Encyclopedia:
U.S. Route 41,
Talk:U.S. Route 41,
Tri-State Tollway,
U.S. Route 41 Business,
U.S. Route 41 Business (Tampa, Florida),
U.S. Route 41 Business (Marquette, Michigan),
Talk:U.S. Route 41 Business (Tampa, Florida),
M-28 Business (Ishpeming-Negaunee, Michigan),
Talk:U.S. Route 41 Business (Marquette, Michigan)
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.
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).
States traversed
The highway passes through the following states:
Florida
US 41 is in the process of being widedned throughout the nothern Tampa Bay suburbs. It's curently six lanes wide between
Tampa,
Lutz and much of
Land O' Lakes, and again between
Garden Grove and
Brooksville. It's also four lanes wide in Tampa south of
BUS US 41, between a section north of Land O' Lakes,
Masaryktown and
Garden Grove, and south of
Inverness. A large portion of US 41 is co-designated along unmarked
SR 45 between Belle Meade and
High Springs.
Business routes
Four
Business US 41's exist in Florida:
*
BUS US 41 -
Fort Myers*
BUS US 41 -
Venice*
BUS US 41 -
Bradenton*
BUS US 41 -
Tampa Georgia
Tennessee
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.
Kentucky
Indiana
In the state of
Indiana, U.S. Route 41 runs from the
Ohio River south of
Evansville to
Chicago with U.S. Routes
12 and
20 beneath the termini of the
Chicago Skyway and the
Indiana Toll Road.
For its entire length north of Evansville, U.S. 41 passes through largely rural portions of far western Indiana. It is multiplexed with U.S. Routes
150 and
52 through some of these areas. U.S. 41 is also the main north-south road through
Terre Haute, the largest city on U.S. 41 between Evansville and Chicago.
Illinois
seealso|U.S. Route 41 in Illinois|Skokie Highway|Lake Shore
In the state of
Illinois, U.S. 41 runs north from the Indiana border beneath the
Chicago Skyway on Indianapolis Boulevard to the Wisconsin border north of the northern terminus of the
Tri-State Tollway. U.S. 41 enters Illinois multiplexed with U.S. Routes
12 and
20 on the far southeast side of
Chicago. They run together until the junction of 95th Street and Ewing Avenue. U.S. 41 then continues on local roads in Chicago before reaching the southern terminus of
Lake Shore Drive, a scenic 15.8 mile (25.4 km) long six-to-eight lane expressway on the shores of
Lake Michigan. Near the northern terminus of Lake Shore Drive, U.S. 41 leaves the highway and runs northwest to the city of
Skokie.
U.S. 41 is named Skokie Boulevard north of Skokie. Traveling north, it joins
Interstate 94 (
Edens Expressway) westbound just north of the
Old Orchard Shopping Center; they split a few miles north when U.S. 41 becomes the
Skokie Highway. The highway serves as a major north-south arterial expressway for much of its routing through Chicago's northern suburbs, as well as an oft-used alternate for truckers avoiding the cost of high tolls on the
Tri-State Tollway. Before reaching the Wisconsin border, U.S. 41 rejoins
Interstate 94 at the northern terminus of the Tri-State Tollway; these two roads continue, toll-free, north 1 mile (2 km) to the Wisconsin border.
Wisconsin
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.
Michigan
seealso|Portage Lake Lift Bridge, (Houghton,
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.
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Major cities|-
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Miami, Florida*
Fort Myers, Florida*
Naples, Florida*
Sarasota, Florida*
Tampa, Florida*
Valdosta, Georgia*
Macon, Georgia*
Atlanta, Georgia*
Chattanooga, Tennessee*
Murfreesboro, Tennessee*
Nashville, Tennessee*
Evansville, Indiana*
Madisonville, Kentucky*
Terre Haute, Indiana*
Chicago, Illinois*
Milwaukee, Wisconsin*
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin*
Oshkosh, Wisconsin*
Neenah, Wisconsin*
Menasha, Wisconsin*
Appleton, Wisconsin*
Wrightstown, Wisconsin*
Green Bay, Wisconsin*
Marquette, Michigan|}
History
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.
Future
left|50px Part of U.S. Route 41 has been officially approved for Interstate Necessary upgrades must be made before any signage changes can happen, but the entire length from
Milwaukee to
Green Bay is expected to become a new
Interstate 41. It is unknown if the U.S. Route 41 shields will remain. When complete, this will be only the second Interstate number to multiplex with its U.S. Route counterpart. The other is
Interstate 74 &
U.S. Route 74 in
North Carolina.
Intersections
U.S. 41 intersects with the following Interstate Highways and other freeways:
*
Interstate 95 in
Miami, Florida*
State Road 826 in
West Miami, 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*
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*
Edward T. Breathitt Pennyrile Parkway in
Madisonville, Kentucky*
Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway near
Madisonville, 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 and
Oshkosh, Wisconsin*
U.S. Route 10 in
Menasha, Wisconsin*
Wisconsin Highway 441 (also known as the
Tri-County Expressway) in
Menasha, Wisconsin*
Wisconsin Highway 441 in
Appleton, Wisconsin*
Wisconsin Highway 172 in
Green Bay, Wisconsin*
Interstate 43 in northern
Green Bay, WisconsinRelated US routes
The following routes are child routes of U.S. 41.
*
U.S. Route 141*
U.S. Route 241*
U.S. Route 341*
U.S. Route 441*
U.S. Route 541 (defunct)
*
U.S. Route 641 Gallery
Image:Highway41atHighway45Oshkosh.jpg|U.S. Route 45 exit in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Image:DSCN4847 us41signbaragacountymi e.jpg|Baraga County, Michigan
Image:End of US 41.JPG|Sign marking northern terminus, east of Copper Harbor, Michigan
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 M
iami, the road's two termini).
*It closely parallels
Interstate 75 from Naples all the way through Georgia to Chattanooga.
*In Northern Florida, US 41 runs along the
DeSoto Trail between Lake City and High Springs, and again between Williston and Floral City.
* 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
http://www.message-engineers.com/us41/ U.S. 41 relocation project seeks to straighten out this section of the highway by
2008 by looping U.S. 41 from South Shore Drive closer to new
South Chicago Neighborhood lakefront development and onto a brand new extention of Avenue O to Ewing Avenue.
*
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.
* Coming south from
Michigan, 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:
http://www.geocities.com/usend4049/End041/begin041n_miles.jpg from
http://www.geocities.com/usend4049/End041/end041.htm,
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~aleskiw/roadgeek/images/copperharbor.JPG from
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~aleskiw/roadgeek/Gallery1.htm.
* U.S. Highway 41 was mentioned 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."
* Almost half of US 41 is east of
US 31.External links
*
http://illi-indi.com/il_EndsPage.php?id=2041§ion=1 Illinois Highway Ends: US 41*
http://www.state-ends.com/michigan/us41/ Michigan Highway Ends: US 41*
http://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/MichHwys40-49.html#US-041 US 41 entry at Michigan HighwaysReferences
* Endpoints of U.S. highways:
http://www.geocities.com/usend4049/End041/end041.htm U.S. Highway 41 and
http://www.geocities.com/mapguy_annex/HwyEnds/End094/end094.htm U.S. Highway 94US
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