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U.S. Highway 61 Business |
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Location: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Length: | 10.803 mi (17.386 km) |
Existed: | 1954–present |
U.S. Highway 61 Business |
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Location: | St. Francisville, Louisiana |
Length: | 1.729 mi (2.783 km) |
Existed: | c. 1959–c. 2013 |
U.S. Route 61 Business |
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Location: | Natchez, Mississippi |
U.S. Route 61 Business |
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Location: | Vicksburg, Mississippi |
U.S. Highway 61 Business |
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Location: | Keokuk, Iowa |
U.S. Highway 61 Business |
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Location: | Fort Madison, Iowa |
Length: | 9.573 mi (15.406 km) |
Existed: | 2012–present |
U.S. Highway 61 Business |
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Location: | Muscatine, Iowa |
Existed: | 1984–present |
U.S. Highway 61 Business |
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Location: | Davenport, Iowa |
Existed: | 2010–present |
U.S. Highway 61 Business |
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Location: | Maquoketa, Iowa |
Existed: | 1998–present |
Several special routes of U.S. Route 61 exist in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Iowa.
U.S. Highway 61 Business (US 61 Bus.) runs 10.80 miles (17.38 km) through Baton Rouge, the capital city of Louisiana. The route is entirely concurrent with US 190, forming a loop off of mainline US 61/US 190 (Airline Highway) through the downtown area. The business route was first put into effect in 1954 and assumed its current alignment in 1960.
The entire highway is in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish.
U.S. Highway 61 Business (US 61 Bus.) ran 10.73 miles (17.27 km) through St. Francisville, a town in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The route followed a portion of former US 61 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 LA 3057 (Commerce Street) and LA 10 (Jackson Road). Signage was removed around 2013 when new highway markers were installed following the widening of mainline US 61 to four lanes and a change in several highway designations in the area.