Although U.S. 61 begins in New Orleans and runs through Baton Rouge, the portion known as the Blues Highway starts around Vicksburg, Mississippi, and moves north through the Delta to Memphis, ...

In an Aug. 31 piece about Richard Knight's book The Blues Highway, NPR's Jacki Lyden erroneously said that Highway 61 runs from New Orleans to Chicago. In fact, if you travel north on Highway 61, you ...

Minnesota turned 150 this year, and it just so happens that Minnesota's Highway 61 winds along the North Shore for 150 miles. Coincidence? Well, yes (actually, it's 152 miles). But the North Shore ...

Starting May 1 in Chicago, motorcyclists on the Cruisin' the Blues Highway journey will be stopping in the Quad-Cities on Monday May 2 on their way down Highway 61 to Memphis, where the trip ...

May 27—Traffic has reopened on Interstate 90 westbound and the exit to Highway 61 northbound after an overturned cattle trailer spilled cattle onto the road. Southbound Highway 61 is detoured at the ...

Although U.S. 61 begins in New Orleans and runs through Baton Rouge, the portion known as the Blues Highway starts around Vicksburg, Mississippi, and moves north through the Delta to Memphis, ...

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