1962 Press Photo Section of new Interstate highway, I-59, completed - not05364

Section of new Interstate highway, I-59, completed --- Section of interstate highway which passes through Honey Island swamp is already completed. It replaces a twisting two-lane road --- Walk down Canal street in Picayune, Mississippi, and you can feel the excitement in the air. "There are two reasons for the excitement," says Grandville Williams, 32, the city's mayor. "The space rocket test site is one, the interstate highway the other." "The National Aeronautic and Space Administration static test center for the Saturn and Nova rockets will be 12 miles southeast of us. We estimate that at least one-third of the center's workers will live in Picayune. --- Section of new interstate highway through Mississippi part of Honey Island swap is completed. This highway - I-59 - will cut one-third off driving time from Picayune to New Orleans.

Photo is dated 1962.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.