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*{{Jct|state=MS|I|55}} at [[Summit, Mississippi|Summit, MS]]<br />
*{{Jct|state=MS|I|59}} at [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg, MS]]<br />
*{{Jct|state=MSAL|USI|4965}} at [[HattiesburgMobile, MississippiAlabama|HattiesburgMobile, MSAL]]<br />
*{{Jct|state=AL|I|6510}} at Mobile and [[MobileSpanish Fort, Alabama|MobileSpanish Fort, AL]]<br />
*{{Jct|state=ALFL|I|10110}} at Mobile and [[Spanish FortPensacola, AlabamaFlorida|Spanish FortPensacola, ALFL]]<br />
*{{Jct|state=FL|I|11075}} atnear [[PensacolaBrooksville, Florida|PensacolaBrooksville, FL]]<br />
*{{Jct|state=FL|I|754}} nearat [[BrooksvilleLakeland, Florida|BrooksvilleLakeland, FL]]<br />
*{{Jctjct|state=FL|I|4FLTP}} at [[LakelandWest Palm Beach, Florida|LakelandWest Palm Beach, FL]]<br />
*{{Jct|state=FL|I|95}} at [[West Palm Beach, Florida|West Palm Beach, FL]]
*{{Jct|state=FL|US|1}} at West Palm Beach, FL
| terminus_b = {{Jct|state=FL|FL|A1A|FL|80}} at [[Palm Beach, Florida|Palm Beach, FL]]
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'''U.S. Route 98''' ('''US 98''') is an east–west [[United States Highway]] in the [[Southeastern United States]] that runs from western [[Mississippi]] to southern [[Florida]]. It was established in 1933 as a route between [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]] and [[Apalachicola, Florida]], and has since been extended westward into [[Mississippi]] and eastward across the Florida Peninsula.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} It runs along much of the [[Gulf Coast]] between [[Mobile, Alabama]], and [[Crystal River, Florida]], including extensive sections closely following the coast between Mobile and [[St. Marks, Florida]]. The highway's western terminus is with [[U.S. Route 84|US&nbsp;84]] in [[NatchezBude, Mississippi]]. Its eastern terminus is [[Palm Beach, Florida]], at [[Florida State Road A1A (Florida)|State Road A1A]] (SR&nbsp;A1A) near the [[Mar-a-Lago]] resort.
 
==Route description==
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===Mississippi===
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U.S.US 98 enters the state from the southeast and immediately widens to four lanes. It bypasses [[Lucedale, Mississippi|Lucedale]] to the north, and an interchange with [[Mississippi Highway 63]] provides four-laned access to [[Pascagoula, Mississippi|Pascagoula]] on the [[Mississippi Gulf Coast]], increasing road capacity for hurricane evacuations.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}} At [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]], an interchange with [[U.S. Route 49]] provides four-laned access to [[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]] (to the south) and [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]] (to the north). The road continues west from its intersection with U.S.US 49 to [[Interstate 59]] at Exitexit 59, with which it is concurrent through Exitexit 65 (Hardy Street). The highway runs westward through [[Columbia, Mississippi|Columbia]] before meeting [[U.S. Route 51|U.S.US 51]] in [[McComb, Mississippi|McComb]]. It then joins [[Interstate 55]] from Exitexit 15 (South McComb) to Exitexit 20 (Summit). The last remaining two-laned section of U.S.US 98 in Mississippi then runs northwestward to its terminus near [[Bude, Mississippi|Bude]] in [[Meadville, Mississippi|Meadville]] at [[U.S. Route 84|US 84]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=NOT FOUND |url=https://mdot.ms.gov/documents/Planning/Statistics/Book/2017%20MDOT%20Public%20Roads%20Statistics%20Extent,%20Travel,%20and%20Designation.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|access-date=MarchFebruary 202216, 2024 |website=mdot.ms.gov}}</ref>
 
U.S.US 98 serves as a primary hurricane evacuation route in southern Mississippi, connecting cities along the [[Mississippi Sound]] to inland destinations further north.<ref name="MDOT_2007_hurricane_map">{{cite web|url=http://www.gomdot.com/maps/HurricaneEvacRoutes_2007.pdf|title=Mississippi Hurricane Evacuation Map|access-date=2007-10-01 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080529055011/http://www.gomdot.com/maps/HurricaneEvacRoutes_2007.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-05-29}}</ref>
 
The Mississippi section of U.S.US 98 is defined in Mississippi Code Annotated § 65-3-3.
 
