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.

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 Downtown Fort Myers and North Fort Myers, Florida. North of State Road 82, it carries the hidden designation State Road 739.

The road begins at the interchange of US 41 and SR 82-867, historically known as the Five Points Interchange. The road briefly overlaps SR 80 along Main and Monroe Streets, and then runs east along SR 82 until it reaches southbound Fowler Street and northbound Evans Avenue (which becomes 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. The road heads north, intersecting with State Road 78. Between State Road 78 and Powell Drive, the road becomes a four-lane divided highway for the remainder of the route. The road finally ends at a former wye at US 41.

The route ran along SR 80 (Second and Bay Streets) all the way through downtown Fort Myers to Fowler Street and Park Avenue until 2006, when those streets were turned over to the City of Fort Myers.

Venice business loop

U.S. Highway 41 Business
Location:	Venice, Florida
Existed:	1965–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 (hidden SR 45A).

The entire route is in Sarasota County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
​	0.000	0.000	US 41 south (Tamiami Trail / SR 45)
​	0.263	0.423	To US 41 north (SR 45A north) / Center Road
Venice	0.44	0.71	Circus Bridge over Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
	2.249	3.619	To I-75 / Venice Avenue (CR 772 east)
	2.50	4.02	Hatchett Creek Bridge over Hatchett Creek (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway)
	2.928	4.712	US 41 (Tamiami Trail / SR 45 north / SR 45A south)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Bradenton business loop

U.S. Highway 41 Business
Location:	Bradenton-Memphis, Florida
Length:	6.118 mi (9.846 km)

U.S. Route 41 Business is an alternate route and former segment of U.S. Route 41 in Bradenton, Florida that begins at 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 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 10th Street West, which leads to State Road 43 where the northern concurrency of U.S. Route 41 and U.S. Route 301. 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.

The entire route is in Manatee County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
​	0.000	0.000	US 41 / SR 684 west (Cortez Road / 14th Street West / SR 45 south) – Sarasota, Beaches
Bradenton	2.393	3.851	SR 64 east (6th Avenue West)
	2.481	3.993	SR 64 west (Manatee Avenue)
​	2.748– 3.472	4.422– 5.588	Green Bridge over Manatee River
Palmetto	4.267	6.867	To US 301 / 10th Street West (SR 43 north) – Ellenton
	6.118	9.846	US 41 north (SR 45 / SR 55) – Ruskin	interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Tampa business loop

U.S. Highway 41 Business
Location:	Tampa-Lutz, Florida
Length:	16.703 mi (26.881 km)
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 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.

The entire route is in Hillsborough County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
​	0.000	0.000	US 41 (South 50th Street / SR 45 south / SR 599 north) / SR 676 east (Causeway Boulevard) – Tampa, Gibsonton
Tampa	1.875– 2.185	3.018– 3.516	22nd Street Causeway over McKay Bay
	3.4	5.5	I-4 (SR 400)	I-4 exit 2; northbound exit and southbound entrance; trucks only (I-4 / Selmon Expressway Connector)
	3.53	5.68	SR 618 (Selmon Expressway) to I-75 – Brandon, Tampa, St. Petersburg	SR 618 exit 9
	3.722	5.990	SR 60 east (Adamo Drive) / 22nd Street north (SR 585 north)	south end of SR 60 overlap
	4.965	7.990	To SR 618 east (Selmon Expressway express lanes) / Meridian Avenue (SR 618A) – Brandon	one-block SR 618A overlap (southbound only)
	5.053	8.132	SR 45 north (Nebraska Avenue) to SR 618 east (Selmon Expressway local lanes)	north end of SR 45 overlap
	5.271	8.483	To SR 618 (Selmon Expressway) / I-4 east / I-275 north / Jefferson Street North – Brandon, St. Petersburg
	5.492	8.839	SR 60 west (Kennedy Boulevard East / SR 685 south) To SR 618 west (Selmon Expressway) / Tampa Street	north end of SR 60 overlap; south end of SR 685 overlap
	6.096	9.811	To I-275 north / I-4 east / Scott Street
	6.161	9.915	I-275 south (SR 93) / Kay Street – St. Petersburg	I-275 exit 44
	7.828	12.598	SR 574 (Dr. M.L. King Jr. Boulevard) to I-275
	8.840	14.227	US 92 (Hillsborough Avenue / SR 600) to I-275
	11.379	18.313	SR 580 (Busch Boulevard) to I-275 – Busch Gardens
	12.870	20.712	SR 582 east (East Fowler Avenue) to I-275
​	13.880	22.338	SR 579 east / CR 582A west (Fletcher Avenue) to I-275
​	15.174	24.420	SR 678 east / CR 678 west (Bearss Avenue) to I-275
Lutz	16.703	26.881	US 41 north (SR 45)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Valdosta business loop

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

U.S. Route 41 in Valdosta has been rerouted to run on Inner Perimeter Road from its southern intersection with S. Patterson St. to its northern terminus with N. Valdosta St. U.S. Route 41 Business runs concurrently with Georgia State Route 7 Business from the intersection of Inner Perimeter Road and S. Patterson St. (which is just south of the Valdosta city limits) north along S. Patterson St. over the James Beck Overpass onto N. Ashley St. continuing north along N. Ashley St. where it rejoins U.S. Route 41 at the intersection of N. Valdosta St. and Innter Perimeter Rd.

