MileCheck Highway Report

MileCheck Highway Report: Mississippi, October 2026

Name: MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026: Mississippi
Creator: MileCheck

by MileCheck · November 2, 2026

What Mississippi's department of transportation (DOT) feed showed in October 2026. Part of the national MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026.

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How we got these numbers: These are unique alerts published by Mississippi's department of transportation (DOT) feed, from a daily copy taken Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, 2026. Each alert is counted once. An alert posted and removed between two daily copies is not counted. Not all states report the same data, so compare each place with its own earlier months. Fire figures are as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

24crash alerts in October

34closure alerts

105roadwork alerts

12wildfire records, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Crashes

Mississippi's road feed carried 24 crash alerts in October.

Routes with the most crash alerts

I-55 — 7
I-20 — 4
I-10 — 3

Areas named in two or more crash alerts

Hinds (I-55) — 4
Harrison (I-10) — 3
Hinds (I-220) — 3

Closures and roadwork

34 closures and 105 roadwork records were on Mississippi's feed in October, out of 164 alerts of all types.

Routes with the most alerts in Mississippi

I-20 — 28
I-55 — 18
US-49 — 18
US-90 — 7
US-98 — 6

Compared with earlier months

Unique alerts on Mississippi's feed in each full month MileCheck has.

By month

September — 188 alerts: 25 crashes, 25 closures, 138 roadwork
October — 164 alerts: 24 crashes, 34 closures, 105 roadwork

Wildfires

The national wildfire feed listed 12 fire records in Mississippi as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

Largest fires, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Range 47B (Forrest County), 800 acres, 100% contained
Copiah - Leggett Rd & Shelton Weeks Rd (Copiah County), 419 acres, 100% contained
Jasper CR 25 (Jasper County), 287 acres, 100% contained
CR 99 Mingo (Tishomingo County), 176 acres, 100% contained

Thank you to the firefighters and crews who worked these fires all season.

Live fire perimeters are at milecheckapp.com/fire.

See the national report or another state or province.

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