aum ont ▁and ▁in ▁Mc L ain ▁and ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁the ▁Lu ced ale ▁portion ▁of ▁MS ▁ 1 9 8 ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 6 . ▁A ▁year ▁later , ▁the ▁portion ▁of ▁road ▁east ▁of ▁Lu ced ale ▁was ▁p aved . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁the ▁portion ▁of ▁current ▁MS ▁ 1 9 8 ▁south west ▁of ▁Columbia ▁was ▁p aved . ▁The ▁road ▁east ▁of ▁T yl ert own ▁was ▁p aved ▁by ▁ 1 9 3 9 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁a ▁new ▁alignment ▁of ▁MS ▁ 2 4 ▁between ▁Mc Com b ▁and ▁T yl ert own ▁was ▁under ▁construction , ▁which ▁included ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁MS ▁ 1 9 8 ▁north west ▁of ▁T yl ert own . ▁Also ▁by ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁road ▁between ▁Columbia ▁and ▁MS ▁ 4 4 ▁was ▁p aved . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁the ▁port ions ▁of ▁road ▁in ▁H att ies burg , ▁east ▁of ▁Be aum ont , ▁in ▁Mc L ain , ▁and ▁north west ▁of ▁Lu ced ale ▁were ▁p aved . ▁The ▁road ▁west ▁of ▁Be aum ont ▁was ▁p aved ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 3 . ▁The ▁portion ▁of ▁MS ▁ 2 4 ▁between ▁Mc Com b ▁and ▁T yl ert own ▁was ▁completed ▁as ▁a ▁p aved ▁road ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁US ▁ 9 8 ▁was ▁extended ▁into