.
- Vestry Road just north of Old Biloxi Road in Jackson County.
- Highway 15 at Ramsey Springs Road in Stone County.
This story will be updated as events warrant.
This story was originally published January 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM with the headline "Winter storm wreaking havoc with South Mississippi roads, bridges. Which ones are closed?."
