U.S. Route 61 Business (US61 Bus.) runs 10.80 miles (17.38km) through Baton Rouge, the capital city of Louisiana.[2] The route is entirely concurrent with US190 Bus., forming a loop off of mainline US61/US190 (Airline Highway) through the downtown area. The business route was first put into effect in 1954 and assumed its current alignment in 1960.[3]
U.S. Route 61 Business (US61 Bus.) ran 10.73 miles (17.27km) through St. Francisville, a town in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.[5] The route followed a portion of former US61 that was bypassed by the current alignment around 1959. Like several other special routes in Louisiana, the designation was unofficial, not recognized by AASHTO or printed on the official state highway maps. It was signed along portions of LA3057 (Commerce Street) and LA10 (Jackson Road). Signage was removed around 2013 when new highway markers were installed following the widening of mainline US61 to four lanes and a change in several highway designations in the area.[5]
US 61 BUS in Natchez, MS uses part of US 425/US 84, then turns onto Homochitto Street. US 61 BUS turns right onto South Martin Luther King Jr. Street. US 61 BUS then turns onto a pair of one way streets concurrent with former US 84 BUS (East Franklin Street northbound; Saint Cathrine Street southbound); Mississippi Highway 555 continues northward. The routes then merge into a divided highway before meeting mainline US 61/US 84.
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U.S.Route61Bus. (Kingshighway) in Sikeston, Missouri was a 2.5 miles (4.0km) western business loop off US61, that connected US61/ U.S.Route62 (US62) with US61.[8][7]
The former business route began at a Yintersection with US61/ US62 (Great River Road/ South Main Street/ BluesHighway) in southern Sikeston (in New Madrid County), approximately two blocks north of US61/ US62's interchange with U.S.Route60. Since the decommissioning of US61Bus, the intersection has been moved about 600 feet (180m) to the north-northeast and changed to a Tintersection. (US61/ US62 heads north toward US61Bus., Benton, and Charleston and heads south toward New Madrid.) From its southern terminus US61Bus. proceeded north along South Kingshighway to cross Murray Lane. (Murray Lane heads east to end at US61/ US62 and west to the west side of the city.)[8][7]
At Murray Lane, US61Bus. left New Madrid County and entered Scott County. About one mile (1.6km) along its route US61Bus. reached a junction with Missouri Route 114 (East Malone Ave) near the center of the city. (Route 114 [and now U.S.Route60Bus.] heads east towards Bertrand and Bemont and heads west towards Morehouse and Dexter.) From its junction with Route 114 S61Bus, continued north along North Kinghighway for a few blocks before shifting west along Tanner Street. About one and a half miles (2.4km) beyond Route 114 US61Bus. reached its northern terminus at a Yintersection with US61 in northern Sikeston. (US61 heads north towads Benton and south towards US62 and US61Bus.) Since the decommissioning of US61Bus, the intersection has been moved slightly southeast and changed to a Tintersection.[8][7]
U.S. Route 61 Business (US61 Business) begins west of Keokuk at the eastern intersection of US136 and US61 just north of their crossing into Iowa from Missouri over the Des Moines River. As it travels into Keokuk, it follows US136 and the two routes run parallel to the Mississippi River just to the south. At the southern end of downtown Keokuk, US136 turns to the southeast to travel across the Keokuk–Hamilton Bridge to Illinois. This intersection is also the southern end of US218. US61 Business turns north to follow US218 out of the city. The two routes meet up with US61 on the northwestern end of town and the business route ends.[10]
U.S. Route 61 Business was created through Fort Madison, Iowa, along the former routing of US61. The main route was rerouted around town along a new four-lane bypass in 2012. It begins at the interchange with Iowa Highway 2 (Iowa2) west of Fort Madison. The two routes run east together into town. Iowa 2 splits away to cross the river near downtown and the route turns north and heads out of town. It ends at another interchange with US61 northeast of town. From 2011 to 2013, the portion of highway north of Iowa2 was known officially as Iowa961, but it was not signed as such.
U.S. Route 61 Business was created in 1984 after U.S. Highway 61 (US61) was rerouted around Muscatine on a new four-lane bypass. It begins on the southern edge of Muscatine at the intersection of US 61 and Iowa Highway 92 (Iowa92). US 61 Business heads north through Muscatine's industrial area and into the downtown riverfront. It is joined by Iowa 38 and Iowa 92 at an intersection near the foot of the Norbert F. Beckey Bridge. The intersection marks the southern end of Iowa 38 while Iowa 92 crosses the bridge into Illinois. A few blocks later, the three routes are joined by Iowa 22. All four routes continue north for a mile before meeting US61.
This low bridge was one of reasons US 61 relocated onto the interstates around Davenport
U.S. Route 61 Business was created in 2010 when U.S. Route 61 was rerouted around Davenport on I-280 and I-80. The route begins on the southwestern end of town at the interchange with I-280. From there, it heads towards the Mississippi River along River Drive. For six blocks, US 61 Bus. is overlapped by US 67, which joins from the south at the Centennial Bridge and parts to the north when US 61 Bus. turns off. Most of the remaining route through Davenport runs along two one-way streets: Brady Street (northbound) and Harrison Street (southbound). Near 5th Street in downtown Davenport, the Iowa Interstate Railroad crosses over Brady and Harrison streets. The vertical clearance of both bridges is only 11feet 8inches (3.56m), which causes many trucks that attempt to pass beneath the bridge to hit or become stuck. This bridge was a major factor in US 61's realignment. Just south of Kimberly Road, which carries US 6, the southbound lanes of US 61 Bus. turn onto Harrison Street from Welcome Way. North of 53rd Street, the two directions rejoin as one road. The route ends at the I-80 interchange on the northern side of town.[13] The entire route is inventoried as Iowa Highway 461, but it not signed as such.[14]
The business route through Maquoketa follows Main Street through the downtown business district, and Iowa Highway 64 along Platt Street. The route is unsigned, aside from a few circle "City Route 61" signs along Main Street.
Although not designated until 1998, Main Street had essentially served as a "Business 61" since at least the mid-1970s, when U.S. 61 was moved to a two-lane bypass around the south and west parts of the city. The bypass was widened to four-lane freeway in the summer of 1996, as part of a massive four-lane project of U.S. 61 between Dubuque and De Witt.
U.S. Route 61 Bypass (US61 Byp.) ran 6.7 miles (10.8km) through Baton Rouge, the capital city of Louisiana.[16] It followed the Airline Highway, a four-lane bypass of the downtown area constructed in 1941. The designation remained in effect until about 1963, when its route was assumed by mainline US61.[3]
US Route 61 Spur is an unsigned spur route of US 61 Business in Bowling Green, Missouri. It runs from the Bus. 61/Route Y junction to Route AA (Main Cross Street). This route is also known as Main Street.[17]
123Louisiana Department of Highways, Traffic and Planning Section (1952). East Baton Rouge Parish (Map) (January 1, 1958ed.). Scale not given. Baton Rouge: Louisiana Department of Highways.
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