It bypasses Lucedale to the north, and an interchange with Mississippi Highway 63 provides four-laned access to Pascagoula on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, increasing road capacity for hurricane evacuations.
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As of 2005, the highway's western terminus is near Washington, Mississippi, at U.S. Route 61.
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In 1999, the western end of U.S. 98 was truncated to its junction with U.S. 84 at Bude, Mississippi although it continued to be signed concurrently with U.S. 84 to Washington, Mississippi until the late 2000s.
U.S. Route 66 | U.S. Route 1 | U.S. Route 6 | U.S. Route 101 | Route 66 | U.S. Route 30 | New Jersey Route 4 | European route E65 | U.S. Route 40 | California State Route 1 | U.S. Route 1 in Maine | Pennsylvania Route 309 | European route E18 | U.S. Route 23 | European route E4 | U.S. Route 9 in New York | U.S. Route 11 | Pennsylvania Route 82 | European route E70 | U.S. Route 90 | U.S. Route 75 | U.S. Route 61 | U.S. Route 60 | Pennsylvania Route 73 | New York State Route 32 | European route E55 | U.S. Route 80 | U.S. Route 71 | U.S. Route 51 | U.S. Route 22 |
After the intersection with Alternate County Road 35 it ran parallel to a CSX railroad line, and passes by the old Dade City Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot.
U.S. Route 31 is a long north–south highway connecting northern Michigan to southern Alabama, with its northern terminus at Interstate 75 near Mackinaw City, Michigan, and southern terminus at the combined U.S. Route 90 & U.S. Route 98 at Spanish Fort, Alabama.
It currently runs for 151 miles (243 km) from Montgomery, Alabama at U.S. Route 80 and U.S. Route 82 to Santa Rosa Beach, Florida east of Fort Walton Beach at U.S. Route 98.
Various state highway interchanges and junctions are encountered before the route passes near Camp Shelby, then through an interchange with U.S. Route 98 just south of Hattiesburg.