Bannered routes of U.S. Route 41

U.S. Route 41
Highway system

United States Numbered Highways
List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced

Several bannered routes of U.S. Route 41 exist. In order from south to north they are as follows.

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Existing

Fort Myers business loop


U.S. Highway 41 Business
Location: Fort Myers, Florida

U.S. Route 41 Business is a former segment of U.S. Route 41 in Fort Myers and North Fort Myers, Florida that begins at the interchange of SRs 82-80-867. The road briefly overlaps SR 80 until it reaches southbound Fowler Street and northbound Park Avenue. Northbound and southbound BUS US 41 run parallel to each other until they reach the Edison Bridge where the two streets merge. After crossing over the Caloosahatchee River BUS 41 enters North Fort Myers where it briefly becomes a six-lane undivided highway only for the divider to return north of Cabanna Avenue.

Between Florida State Road 78 and Powell Drive, the road becomes a four-lane divided highway and then a two-lane undivided highway north of Littleton Road. The road finally ends at a former wye at US 41.

Venice business loop


U.S. Highway 41 Business
Location: Venice, Florida
Existed: 1965[1]–present

U.S. Route 41 Business is a former segment of U.S. Route 41 and an existing segment of the Tamiami Trail in Venice, Florida that begins near Shamrock Boulevard in Venice Gardens and terminates at Venetia Bay Boulevard in the Eastgate section of Venice. The existing US 41 in Venice runs along the Venice Bypass.

Bradenton business loop


U.S. Highway 41 Business
Location: Bradenton-Memphis, Florida

U.S. Route 41 Business is an alternate route to U.S. Route 41 in Bradenton, Florida that begins at the eastern terminus of Florida State Road 684 (Cortez Boulevard West) where it runs along 14th Street until it makes a sharp right turn onto 8th Avenue West and then makes another sharp left onto 9th Street West before intersecting with Florida State Road 64 on eastbound 6th Avenue West and westbound Manatee Avenue West. The road continues north as it passes by the South Florida Museum before crossing the Green Bridge and moving onto 8th Street in Palmetto where it intersects Florida State Road 43(10th Street West). As 8th Street West passes by 21st Avenue West, it becomes Valencia Drive and curves to the northeast before terminating at an interchange with US 41 just south of the interchange between US 41 and US 19 in Memphis.

Tampa business loop


U.S. Highway 41 Business
Location: Tampa-Lutz, Florida
Existed: 1931 as US 541, 1951 as US 41 BUS–present

U.S. Route 41 Business is an alternate route to U.S. Route 41 in Tampa, Florida that begins on the Nebraska Avenue-Florida Avenue apex in Lutz and continues south on Florida Avenue. Just south of Hillsborough Avenue (U.S. Route 92), Florida Avenue becomes a one-way street and the south-bound portion splits off into Tampa Street until it reaches its southern terminus in Downtown Tampa at US 41 and Florida State Road 676.

U.S. Route 541 was created in 1931 as a western alternate to US 41 between Palmetto and Tampa; US 41 then followed the present US 301 between those points. In 1938, US 41 was moved from Tampa north to Lutz, and the old route became an extension of US 541. US 541 was eliminated in 1951; the route north from Tampa became US 41 Business, while south from Tampa it became US 41, with old US 41 becoming an extension of US 301.

Valdosta business loop


U.S. Highway 41 Business
Location: Valdosta, Georgia


Macon business loop


U.S. Highway 41 Business
Location: Macon, Georgia

U.S. Route 41 Business begins at the northern terminus of the US 41-129 overlap. Along the way, US 80 joins the overlap. When US 129 intersects Porter Street, BUS US 41 turns left and runs concurrent with Georgia Route 19 until it terminates at US 41 and Georgia Route 247.

Monteagle, TN-Hopkinsville, KY alternate route

U.S. Route 41A
Location: Monteagle, TennesseeHopkinsville, Kentucky

U.S. Route 41 Alternate (signed U.S. Route 41A in Tennessee), as of 2005, 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 concurrently with US 41. It then separates again to serve Shelbyville, Winchester, and Tullahoma before rejoining the main route atop Monteagle Mountain. US 41A runs 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. Route 31) from Nashville to Triune, Tennessee, for a distance of approximately 25 miles (40 km).

