- Dubuque, Iowa
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Cottage Grove, Minnesota
- Forest Lake, Minnesota
- Gem Lake, Minnesota
- Hastings, Minnesota
- Hugo, Minnesota
- Lake City, Minnesota
- Maplewood, Minnesota
- Newport, Minnesota
- Red Wing, Minnesota
- Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Saint Paul Park, Minnesota
- Vadnais Heights, Minnesota
- Wabasha, Minnesota
- White Bear Lake, Minnesota
- Winona, Minnesota
- Wyoming, Minnesota
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Highway 61 in Minnesota (MNopedia)
For more than a century, the routes now known as US Highway 61 and Minnesota State Highway 61 have captured the imagination of Minnesotans looking for views of rushing rivers and cascading waterfalls. Although the road has been renamed, reconfigured, and interrupted multiple times, it continues to serve as a vital transportation channel along the state’s eastern corridor.
- U.S. Route 61 (Wikipedia)
U.S. Route 61 or U.S. Highway 61 (U.S. 61) is a major United States highway that extends 1,400 miles (2,300 km) between New Orleans, Louisiana and 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 (I-35). Until 1991, the highway extended north on what is now Minnesota State Highway 61 (MN 61) through Duluth to the Canada–U.S. border near Grand Portage, then continued to Thunder Bay, Canada, as Ontario Highway 61. Its southern terminus in New Orleans is at an intersection with U.S. Route 90 (US 90). The route was an important south–north connection in the days before the interstate highway system.
