(1) The segment of U.S. Highway 82 in Lowndes County, Mississippi, beginning at its intersection with U.S. Highway 45 South and extending westerly to the Lowndes-Oktibbeha County line, is designated and shall be known as the “Dayton Egger 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.