Part of SR-59 officially renamed Haynes Memorial Highway

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A portion of State Road 59 in Jefferson County was officially renamed after a military hero last week, one of nearly 200 new laws from the last legislative session that went into effect on Monday, July 1. The renamed portion of SR-59, now officially designated as the Major John Leroy Haynes Memorial Highway, runs between US-90 on the north and US-27 on the south. Haynes, a retired U.S. Marine and longtime Jefferson County resident, died in November 2023 a