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U.S. Route 61 or U.S. Highway 61 (U.S. 61) is a major United States highway that extends 1,400 miles (2,300 km) between New Orleans, Louisiana and the city of Wyoming, Minnesota. The highway generally follows the course of the Mississippi River and is designated the Great River Road for much of its route.
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In 1926, the U.S. Highway System was created and many of the highways listed below became part of a new U.S. Highway; in some cases, a highway's number was changed so as not to conflict with a U.S. Highway number (or, later, an Interstate Highway number) which came through Missouri.
There are a few instances of number duplication between federal and state highways (such as with Route 72 and I-72), but any such pairs of highways are nowhere near each other to avoid confusion. In some states (such as Arkansas and New Mexico), highways are allowed to be discontinuous. Missouri overlaps highways in order to maintain continuity.
U.S. Highway 61 Business (US 61 Bus.) runs 10.80 miles (17.38 km) through Baton Rouge, the capital city of Louisiana. [2] The route is entirely concurrent with US 190 Bus., forming a loop off of mainline US 61/US 190 (Airline Highway) through the downtown area. The business route was first put into effect in 1954 and assumed its current ...
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Kansas state line west of Joplin: Kentucky state line south of Cairo, IL: 1991: 2015 Proposed as part of the East–West TransAmerica Corridor in 1991 I-70: 250.063: 402.437 I‑70 at Kansas City: I‑70 at St. Louis: 1956: current I-72: 2.056: 3.309 US 36/US 61 in Hannibal: I-72 at Hannibal — —
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