U.S. Route 41

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U.S. Route 41 is a north-south United States Highway that runs from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Miami, Florida. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, was U.S. Route 94, which presently has the hidden designation of State Road 90 in addition to its signed number.

Contents

1 Termini
2 Historic termini
3 States traversed
4 Major Cities
5 Intersections
6 Alternate routes
7 Bypasses
8 Related US routes
9 See also
10 Trivia
11 Notes
12 External links
13 References

Termini

Sign marking northern terminus of U.S. Highway 41, east of Copper Harbor, Michigan

The highway's northern terminus is east of Copper Harbor, Michigan at a modest cul-de-sac near Fort Wilkins Historic State Park at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula on Lake Superior in the state's Upper Peninsula. Its southern terminus is in Miami, Florida at an intersection with Biscayne Boulevard (U.S. Route 1).

Historic termini

When their routes were originally laid out in 1926, US 41's southern endpoint was in Naples, Florida at the western endpoint of U.S. Highway 94, which ran east to Miami. In 1949, US 94 was decommissioned, and the entire route became part of US 41, giving it an east-west section that retained the hidden SR 90 designation. The former US 94 route ended in Miami, Florida at the same intersection that US 41 (and SR 90) does now. In 1953, US 41 was extended along US 1 and State Road A1A to terminate in Miami Beach, but was truncated back to the earlier terminus in 2000.

States traversed

U.S. Highway 41 in northern Michigan

The highway passes through the following states:

Major Cities

Major cities along the route include:

Intersections

U.S. 41 intersects with the following Interstate Highways and other freeways:

Interstate 95 in Miami, Florida
Florida State Road 826 in West Miami, Florida
Florida State Road 821 (the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike) near Sweetwater, Florida
Interstate 275 (Florida) north of Bradenton, Florida
Interstate 4 in eastern Tampa, Florida
Interstate 275 in northern Tampa, Florida
Interstate 75 14 miles south of Lake City, Florida
Interstate 10 4 miles north of Lake City, Florida
Interstate 75 north of Tifton, Georgia
Interstate 75 in Unadilla, Georgia
Interstate 75 5 miles north of Unadilla, Georgia
Interstate 75 in Perry, Georgia
Interstate 75 in Macon, Georgia
Interstate 475 (Georgia) 14 miles northwest of Macon, Georgia
Interstate 75 in Morrow, Georgia
Interstate 285 in southern Forest Park, Georgia
Interstate 75 in southern Atlanta, Georgia
Interstate 20 in Atlanta, Georgia
Interstate 75 twice in northern Atlanta, Georgia
Interstate 75 north of Calhoun, Georgia
Interstate 75 in Rocky Face, Georgia
Interstate 75 in Ringgold, Georgia
Interstate 75 in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Interstate 24 three times in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Interstate 24 3 miles south of Manchester, Tennessee
Interstate 24 6 miles northwest of Manchester, Tennessee
Tennessee State Route 840 south of Smyrna, Tennessee
Interstate 24 in eastern Nashville, Tennessee
Interstate 65 in downtown Nashville, Tennessee
Interstate 24 in downtown Nashville, Tennessee
Interstate 65 in northern Nashville, Tennessee
Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway in Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway near Nortonville, Kentucky
Interstate 64 14 miles north of Evansville, Indiana
Interstate 70 in Terre Haute, Indiana
Interstate 80/Interstate 94 in Hammond, Indiana
Interstate 90 in Hammond, Indiana
Indiana State Route 912 in Hammond, Indiana
Interstate 90 in southeastern Chicago, Illinois
At the terminus of Interstate 55 south of downtown Chicago, Illinois
Interstate 94 in Wilmette, Illinois (concurrent for 5 miles to Highland Park, Illinois)
Interstate 94 near the Wisconsin/Illinois border (concurrent through Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
U.S. Route 45 in northwestern Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Interstate 43 in northern Green Bay, Wisconsin

Alternate routes

As of 2005, Alternate US 41 (signed "41A") has a northern terminus in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 10 miles (16 km) north of the Tennessee line. It serves the city of Clarksville, Tennessee on its way to Nashville, where it briefly runs concurrent with US-41, then separates again to serve Shelbyville, Winchester, and Tullahoma before finally rejoining the mother route atop Monteagle Mountain. US-41A runs to the west of US-41 for its entire length, aside from one mile in Downtown Nashville, where they are concurrent. US-41A is also concurrent with US-31A (the alternate route of U.S. Highway 31) from Nashville to Triune, Tennessee, a distance of approximately 25 miles.

Bypasses

U.S. 41 bypasses downtown Marquette via a short expressway and then it cuts south to Lake Michigan, again becoming an expressway to bypass downtown Escanaba.

Related US routes

Trivia

U.S. Highway 41 was immortalized in the song "Ramblin' Man" by the The Allman Brothers Band. The song's protagonist was "born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus, rollin' down Highway 41."

In July 2005, efforts started in Congress to re-designate US 41 between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Green Bay, Wisconsin as Interstate 41. The new Interstate Highway would also include US 45 between current US 41 and the intersection with Interstate 894 and Interstate 94. It is believed that US 41 at that time would then be re-routed to remain concurrent with I-41.

Notes

Between Miami and Naples, U.S. 41 runs through the vast Everglades wilderness; this section has been designated a National Scenic Byway. The byway runs east-west along most of this stretch through the Big Cypress National Preserve skirting the northern border of Everglades National Park for about 20 miles. This section of the highway is known as the Tamiami Trail (derived from the combination of Tampa and Miami, the road's two termini).
It closely parallels Interstate 75 from Naples all the way through Georgia to Chattanooga.
After entering Illinois U.S. 41 splits off of I-94 and continues as the Skokie Highway for around 25 miles before briefly rejoining I-94. It then continues south to Chicago, Illinois' lakefront area as "Lake Shore Drive", running along the shores of Lake Michigan and past downtown Chicago.
North of Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, U.S. 41 is routed along Foster Avenue, Lincoln Avenue and Skokie Boulevard. South of Lake Shore Drive, U.S. 41 is routed along South Shore Drive (which itself requires two turns to stay on). It then is routed onto Bond Avenue, Baker Avenue, 85th Street, Burley Avenue, 87th Street, Mackinaw Avenue, Ewing Avenue and Indianapolis Avenue within the space of about 2 miles. The [U.S. 41 relocation project] seeks to straighten out this section of the highway by 2008.
U.S. 14 intersects U.S. 41 twice in two miles in the city of Chicago. U.S. 14 originates as northbound Broadway at the intersection of Foster Avenue and Broadway (at this point U.S. 41 is oriented east-west). They then intersect again at Lincoln Avenue at Peterson Avenue.
U.S. 41 crosses the Menominee River at its mouth and enters Wisconsin at Marinette. It joins Interstate 94 in Milwaukee at Miller Park and the Menomonee River, and is cosigned to just past the Illinois border.
At the northern end of U.S. 41 in Copper Harbor there are two mileage signs that give the distance to Miami, 1990 miles. Photos: [link] from [link], [link] from [link].

External links

References

Endpoints of U.S. highways: [U.S. Highway 41] and [U.S. Highway 94]

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