Blues Highway

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Blues Highway is the popular name for U.S. Route 61, a historic American road closely associated with the origins and development of blues music along the Mississippi Delta.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Blues Highway canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nickname ⓘ
road nickname ⓘ
alsoKnownAs U.S. 61 Blues Highway ⓘ
associatedWith Chicago blues ⓘ
Delta blues ⓘ
associatedWithCulture African-American history ⓘ
Southern United States culture ⓘ
associatedWithGenre blues music ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalSymbolOf journey from rural South to urban North ⓘ
designation U.S. Route 61 ⓘ
follows Mississippi River ⓘ
hasLandmark Crossroads at Clarksdale, Mississippi ⓘ
various Mississippi Blues Trail markers ⓘ
heritageTourism blues tourism route ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century American South ⓘ
influenced blues song themes about travel and escape ⓘ
knownFor connection between Mississippi Delta and northern cities ⓘ
historic role in the development of blues music ⓘ
linkedToMigration Great Migration of African Americans ⓘ
locatedIn Mississippi Delta ⓘ
Mississippi River Valley ⓘ
majorCityAlongRoute Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⓘ
Clarksdale, Mississippi ⓘ
Davenport, Iowa ⓘ
Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Memphis

Natchez, Mississippi ⓘ
New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans

St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
St. Paul, Minnesota ⓘ
Vicksburg, Mississippi ⓘ
namedFor its association with blues music ⓘ
partOf United States Numbered Highway System ⓘ
passesThrough Arkansas ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Minnesota ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
refersTo U.S. Route 61 ⓘ
roadType United States Numbered Highway ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Highway
terminusNorth Wyoming, Minnesota ⓘ
terminusSouth New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: New Orleans
transportFunction north–south transportation corridor along the Mississippi River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Route 61 → nickname → Blues Highway ⓘ
Highway 61 → nickname → Blues Highway ⓘ
U.S. Route 61 → nickname → Blues Highway ⓘ
subject linked to: US 61