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 Walnut Street, BUS US 41 turns left and runs concurrent with Georgia Route 19 until it terminates at US 41 and Georgia Route 247.

Griffin business loop

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

U.S. Route 41 Business (US 41 Business) in Griffin, Georgia is co-signed with Bus US 19. It begins at the intersection of US 19/41 and Georgia State Route 155, and follows GA 155 north around Griffin-Spalding County Airport. Then it turns west at Georgia State Route 16 until it curves onto Georgia State Route 92 until finally ending at a wye interchange with US 19/41.

Ringgold truck route

U.S. Highway 41 Truck
Location:	Ringgold, Georgia

Main article: U.S. Route 76 in Georgia § Ringgold Truck Route

U.S. Route 41 Truck is a short truck detour around a low railroad bridge in Ringgold, Georgia, which is also overlapped by U.S. Route 76 Truck, as well as Georgia State Route 151 and Georgia Route 151 Spur.

Monteagle, TN-Hopkinsville, KY alternate route

U.S. Route 41A
Location:	Monteagle, Tennessee–Hopkinsville, 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 U.S. Route 31A 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 Bypass (US 41A Byp.) is a bypass of the city of Clarksville, Tennessee on its south side. It first splits off from the US 41A mainline at 2nd Street and Kraft, following Riverside Drive south along the Cumberland River, and then traveling concurrently with Tennessee State Route 76 past Tennessee State Route 13 and Tennessee State Route 48 where it begins bypass designation. The bypass travels to the east approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) along the edge of the Cumberland. Most of the road is a 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 miles (2.4 km) before the bypass merges with US 41A (Madison Street) on the east side of Clarksville. From here, US 41A heads southeast to Nashville, Tennessee, where it merges with US 41.

Hopkinsville truck route

U.S. Route 41 Truck
Location:	Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Madisonville-Henderson alternate route

U.S. Route 41 Alternate
Location:	Madisonville–Henderson, Kentucky

Known and referred to locally as "U.S. 41-A" but signed as "Alternate U.S. 41," this route follows what was the original route of U.S. 41 between the cities of Madisonville and Henderson, Kentucky. It travels largely from east to west from its southern terminus at U.S. 41 on Madisonville's north side until reaching Kentucky Route 814 east of Providence. From that point, the road begins its turn toward the north, passing mostly through rural areas but also serving the small communities of Dixon and Poole.

Major highways intersecting the route include:

• Kentucky Route 120, which runs from Marion to Slaughters
• Kentucky Route 132, which travels from Kentucky 120 through Clay and Dixon to Sebree
• Kentucky Route 56, which begins at the Ohio River near Old Shawneetown, Illinois and connects the Kentucky communities of Morganfield, Sebree, Beech Grove and Owensboro
• Kentucky Route 425, which serves as a southern bypass of Henderson
• and US 60, which is among the longest, if not the longest, highways in the state, which 41-A will join on the south side of Henderson for its final 4 miles.

41-A's northern terminus is at "The Cloverleaf," the interchange between U.S. 60 and U.S. 41/Pennyrile Parkway on Henderson's north side.

Former

Illinois toll route

Main article: Tri-State Tollway

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

Main article: U.S. Route 41 Business (Marquette, Michigan)

Business US Highway 41
Location:	Marquette, Michigan
Length:	2.343 mi (3.771 km)
Existed:	ca. 1964–October 10, 2005

Business US Highway 41 (Bus.  41) was a state trunkline highway that served as a business loop off US 41 in 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. S 41/Bus. M-28 designations along Bus. M-28 in Ishpeming and Negaunee.

Ishpeming-Negaunee business loop

Main article: M-28 Business (Ishpeming–Negaunee, Michigan)

Business US Highway 41
Location:	Ishpeming–Negaunee, Michigan
Length:	4.873 mi (7.842 km)
Existed:	1937–ca. 1958

Business U.S. Highway 41 (Bus. US 41) that served Ishpeming and Negaunee is the only one of the three former business loops in Michigan that is still a state-maintained highway, although it is no longer designated Bus. US 41. US 41/M-28 was relocated to bypass the two cities' downtowns in 1937. The highway through downtown Ishpeming and Negaunee was redesignated US 41A/M-28A at the time The Michigan State Highway Department later redesignated it Alt. US 41/Alt. M-28. Eventually it carried the Bus. US 41/Bus. M-28 designation before being designated just Bus. M-28 in 1958.

Baraga business loop

Main article: U.S. Route 41 in Michigan § Business loops

Business US Highway 41
Location:	Baraga, Michigan
Existed:	by April 15, 1940–by June 15, 1942

Business U.S. Highway 41 (Bus. US 41) 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. A business loop followed the old routing through downtown. The last map that shows the loop was published on July 1, 1941. Bus. US 41 is shown under local control on the June 15, 1942, map.

External links

• US 41 (Florida in Kodachrome)