===Alabama===
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In Alabama, US 98 is paired with unsigned '''State Route 42''' ('''SR 42'''). The route enters Alabama from the east near [[Lillian, Alabama|Lillian]] in rural [[Baldwin County, Alabama|Baldwin County]]. At [[Daphne, Alabama|Daphne]], US 98 begins a concurrency with [[U.S. Route 90 in Alabama|US 90]]. US 90 and 98 junction [[Interstate 10 in Alabama|I-10]] at Daphne on the [[Eastern Shore (Alabama)|eastern shore]] of [[Mobile Bay]], then again on the western side of the bay as they enter downtown [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]]. As the two routes approach the Mobile River, US 98 is split into two routes, with a [[U.S. Route 98 Truck (Mobile, Alabama)|US 98 Truck]] route crossing the Mobile River via the [[Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge]], co-signed with US 90. Passenger car traffic passes directly into town under the Mobile River via the [[Bankhead Tunnel]]. Once the truck route rejoins the main route in downtown Mobile, US 98 assumes a northwestward trajectory, and enters [[Mississippi]] near the community of [[Wilmer, Alabama|Wilmer]] in western [[Mobile County, Alabama|Mobile County]]. US 98 is the southern terminus of two major U.S. highways: [[U.S. Route 31 in Alabama|US 31]], at [[Spanish Fort, Alabama|Spanish Fort]], and [[U.S. Route 45 in Alabama|US 45]] in Mobile.▼
 
The safety of the route, or the lack thereof, has earned the road the nickname "Bloody 98". The existing route between Semmes and the Mississippi state line is a two-lane undivided highway, and widening the route has been delayed due to a lack of budget and concern over pollution of Big Creek Lake, which supplies drinking water to the city of Mobile and other area towns. A project to construct a bypass route, [[Alabama State Route 158|State Route 158]], was completed in October 2023, at a cost of $200 million.<ref name="us98">{{cite news |last1=Harmon |first1=Karris |title=After two decades, Highway 158 opens to traffic in Mobile County |url=https://mynbc15.com/news/local/two-decades-in-the-making-highway-158-opens-to-traffic |access-date=April 30, 2024 |work = NBC15 News |publisher=[[WPMI-TV]] |date=October 17, 2023}}</ref>
▲In Alabama, US 98 is paired with unsigned '''State Route 42''' ('''SR 42'''). The route enters Alabama from the east near [[Lillian, Alabama|Lillian]] in rural [[Baldwin County, Alabama|Baldwin County]]. At [[Daphne, Alabama|Daphne]], US 98 begins a concurrency with [[U.S. Route 90 in Alabama|US 90]]. US 90 and 98 junction [[Interstate 10 in Alabama|I-10]] at Daphne on the [[Eastern Shore (Alabama)|eastern shore]] of [[Mobile Bay]], then again on the western side of the bay as they enter downtown [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]]. As the two routes approach the Mobile River, US 98 is split into two routes, with a [[U.S. Route 98 Truck (Mobile, Alabama)|US 98 Truck]] route crossing the Mobile River via the [[Cochrane–Africatown USA Bridge]], co-signed with US 90. Passenger car traffic passes directly into town under the Mobile River via the [[Bankhead Tunnel]]. Once the truck route rejoins the main route in downtown Mobile, US 98 assumes a northwestward trajectory, and enters [[Mississippi]] near the community of [[Wilmer, Alabama|Wilmer]] in western [[Mobile County, Alabama|Mobile County]]. US 98 is the southern terminus of two major U.S. highways: [[U.S. Route 31 in Alabama|US 31]], at [[Spanish Fort, Alabama|Spanish Fort]], and [[U.S. Route 45 in Alabama|US 45]] in Mobile.
The safety of the route, or the lack thereof, has earned the road the nickname "Bloody 98". A plan to remediate the problem has not been adopted, and is hampered by the financial damage imposed to road repairs by higher vehicle fuel efficiency (as gas taxes largely go to road repair) and the diversion of roadway funds to other projects like greenways and public transportation{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}. Also, [[environmentalists]] have gone to court on numerous occasions to block proposals to turn the stretch of US 98 from the Alabama–Mississippi line to the town of [[Semmes, Alabama]], into a four-lane, fearing that construction runoff would cause contamination of [[Big Creek Lake]] (where Mobile gets its municipal water supply) and its surrounding wetlands.<ref>[http://www.fox10tv.com/story/27806082/highway-98-accident-history-on-display-post-deaths Highway 98 accident history on display post deaths]</ref><ref>[http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/crime/article34717605.html 'Bloody 98' in Florida named most dangerous roadway]</ref><ref>[http://blog.al.com/live/2012/03/road_to_nowhere_us_98_project.html Road to nowhere: U.S. 98 project in Mobile remains unfinished]</ref>
 
