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U.S. Route 61 US 61 highlighted in red Route information Length 1,406.99 mi (2,264.33 km) Existed 1926 –present Major junctions South end US 90 in New Orleans, LA Major intersections I-10 in New Orleans, LA I-20 / US 80 in Vicksburg, MS I-55 US 70 / US 78 / US 79 in Memphis, TN I-40 in West Memphis, AR I-44 in St. Louis, MO I-64 / US 40 from Frontenac, MO to Wentzville, MO I-64 / I-70 / US ...
Interstate 55 I-55 highlighted in red Route information Length 964.25 mi (1,551.81 km) Existed 1957–present NHS Entire route Major junctions South end I-10 in LaPlace, LA Major intersections I-12 in Hammond, LA I-20 in Jackson, MS I-69 in Hernando, MS I-40 in West Memphis, AR I-57 in Sikeston, MO I-44 / I-64 in St. Louis, MO I-70 from East St. Louis to Troy, IL I-74 in Bloomington, IL I-80 ...
U.S. Highway 90 ( US 90 ), one of the major east–west U.S. Highways in the Southern United States, runs through southern Louisiana for 297.6 miles (478.9 km), serving Lake Charles, Lafayette, New Iberia, Morgan City, and New Orleans. Much of it west of Lafayette and east of New Orleans has been supplanted by Interstate 10 (I-10) for all but ...
Claiborne Avenue at Frenchmen Street, looking upriver in 1938. Claiborne Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana.It runs the length of the city, about 9.5 miles (15.3 km), beginning at the Jefferson Parish line and ending at the St. Bernard Parish line; the street continues under different names in both directions.
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is the oldest and among the most prominent cemeteries in New Orleans. It was opened in 1789, replacing the city's older St. Peter Cemetery ( French: Cimetière St. Peter; no longer in existence) as the main burial ground when the city was redesigned after a fire in 1788. It is 8 blocks from the Mississippi River, on the ...
New Orleans crime family. Carlos Joseph Marcello [1] (Sicilian Italian); [Mor-sel-lo] born Calogero Minacore [kaˈlɔːdʒero minaˈkɔːre]; February 6, 1910 – March 3, 1993) was an Italian-American crime boss of the New Orleans crime family from 1947 to 1983.
The St. Charles Streetcar Line is a historic streetcar line in New Orleans, Louisiana. Running since 1835, it is the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world. It is operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA). Officially the St. Charles Streetcar line is designated as Route 12, and it runs along its namesake ...
Jackson Square, formerly the Place d'Armes (French) or Plaza de Armas (Spanish), is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase.