http://mdot.ms.gov/documents/planning/Maps/State%20Highway%20Maps%20Archive/HWY%20Map%201936%20Road%20Map%20of%20MS.pdf Official Mississippi Highway Map of 1936], retrieved September 29, 2011 Between Brooklyn and Hattiesburg, travelers had the option of a 24 miles direct route via US 49W, or a somewhat shorter but broken route on US 49E, serving the Forrest County Agricultural High School and the small community of McLaurin, Mississippi.