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U.S. Route 51

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U.S. Route 51
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Length: 1286<ref name="droz">US Highways from US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz</ref> mi (2070 km)
Formed: 1926<ref name="droz"/>
South end: Image:US 61.svg US 61 at La Place, LA
Major
junctions: 		Image:I-20.svg I-20 at Jackson, MS

Image:I-55.svg I-55 at Memphis, TN
Image:I-40.svg I-40 at Memphis, TN
Image:I-55.svgImage:I-74.svg I-55/I-74 at Bloomington, IL
Image:I-80.svg I-80 at La Salle, IL
Image:I-90.svg I-90 at Rockford, IL

North end: Image:US 2.svg US 2 at Hurley, WI
United States Numbered Highways

U.S. Highway 51 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1,286 miles (2,070 km) from northern Wisconsin to the western suburbs of New Orleans, Louisiana. Much of the highway in Wisconsin and Illinois runs parallel to or is multiplexed with Interstate 39

In addition to singing about U.S. Highway 61 on his album Highway 61 Revisited, musician Bob Dylan also commemorated Highway 51, covering folk song "Highway 51 Blues" on his eponymous album Bob Dylan.

In Memphis, Tennessee all of U.S. 51 south of South Parkway East was renamed from Bellevue Boulevard to Elvis Presley Boulevard. Graceland sits on this highway, in the subdivision of Whitehaven.

In 2004, the six states that Highway 51 traverses banded together as the Explore Hwy 51 Coalition to help promote this "All-American Road". The group now offers visitor information for traveling the length of the road.<ref name="explore">Explore Highway 51 Coalition</ref>

As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is Hurley, Wisconsin, at U.S. Highway 2. Its southern terminus is La Place, Louisiana, at U.S. Highway 61.

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[edit] States traversed

Major cities

The highway passes through the following states:

[edit] Wisconsin

See also: U.S. Route 51 in Wisconsin

[edit] Illinois

See also: U.S. Route 51 in Illinois

In the state of Illinois, U.S. 51 runs north from the Cairo Ohio River Bridge with U.S. Route 60 and U.S. Route 62, to South Beloit at the Wisconsin border. For all but the northern 1/4 mile (1/2 km) that Interstate 39 runs in Illinois, U.S. 51 is multiplexed with I-39.

U.S. 51 is the main route that divides eastern and western Illinois.

[edit] Kentucky

[edit] Tennessee

[edit] Mississippi

[edit] Louisiana

[edit] Related U.S. routes

[edit] References

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Main U.S. Routes
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