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.

Highway 61, the so-called Blues Highway, is a road designed in 1926 that stretches 1430 miles from New Orleans to the state of Minnesota, more or less following the course of the Mississippi River.

Map of the Great River Road through Mississippi. Take a slow drive along Highway 61 to the hometown of Jim Henson, BB King's birthplace, and the heart of Delta blues country.

2018年10月2日 · Highway 61 runs for 1,400 miles (2,300km) between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Wyoming, Minnesota. For our purposes, we will concentrate on the section from “The Cradle Of Jazz” to...

The museum’s latest exhibit, “Highway 61: Traveling America’s Music Highway,” takes visitors from Congo Square and Preservation Hall in New Orleans up through the Delta, Memphis, and St. Louis, following the journeys of musicians who met and exchanged ideas along the …

2016年10月4日 · U.S. 61 stretches nearly 122 miles through southeastern Louisiana, connecting Baton Rouge with New Orleans along Airline Highway. The highway was the main route between the two population centers until Interstate 10 was completed.

2010年9月14日 · Drive the old Blues Highway—Route 61 between Memphis and Vicksburg—in search of music, and you'll find it everywhere you turn. Soul, gospel, and R & B spill out of car windows and church...

2023年5月9日 · The 1,400-mile stretch of open road that runs from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Wyoming, Minnesota, is known by names, and like all great road-trip-ready routes — The Lincoln Highway, Route 66,...

2023年8月25日 · Highway 61 stretches through Mississippi from Memphis in the North down to the Louisiana line in the South. The highway’s full length goes from Wyoming, Minn., to New Orleans, but Mississippi’s stretch has arguably contributed the most to American music history.

Highway 61 is the official designation for a United States highway that once ran from New Orleans through Memphis and Iowa through Hibbing, Minnesota all the way to Thunder Bay, Ontario in Canada. It was an important north-south connection in …