Florida In Florida, US 41 is paralleled by
Interstate 75 all the way from
Miami to
Georgia (on the northern border), and I-75 has largely supplanted US 41 as a major highway. Between Miami and Naples, US 41 is signed east–west and cuts across the Florida peninsula, running through the vast
Everglades wilderness. This section has been designated a
National Scenic Byway. The byway runs east–west through the
Big Cypress National Preserve, skirting the northern border of the
Everglades National Park for about . The part of the highway between Tampa and Miami is known as the
Tamiami Trail (derived from the combination of the names of the road's two termini, Tampa and Miami), thus, this section of the road is commonly known as the
East Trail, as it runs east–west across the state, in contrast to the road's otherwise distinctively north–south route. In Naples, Route 41 changes direction at an intersection with 5th Avenue in Downtown Naples, turning from west to north towards Tampa (or from south to east towards Miami). , the trail is only one lane in each direction, and it has no fences to keep wildlife from crossing it. As the Trail moves into Hillsborough County the historic communities of
Ruskin, Florida and
Gibsonton, Florida are south Hillsborough County high points. Ruskin was founded by the Commongood Society. Highway 41 from Ruskin's Little Manatee River to Big Bend Rd (CR 672) has been designated by the Florida Senate as the Trooper Kenneth E. Flynt Highway in Memory of Florida Trooper Flynt who was killed in the line of duty. Gibsonton was populated by carnival workers. US 41 is in the process of being widened throughout the northern Tampa Bay suburbs. It is currently six lanes wide between
Tampa,
Lutz, and much of
Land o' Lakes, and again between
Garden Grove and
Brooksville. It is also four lanes wide in Tampa south of
BUS US 41, between a section north of Land o' Lakes,
Masaryktown, and Garden Grove, and south of
Inverness. A large portion of US 41 is co-designated along the unmarked
State Road 45 between Belle Meade and
High Springs. From
US 92 in
Tampa to
US 41 Business and
State Road 676 near the
unincorporated Palm River-Clair Mel, US 41 carries the unsigned
State Road 599 designation. It contains the northern end of the Tamiami Trail at the
SR 60 intersection. It is normally three lanes wide, but between
Interstate 4 and the northern terminus of
SR 569 it is only two lanes wide. The unsigned state highway is long. At the northern terminus,
US 41 turns west. (If one continues straight, 40th Street leads to
Busch Gardens Tampa.) Major intersections include State Road 574,
SR 569,
I-4,
SR 60, and the
Lee Roy Selmon Expressway (SR 618). In Northern Florida, US 41 runs along the
DeSoto Trail between
Floral City and
Williston and again between
High Springs, and
Lake City.
Georgia In Georgia, US 41 is paralleled by
Interstate 75 all the way from
Florida to
Tennessee, and I-75 has largely supplanted US 41 as a major highway. The first major city in Georgia north of Florida is Valdosta, and the primary US 41 has been rerouted to run along Inner Perimeter Road around
Valdosta; there is a business route through Valdosta. The highway follows I-75 north of Valdosta from exit 22 to exit 29. The highway proceeds through South and
Central Georgia cities and towns including
Adel,
Tifton,
Cordele,
Unadilla,
Perry,
Warner Robins,
Macon,
Barnesville, and
Griffin as it approaches the
Atlanta metropolitan area. The
Atlanta Motor Speedway is located on US 19 and US 41 in
Hampton, south of
Atlanta. Tara Boulevard and
Metropolitan Parkway carry the highway, along with its co-signed partner
US 19, north into the city. In
Hapeville, just outside Atlanta, the highway serves the northeastern part of
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, passing near the headquarters of
Delta Air Lines. In Atlanta, Highway 41 was formerly carried on Spring Street near
Five Points, but it has long been re-routed via Northside Drive around the downtown area. (It was a major truck route.) The
Mercedes-Benz Stadium,
Georgia World Congress Center, and
State Farm Arena are located off Northside Drive. North of Atlanta, the stretch of Highway 41 between Atlanta and
Marietta was the first four-laned highway in Georgia when it was completed in 1938. Now, the Northside Parkway and the Cobb Parkway carry US 41 through northern Fulton and Cobb counties. This thoroughfare is the home of
Truist Park, the
Big Chicken,
Cumberland Mall, the
Cobb Galleria, and the
Six Flags White Water amusement park. US 41 also passes through
Marietta,
Kennesaw,
Acworth,
Cartersville,
Adairsville,
Calhoun, and
Dalton en route to Tennessee.
