(1) The segment of U.S. Highway 49 West in Sunflower County, Mississippi, beginning at its northern-most intersection with Mississippi Highway 442 and extending northerly therefrom on U.S. Highway 49 West for a distance of one (1) mile, is designated and shall be known as the “Chief William ‘Bill’ Lott Memorial Highway.”
(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching the segment of highway described in subsection (1) of this section.