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| Transportation |
| Air Travel |
| Jackson is served by Jackson-Evers International
Airport, located at Allen C. Thompson Field, east of the city
in Flowood in Rankin County. Its IATA code is JAN. |
| On 22 December 2004, Jackson City Council members
voted 6-0 to rename Jackson International Airport in honor of
slain civil rights leader and field secretary for the Mississippi
chapter of the NAACP, Medgar Evers. This decision took effect
on 22 January 2005. |
| Formerly Jackson was served by Hawkins Field Airport,
located in northwest Jackson, with IATA code HKS, which is now
used for private air traffic only. |
| Ground Transportation |
| Interstate Highways: |
- Interstate 55, which runs north-south from Memphis,
Tennessee and Grenada, through Jackson towards Brookhaven, McComb,
and the Louisiana state line to New Orleans.
- Interstate 20, which runs east-west from Vicksburg, towards
Meridian.
- Interstate 220, which connects Interstates 55 and 20 on the
north and west sides of the city.
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| U.S. Highways: |
- U.S. Highway 49, which runs north-south from the
Arkansas state line at Clarksdale and Yazoo City, towards Hattiesburg
and Gulfport.
- U.S. Highway 51, which roughly parallels Interstate 55.
- U.S. Highway 80, which roughly parallels Interstate 20.
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| State Highways: |
- Mississippi State Highway 18, which runs southwest
towards Raymond.
- Mississippi State Highway 25 (some parts known as Lakeland Drive),
which runs northeast towards Carthage and Starkville.
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| In addition, Jackson is served by the Natchez
Trace Parkway, which runs from Natchez to Nashville, Tennessee. |
| Railroads |
| Jackson is served by the Canadian National Railway
(formerly the Illinois Central Railroad). Jackson is also served
by Amtrak. |
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