Tennessee US 41, joined by
US 76, enters Tennessee east of
I-75 on the outskirts of
East Ridge. It is called Ringgold Road through East Ridge up to the Bachman Tunnel, where it enters
Chattanooga and then around the base of
Lookout Mountain. It then heads through the towns of Lookout Valley,
Jasper, and other communities before ascending the
Cumberland Plateau, running through
Tracy City and
Monteagle, where it descends toward
Manchester. After reaching Monteagle, US 41, included as part of the older
Dixie Highway, continues northwest into
Pelham, in
Grundy County, then runs closely parallel with I-24 into
Coffee County, going through
Hillsboro, Manchester (where the road is also named Hillsboro Boulevard) and
Beechgrove, before entering
Rutherford County. From there, the highway continues diagonally through
Murfreesboro (where the road is also named Broad Street), where the Dixie Highway joins up with
US 70S. The
Stones River National Battlefield is located very near US 41/US 70S on the northwest side, standing as a monument of the
Battle of Stones River which took place during the
American Civil War. US 41/US 70S continues northwest through
Smyrna, and
LaVergne before reaching
Davidson County. The road passes through
Antioch, before reaching
Nashville, where US 41 separates from US 70S. US 41 goes through Nashville as Murfreesboro Road, then Dickerson Pike, and comes out on the northeast side of the city joined with
US 31W. US 41 continues northeast through
Goodlettsville before breaking away from US 31W. US 41 then goes northwest and continues on into
Robertson County, going through
Springfield before heading west/northwest to the Kentucky border. Just before reaching Kentucky, US 41 briefly runs through
Montgomery County.
Kentucky US 41 enters the state as a two-lane highway in Guthrie where it intersects
US 79 and continues through Todd County through
Trenton. After crossing into Christian County, US 41 goes through
Pembroke before reaching
Hopkinsville. In Hopkinsville, US 41 intersects the US 68 bypass and the Pennryrile Parkway which leads into downtown Hopkinsville. In downtown, US 41 has a short concurrency with US 68/KY 80 and has an intersection with the northern end of
US 41A. Finally, after an intersection with the northern Hopkinsville bypass, US 41 turns to
Crofton and northern Christian County. After crossing into Hopkins County, US 41 has an incomplete intersection with the Pennyrile Parkway and goes through the small towns of
Nortonville (and an intersection with
US 62), Mortons Gap, Earlington. In
Madisonville, US 41 is known as Main Street and has an intersection with the southern end of US 41 Alternate. After an incomplete interchange with I-69, US 41 continues onto
Hanson. In eastern
Webster, US 41 goes through the towns of Slaughters and Sebree. In
Henderson County, US 41 enters Robards and remains a rural two-lane highway before reaching KY 425, just to the south of the
Henderson city limits. At KY 425, US 41 turns to the east and intersects the current northern end of I-69 in Kentucky. At this point, US 41 becomes a limited access four-lane highway with intersections with the
Audubon Parkway, KY 2084, KY 351, and
US 60. At US 60, US 41 becomes a four-lane surface road with stoplights as it crosses through the northern parts of Henderson and
John James Audubon State Park. US 41 crosses the
Ohio River on the
Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges, known locally as the "Twin Bridges." Due to natural fluctuations of the Ohio River's path, US 41 remains in Kentucky for about one mile north of the Twin Bridges. In this section, US 41 passes by
Ellis Park Race Course before crossing into
Evansville, IN.
Indiana In the state of
Indiana, US 41 runs from the
Ohio River south of
Evansville to
Chicago with
US 12 and
US 20 beneath the termini of the
Chicago Skyway and the
Indiana Toll Road. This is a distance of approximately 282 miles (615 km). For its entire length north of
Evansville, US 41 passes through largely rural portions of far western Indiana. It overlaps
US 150 and
US 52 through some of these areas. US 41 is also the main north–south road through
Terre Haute. However north of Terre Haute, US 41 becomes a secondary road, passing through smaller towns such as Rockville and Attica on the east side of the
Wabash River.
State Road 63 is the main route north of Terre Haute in this area since it is a four-lane highway on the west side of the Wabash River. US 41 returns to a four-lane divided highway just south of
Boswell where SR 63 ends, staying as such until reaching
Cedar Lake. From Cedar Lake north to the Illinois state line, US 41 is a well-travelled road with numerous stoplights, with the exception of the mile-stretch where it overlaps Interstate 80/94. Before leaving Indiana, US 41 travels through the city of
Hammond where it is also known as Indianapolis Boulevard and Calumet Avenue. Hammond is the largest city traversed by US 41 between Evansville and Chicago.
