Highway 61

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U.S. Highway road transportation infrastructure

Highway 61 is a historic U.S. highway running along the Mississippi River, famed as the "Blues Highway" for its deep ties to the development of American blues music.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Highway 61 canonical 2
Highway 61 Blues corridor 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. Highway ⓘ
road transportation infrastructure ⓘ
associatedWith Delta blues NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithGenre blues ⓘ
rock ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRole migration route for blues musicians from the rural South to northern cities ⓘ
symbol of travel and escape in American popular culture ⓘ
designation U.S. Route 61 NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Mississippi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJunctionWith Interstate 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interstate 55 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 49 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance linked to development of early 20th-century American blues ⓘ
served as a corridor for cultural exchange along the Mississippi River ⓘ
inspiredByArtist Bob Dylan NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredWork Highway 61 (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Highway 61 Revisited NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor association with American blues music ⓘ
cultural significance in American music history ⓘ
historic role in African American migration ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
maintainedBy state departments of transportation along its route ⓘ
nickname Blues Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ
northernTerminus Wyoming, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedInPeriod 1920s ⓘ
partOf United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
passesThrough Baton Rouge, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Clarksdale, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Davenport, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duluth, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Crosse, Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vicksburg, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
runsThrough Arkansas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wisconsin NERFINISHED ⓘ
southernTerminus New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
transportFunction north–south arterial highway ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States → locatedNear → Highway 61 ⓘ
subject surface form: Mound Bayou, Mississippi
Don McKellar → notableWork → Highway 61 ⓘ
Cleveland, Mississippi → locatedNear → Highway 61 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Highway 61 Blues corridor