Clarksville alternate route bypass


U.S. Route 41A Bypass
Location: Clarksville, Tennessee

U.S. Route 41A bypasses the city of Clarksville, Tennessee on its south side. It first splits off from the main route at 2nd Street and Kraft, following Riverside Drive south along the Cumberland River, and then running concurrently with Tennessee State Route 76 past Tennessee State Route 13 and Tennessee State Route 48 where it begins bypass designation. The bypass runs east approximately five miles along the edge of the Cumberland. Most of the road is two lane highway, occasionally widening to three lanes to accommodate truck traffic on hills. There is one light in the middle of the bypass, where Tennessee State Route 12 (Ashland City Highway) starts approximately 1.5 mile before the bypass merges with U.S. Route 41A (Madison Street) on the east side of Clarksville. From here, U.S. Route 41A heads southeast to Nashville, Tennessee, where it further merges with U.S Route 41.

Madisonville-Henderson alternate route


U.S. Highway 41 Alternate
Location: MadisonvilleHenderson, Kentucky


Former

Illinois toll route


U.S. Route 41 Toll
Location: Lansing-Antioch, Illinois
Existed: 1958–1959

U.S. Route 41 Toll was the original designation for the Tri-State Tollway, which opened in 1958. By 1959, the route was replaced by parts of I-94 and I-294.

Marquette business loop


BUS US 41
Location: Marquette, Michigan
Length: 2.343 mi[3] (3.771 km)
Existed: ca. 1964[4]–October 10, 2005[2]

US Highway 41 Business Route (BUS US 41) was a state trunkline highway that served as a business loop off US 41 in the US state of Michigan through the City of Marquette along Washington and Front streets. Jurisdiction over the two streets was transferred to the City as part of a route swap that resulted in the decommissioning of the trunkline. It was also previously co-designated BUS M-28, mirroring the BUS US 41/BUS M-28 designations along BUS M-28 in Ishpeming and Negaunee.

Ishpeming-Negaunee business loop


BUS US 41
Location: IshpemingNegaunee, Michigan
Length: 4.873 mi[3] (7.842 km)
Existed: 1937[5][6]–ca. 1958

The U.S. Highway 41 Business Route serving Ishpeming and Negaunee is the only one of the three former business loops in Michigan that is still a state-maintained highway. it is no longer designated BUS US 41. US 41/M-28 was relocated to bypass the two cities' downtowns in 1937.[5][6] The highway through downtown Ishpeming and Negaunee was redesignated US 41A/M-28A at the time [7] The Michigan State Highway Department later redesignated it ALT US 41/ALT M-28.[8] Eventually it carried the BUS US 41/BUS M-28 designation before being designated BUS M-28 in 1958.[9][10]

Baraga business loop


BUS US 41
Location: Baraga, Michigan
Existed: by April 15, 1940[12][13]–by June 15, 1942[11]

U.S. Highway 41 Business Route existed in Baraga in the early 1940s. As shown on the maps of the time, US 41 was relocated in Baraga between the publication of the December 1, 1939, and the April 15, 1940, MSHD maps.[12][13] A business loop followed the old routing through downtown. The last map that shows the loop was published on July 1, 1941.[14] BUS US 41 is shown under local control on the June 15, 1942, map.[11]

References

  1. ^ 41b3 Business US 41; Venice (Florida in Kodachrome)
  2. ^ "MDOT and City of Marquette Complete Jurisdictional Transfer" (Press release). Michigan Department of Transportation. November 9, 2005. http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11057-129975--,00.html. Retrieved July 31, 2008. 
  3. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (2001). Control Section/Physical Reference Atlas (Map). http://mdotwas1.mdot.state.mi.us/public/maps/pr/. Retrieved January 25, 2008. 
  4. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1964). Official Highway Map (Map). 
  5. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (May 15, 1937). 1937 Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally (Summer ed.). Section B5. 
  6. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (December 1, 1937). 1937/8 Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally (Winter ed.). Section B5. 
  7. ^ Marquette County Road Commission (1939). Marquette County (Map). 
  8. ^ Marquette County Road Commission (1950). Marquette County (Map). 
  9. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1951). City of Ishpeming Act 51 Map (Map). 
  10. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1958). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Section C5. 
  11. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (June 1, 1942). 1942 Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally (Summer ed.). Section B4. 
  12. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (December 1, 1939). 1939 Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally (Winter ed.). 
  13. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (April 15, 1940). 1940 Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally (Summer ed.). Section B4. 
  14. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1941). 1941 Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally (Summer ed.). Section B4.