Special routes of U.S. Route 41

U.S. Highway 41
U.S. Highway 41
Location	Venice, Florida
Existed	1965–present

U.S. Highway 41
U.S. Highway 41
Location	Fort Myers, Florida
Existed	1964–present

U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41
Location
Country	United States
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided;

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. 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 80, 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, where it becomes discontinuous (it once continued east along with SR 80 though downtown along the then-one-way Second and Bay Streets but those streets were turned over to city control in 2006).^[1]

Business US 41 resumes along SR 739 at SR 80, where it runs along Park Avenue (northbound) and Fowler Street (southbound) 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.

Venice business loop

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^[3]	km	Destinations
	0.000	0.000	US 41 south (Tamiami Trail / SR 45)
	0.263	0.423	To US 41 north (SR 45A north)
Venice	0.44	0.71	Circus Bridge over Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
	2.249	3.619	To I-75
	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

Location	Bradenton-Memphis, Florida
Length	6.118 mi^[3] (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^[3]	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)
Bradenton	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 – Ellenton
Palmetto	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

Location	Tampa-Lutz, Florida
Length	16.703 mi^[3] (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^[3]	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)	south end of SR 60 overlap
	4.965	7.990	To SR 618 east (Selmon Expressway express lanes) – 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 – Brandon, St. Petersburg
	5.492	8.839	SR 60 west (Kennedy Boulevard East / SR 685 south) To SR 618 west (Selmon Expressway)	north end of SR 60 overlap; south end of SR 685 overlap
	6.096	9.811	To I-275 north / I-4 east
	6.161	9.915	I-275 south (SR 93) – 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

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

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

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

Location	Ringgold, Georgia

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

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

Location	Hopkinsville, Kentucky

U.S. Route 41 Truck (US 41 Truck) is a bypass route designed for thru traffic, mainly trucks through Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It follows the Pennyrile Parkway from exit 7 to exit 12, and Kentucky Route 1682 west from the interchange to U.S. 41 north of Hopkinsville.

Madisonville-Henderson alternate route

U.S. Route 41

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

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

US Highway 41

Location	Marquette, Michigan
Length	2.343 mi^[4] (3.771 km)
Existed	November 31, 1963^[5]–October 10, 2005^[6]

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 after the construction of an expressway bypass of downtown. 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. US 41/Bus. M-28 designations along Bus. M-28 in Ishpeming and Negaunee.

Ishpeming-Negaunee business loop

US Highway 41

Location	Ishpeming–Negaunee, Michigan
Length	4.873 mi^[4] (7.842 km)
Existed	1937^[7]^[8]–1958^[9]

Business U.S. Highway 41 (Bus. US 41) 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.^[7]^[8] The highway through downtown Ishpeming and Negaunee was redesignated US 41A/M-28A at the time^[10] The Michigan State Highway Department later redesignated it Alt. US 41/Alt. M-28.^[11] Eventually it carried the Bus. US 41/Bus. M-28 designation before being designated just Bus. M-28 in 1958.^[12]^[9]

Baraga business loop

US Highway 41

Location	Baraga, Michigan
Existed	by April 15, 1940^[13]^[14]–by June 15, 1942^[15]

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.^[13]^[14] A business loop followed the old routing through downtown. The last map that shows the loop was published on July 1, 1941.^[16] Bus. US 41 is shown under local control on the June 15, 1942, map.^[15]

References

^ "U.S. 41 Business - Fort Myers & North Fort Myers". AA Roads. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
^ 41b3 Business US 41; Venice (Florida in Kodachrome)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014
^ ^a ^b Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^ "Bypass to Cut Travel Time by 20 Minutes". The Mining Journal. Marquette, MI. November 20, 1963. p. 13. ISSN 0898-4964. OCLC 9729223.
^ Garner, Dawn (November 9, 2005). "MDOT and City of Marquette Complete Jurisdictional Transfer" (Press release). Michigan Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on December 24, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (May 15, 1937). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Summer ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § B5. OCLC 12701143. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
^ ^a ^b Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (December 1, 1937). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Winter ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § B5. OCLC 12701143. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
^ ^a ^b Michigan State Highway Department (1958). Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § C5. OCLC 12701120, 51856742. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1958)
^ Marquette County Road Commission (1939). Marquette County (Map). Scale not given. Ishpeming, MI: Marquette County Road Commission.
^ Marquette County Road Commission (1950). Marquette County (Map). Scale not given. Ishpeming, MI: Marquette County Road Commission.
^ Michigan State Highway Department (1951). City of Ishpeming Act 51 Map (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department.
^ ^a ^b Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (December 1, 1939). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Winter ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § B4. OCLC 12701143. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
^ ^a ^b Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (April 15, 1940). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Spring ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § B4. OCLC 12701143.
^ ^a ^b Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (June 1, 1942). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Summer ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § B4. OCLC 12701143.
^ Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (July 1, 1941). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Summer ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § B4. OCLC 12701143. Archived from the original on April 22, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017 – via Archives of Michigan.

External links

US 41 (Florida in Kodachrome)

[AA-1] "U.S. 41 Business - Fort Myers & North Fort Myers". AA Roads. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[2] 41b3 Business US 41; Venice (Florida in Kodachrome)

[sld-3] FDOT straight line diagrams Archived March 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, accessed February 2014

[PRF-4] Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[mj63-5] "Bypass to Cut Travel Time by 20 Minutes". The Mining Journal. Marquette, MI. November 20, 1963. p. 13. ISSN 0898-4964. OCLC 9729223.

[jtpr-6] Garner, Dawn (November 9, 2005). "MDOT and City of Marquette Complete Jurisdictional Transfer" (Press release). Michigan Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on December 24, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2008.

[MSHD37-05-7] Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (May 15, 1937). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Summer ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § B5. OCLC 12701143. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.

[MSHD37-12-8] Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (December 1, 1937). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Winter ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § B5. OCLC 12701143. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.

[MSHD58-9] Michigan State Highway Department (1958). Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § C5. OCLC 12701120, 51856742. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1958)

[MCRC39-10] Marquette County Road Commission (1939). Marquette County (Map). Scale not given. Ishpeming, MI: Marquette County Road Commission.

[MCRC50-11] Marquette County Road Commission (1950). Marquette County (Map). Scale not given. Ishpeming, MI: Marquette County Road Commission.

[MDOT51-12] Michigan State Highway Department (1951). City of Ishpeming Act 51 Map (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department.

[MSHD39-12-13] Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (December 1, 1939). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Winter ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § B4. OCLC 12701143. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.

[MSHD40-04-14] Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (April 15, 1940). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Spring ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § B4. OCLC 12701143.

[MSHD42-06-15] Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (June 1, 1942). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Summer ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § B4. OCLC 12701143.

[MSHD41-07-16] Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (July 1, 1941). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Summer ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § B4. OCLC 12701143. Archived from the original on April 22, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017 – via Archives of Michigan.

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