Illinois carrying Lake Shore Drive over the
Chicago River in 1987. US 41 enters
Illinois cosigned with
US 12 and
US 20 on Indianapolis Boulevard beneath the
Chicago Skyway. At the Illinois–Indiana state line, US 41 enters the
Chicago city limits. The three US routes run together northwest along Indianapolis Boulevard then cut north on Ewing Avenue on the south side. At 95th Street, US 12 and 20 head west. US 41 then runs along the lake amongst the newly developed extension of Lake Shore Drive, which extends from the intersection of Ewing Avenue and Harbor Drive and continues northwest until it reaches 79th St and South Shore Dr. US 41 then continues down South Shore Drive through the South Shore neighborhood and then turns and moves in a northerly direction at the intersection of South Shore Drive and Marquette Drive (Lake Shore Drive continues north while Marquette continues south and eventually becomes Jeffery Blvd.) US 41, as Lake Shore Drive, passes by the
Museum of Science and Industry (at 57th Street) in the Hyde Park area. From here north, US 41 is a quasi-expressway with bridges too low to admit trucks, and a speed zone, and exits at 53rd Street/Hyde Park Boulevard, 50th Street, 47th Street, Oakwood Boulevard, 31st Street, Interstate 55, and 18th Street. After the I-55 bridges, US 41 passes
McCormick Place, which is the largest convention center in North America. At this point, the roadway becomes a boulevard passing the Museum Campus (
Field Museum,
Shedd Aquarium, and
Adler Planetarium) and
Soldier Field, home of the
Chicago Bears; access to these attractions is provided at 18th Street. The roadway continues north with a couple of signals as it passes through Grant Park and by
Buckingham Fountain. After the signal at Monroe Street, the roadway becomes a quasi-expressway again with exits at Randolph Street/Wacker Drive, Illinois Street/Grand Avenue (
Navy Pier exit), and a signal at Chicago Avenue. The roadway then has a sharp S-curve called the Oak Street Curve where the suggested speed limit is . After the curve, US 41 is a full expressway. US 41 exits at Foster Avenue but Lake Shore Drive continues north to Bryn Mawr Avenue and Hollywood Avenue before ending. At Broadway, US 41 intersects the eastern terminus of
US 14. US 41 continues along
Lincoln Avenue in the north side of the city, eventually meeting Skokie Boulevard/Cicero Avenue, where US 41 turns north and is paralleled by
Interstate 94. In the northern suburbs of Chicago, US 41 joins I-94 (Edens Expressway) just north of Lake Avenue for a short distance before splitting from the freeway just south of Lake–Cook Road and continuing north as the
Skokie Highway for roughly to a point near the
Wisconsin border. Just south of the border, US 41 rejoins I-94. The two co-signed routes continue northward into Wisconsin.
Wisconsin In
Wisconsin, US 41 runs north and south along the eastern edge of the state. It enters from Illinois in
Pleasant Prairie and is concurrent with
Interstate 94 north to
Milwaukee. In Milwaukee, US 41 follows
Interstate 894 around the southern and western sides of the city. US 41 then heads north-northwest on a freeway to
Fond du Lac and
Oshkosh, then northeast to
Appleton and
Green Bay. The route is a major access point for the
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh air show in
Oshkosh, and for
Lambeau Field, home of the
Green Bay Packers. Beyond Green Bay, US 41 continues on to
Oconto and
Peshtigo before reaching the Michigan border at
Marinette. US 41 is a freeway for nearly 70% of its length through Wisconsin, with the exceptions being an expressway section north of Green Bay and surface streets in Marinette. US 41 was officially designated
Interstate 41 between Green Bay and the Wisconsin–Illinois state line on April 9, 2015. I-41 has been cosigned with US 41 along the freeway sections between a point just south of the Illinois state line where US 41 and I-94 split, and the I-43 interchange northwest of Green Bay.
Michigan where US 41 begins, October 2006 carrying US 41/M-26 across the
Keweenaw Waterway from Houghton to Hancock US 41 is a
state trunkline highway that enters
Michigan via the
Interstate Bridge between
Marinette, Wisconsin, and
Menominee, Michigan. Along its nearly route, US 41 serves as a major conduit for Michigan traffic, serving the Central
Upper Peninsula and the
Copper Country. From the Michigan–Wisconsin border to downtown
Houghton, the highway is part of the
National Highway System. The trunkline comprises mostly two lanes, undivided except for sections that
run concurrently with
US 2 near
Escanaba or
M-28 near
Marquette. US 41/M-28 is a four-lane
expressway along the Marquette Bypass, and segments of the highway in
Delta and
Marquette counties have four lanes. The route carries the designation of the Copper Country Trail
National Scenic Byway between
Hancock and
Copper Harbor. The trunkline ends at a cul-de-sac east of
Fort Wilkins Historic State Park in Copper Harbor. Along its route, US 41 passes through farm fields, forest lands, and along the
Lake Superior shoreline. The highway is included in the
Lake Superior Circle Tour and the
Lake Michigan Circle Tour. Historical landmarks along the trunkline include the
Marquette Branch Prison,
Peshekee River Bridge, and the
Quincy Mine. ==History==