===Florida===
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Within Florida, US 98 is marked as an east&ndash;west road from the Alabama-Florida border to [[Perry, Florida|Perry]]. Throughout the rest of the state, the road is marked as a north&ndash;south road.
 
Concurrencies include [[U.S. Route 441 (Florida)|US 441]] from [[Royal Palm Beach, Florida|Royal Palm Beach]] to Okeechobee, [[U.S. Route 27 (Florida)|US 27]] from South Sebring to West Frostproof, [[U.S. Route 17 (Florida)|US 17]] from Fort Meade to Bartow, [[U.S. Route 301 (Florida)|US 301]] from Clinton Heights to Moss Town, [[State Road 50 (Florida)|SR 50]] from Ridge Manor to Brooksville, [[State Road 50A (Florida)|SR 50A]] then [[U.S. Highway 41 (Florida)|US 41]] in Brooksville, [[U.S. Route 19 (Florida)|US 19]] from Chassahowitzka to Perry, [[U.S. Route 27 Alternate (Florida)|ALT US 27]] from Chiefland to Perry, [[U.S. Route 319 (Florida)|US 319]] in Medart and from St. Theresa to Port St. Joe, and [[U.S. Route 90 (Florida)|US 90]] in Pensacola. The hidden designation for most of US 98 across the panhandle of the state of Florida is [[State Road 30 (Florida)|State Route 30]]. Between Chassahowitzka and [[Palm Beach, Florida|Palm Beach]], the hidden designation is [[State Road 700 (Florida)|State Route 700]]. There is a 60&nbsp;mph speed limit east of [[Tyndall Air Force Base]] outside of Panama City all the way to Perry.
There is a 60&nbsp;mph speed limit east of [[Tyndall Air Force Base]] outside of Panama City all the way to Perry.
 
==History==
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==Major intersections==
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: {{jct|country=USA|US|84}} in [[MeadvilleBude, Mississippi|MeadvilleBude]].
: {{jct|country=USA|I|55}} in [[Summit, Mississippi|Summit]]. The highways travel concurrently to [[McComb, Mississippi|McComb]].
: {{jct|country=USA|US|51}} in McComb
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: {{jct|country=USA|US|1}} in West Palm Beach
: {{jct|state=FL|FL|A1A}} in [[Palm Beach, Florida|Palm Beach]]
<ref name=randmcnally>{{cite book |author = Rand McNally |year = 2014 |title = The Road Atlas |edition = Walmart |location = Chicago |publisher = Rand McNally |pages = 5, 26-27, 56|isbn = 978-0-528-00771-2}}</ref>
 
==In popular culture==
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==External links==
*[http://usends.com/98.html Endpoints of U.S. Highway 98]
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