The driving distance from Gulfport, Mississippi to Jackson, Mississippi is 158 miles via US-49 N per MapQuest. The driving time per MapQuest is 2 hours and 49 minutes.
New Orleans is about 90 miles from the mouth of the Mississippi River.
about 200 miles
New Orleans stands on the Mississippi river.
About 856 miles.
It is 207 miles according to Google Maps.
Google Maps estimates the driving time as 3 hours and 14 minutes.
It was the use of the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans
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The driving distance from Saint Louis, Missouri to Jackson, Mississippi is 490 miles via I-55 S per MapQuest. The driving time per MapQuest is 7 hours and 14 minutes.
The driving distance is 638 miles.
The driving distance is 80.1 miles.
New Orleans source: http://www.eosnap.com/?tag=mississippi-river