It travels east to an interchange with Interstate 55 (I-55) and intersects a road leading to a Nissan assembly plant.
The parkway travels near a pond,[1] and crosses over a railroad owned by the Canadian National Railway.
[1] In November 2001, Nissan announced plans to build an assembly plant near Canton,[5] and the Madison County Board of Supervisors and MDOT issued $20 million worth of bonds and allocated $65 million respectively for roads, bridges, and interchanges.
[6] The solicitation of bids for the parkway were announced in October 2001, with the road starting from MS 22 to I-55,[7] and extending to US 51 in another phase.
[12] The plant opened on May 27, 2003, after two years of construction and the Mississippi Legislature investing $363 million into the facility.