U.S. Route 61

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United States Numbered Highway north–south highway

U.S. Route 61 is a major north–south United States highway, often called the "Blues Highway," that runs along the Mississippi River from New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Minnesota–Canada border.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. Route 61 via U.S. Route 36 near Hannibal, Missouri	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Numbered Highway ⓘ north–south highway ⓘ
associatedWith	American folk culture ⓘ blues music ⓘ
connects	Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⓘ Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States ⓘ surface form: Clarksdale, Mississippi Davenport, Iowa ⓘ Dubuque ⓘ surface form: Dubuque, Iowa Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Natchez, Mississippi ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana St. Paul, Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ Vicksburg, Mississippi ⓘ
continuesAs	Manitoba Highway 59 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	Mississippi River ⓘ
directionA	South ⓘ
directionB	North ⓘ
establishedIn	1926 ⓘ
follows	Mississippi River ⓘ
hasJunctionWith	Interstate 10 ⓘ Interstate 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 70 NERFINISHED ⓘ Interstate 80 ⓘ Interstate 90 ⓘ
maintainedBy	state departments of transportation ⓘ
namedAfter	United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ surface form: U.S. Highway numbering system
nickname	Blues Highway ⓘ
northernTerminusLocation	near Wyoming, Minnesota ⓘ
overlapsWith	Interstate 55 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 49 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Route 63 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Great River Road corridor ⓘ United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
passesNear	Delta blues region ⓘ Mississippi River Delta region ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Delta
passesThrough	Arkansas ⓘ Iowa ⓘ Louisiana ⓘ Minnesota ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ Missouri ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ
routeNumber	61 ⓘ
southernTerminusLocation	New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
terminusA	New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
terminusB	Canada–United States border ⓘ surface form: Minnesota–Canada border

Referenced by (3)

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

Interstate 72 → connectsTo → U.S. Route 61 ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Route 61 via U.S. Route 36 near Hannibal, Missouri

United States Numbered Highway System → includes → U.S. Route 61 ⓘ

Hannibal, Missouri, United States → servedBy → U.S. Route 61 ⓘ

subject surface form: Hannibal, Missouri