From and after June 18, 1991, the Mississippi River Bridge on U.S. Highway 49 near Lula, Mississippi, from its easternmost point westward to the Arkansas state line, shall be named and designated the "Hernando de Soto Commemorative Bridge" in recognition, observation and commemoration of Spanish Explorer Hernando de Soto who discovered the Mississippi River on May 8, 1541, and subsequently crossed the river on June 18, 1541.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 65 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 3 - State Highway System
Special Designations of Portions of Highway System and Bridges
§ 65-3-38. Designation of scenic route in Sardis Lake area
§ 65-3-41. "Frank Louis Hawkins Memorial Highway" designated
§ 65-3-47. Designation of scenic route in Enid Lake area
§ 65-3-49. Designation of scenic route in Arkabutla Lake area
§ 65-3-51. "Donnie Gene Kelley Memorial Bridge" designated
§ 65-3-64. Designation of scenic route; Mississippi Highway 5 between U.S. Highway 78 and 72
§ 65-3-71.8. "John Sharp Williams Memorial Bridge" designated
§ 65-3-71.10. Hurricane evacuation routes designated
§ 65-3-71.18. "Hernando de Soto Commemorative Bridge" designated
§ 65-3-71.20. Portion of Mississippi Highway 35 designated as scenic highway
§ 65-3-71.24. Mississippi Highways 63 and 57 designated wildflower routes
§ 65-3-71.127. "John Stewart Watson Memorial Highway" designated
§ 65-3-71.265. "Highway Patrolman Tommy E. Kendall Memorial Highway" designated