Posted by fayeroe on August 5, 2010, at 2:55:49
In reply to American Gothic » fayeroe, posted by sigismund on August 5, 2010, at 2:45:37
> Where is Highway 61 anyway?
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> Do you know it?
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> Is there anything special (like specially bad, I suppose) about it?Lifted from Wikipedia! Am going to bed and will talk more tomorrow.......since you are such a Leonard Cohen fan, I'll let you pass this time on not catching the HWY 61 connection.
U.S. Route 61, is the official designation for a United States highway that runs 1,400 miles (2,300 km) from New Orleans, Louisiana, to the city of Wyoming, Minnesota. The highway generally follows the course of the Mississippi River, and is designated the Great River Road for much of its route. As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus in Wyoming, Minnesota is at an intersection with Interstate 35. Prior to 1991, the highway extended north on what is now MN 61 through Duluth to the United States-Canada border near Grand Portage. Its southern terminus in New Orleans is at an intersection with Tulane Avenue at Carrollton Avenue. The highway is often called "The Blues Highway," because of the course it takes from Minnesota, and into Louisiana (primarily New Orleans), which is considered the heart of the blues, as well as Dixieland jazz.
The route was an important northsouth connection in the days before the interstate highway system. Many southerners traveled north along Highway 61 while going to St. Louis, Missouri and St. Paul, Minnesota. The highway was also used in the title of Duluth native Bob Dylan's album Highway 61 Revisited.
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