U.S. Route 49
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{{Infobox U.S. Route
|article_route=49
|map=US 49 map.png
|length_mi=516<ref name="droz">Droz, Robert V. [http://www.us-highways.com/usbt.htm U.S. Highways : From US 1 to (US 830)]. URL accessed 02:55, 4 July 2006 (UTC).</ref>
|length_km=830
|yrcom=1926<ref name="droz"/>
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|from=[[Image:US 90.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 90|U.S. 90]] at [[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport, MS]]
|junction=[[Image:I-10.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 10|I-10]] at [[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport, MS]]<br>[[Image:I-59.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 59|I-59]] at [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg, MS]]<br>[[Image:I-20.svg|20px]][[Image:I-55.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 20|I-20]]/[[Interstate 55|I-55]] at [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson, MS]]<br>[[Image:I-40.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 40|I-40]] at [[Brinkley, Arkansas|Brinkley, AR]]<br>[[Image:US 63.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 63|U.S. 63]] at [[Jonesboro, Arkansas|Jonesboro, AR]]
|to=[[Image:US 62.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 62|U.S. 62]] at [[Piggott, Arkansas|Piggott, AR]]
}}
'''U.S. Route 49''' is a north-south [[United States highway]]. The highway's northern terminus is in [[Piggott, Arkansas]], at an intersection with [[U.S. Route 62]]. Its southern terminus is in [[Gulfport, Mississippi]], at an intersection with [[U.S. Route 90]]. US 49 is approximately 516 miles (830 km) in length.
It was at the junction of US 49 and [[U.S. Route 61]] that [[blues]] singer [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]] is said to have sold his [[soul]] to the [[Devil]]. The highway is also the subject of a song by [[Howlin' Wolf]].
==Route description==
===Mississippi===
As of [[2005]], U.S. 49 splits into '''U.S. Route 49E''' and '''U.S. Route 49W''' in [[Yazoo City, Mississippi]]. Continuing northward, these two highways rejoin as US 49 at [[Tutwiler, Mississippi]]. US 49W (the western branch) passes through [[Indianola, Mississippi|Indianola]] and [[Belzoni, Mississippi|Belzoni]], while US 49E veers to the east to serve [[Greenwood, Mississippi|Greenwood]]. US 49W is considered to be the main thoroughfare through the Mississippi Delta.
A recent reconstruction project completed in 2005 relocated the route of US 49W and its southern terminus in the Yazoo City area. Originally running from Silver City to Yazoo City via Midnight and Louise into the heart of Yazoo City, the route has now been shifted eastward. US 49W now runs from Silver City through the small town of Carter to the northern part of Yazoo City, where the highway meets US 49E and becomes US 49 again, cutting more than 10 miles off the old route. The original route is now numbered [[Mississippi Highway 149]] and is paired with [[Mississippi Highway 16]].
U.S. Highway 49 in Mississippi is a designated hurricane evacuation route. It is four-laned and divided from the Gulf Coast to the intersection with U.S. Highway 82 in Indianola.
;Legal definition
The Mississippi section of U.S. 49 and the routes of U.S. 49E and 49W are defined at Mississippi Code Annotated ยง 65-3-3.
===Arkansas===
US 49 crosses the Mississippi River just south of Helena, in Phillips County, Arkansas and proceeds northwest into Monroe County and then north thru Woodruff, Cross and Poinsett Counties to Jonesboro, in Craighead County. From there it runs northeast thru Greene County to Piggott in Clay County, ending just north of there at US 62. The Arkansas portion of US 49 is mainly two-lane undivided.
{| class="infobox" width="230px"
!style="background: #ccf; float:right;"|<big>Major cities</big>
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*[[Gulfport, Mississippi]]
*[[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]]
*[[Jackson, Mississippi]]
*[[Yazoo City, Mississippi]]
*[[Indianola, Mississippi]] (49W)
*[[Greenwood, Mississippi]] (49E)
*[[Clarksdale, Mississippi]]
*[[Brinkley, Arkansas]]
*[[Jonesboro, Arkansas]]
*[[Piggott, Arkansas]]
|}
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==See also==
==Related Routes==
* [[Mississippi Highway 149]]
===Bannered routes===
*[[U.S. Route 49 Business (Brookland, Arkansas)|U.S. Route 49 Business]] in [[Brookland, Arkansas]]
*[[U.S. Route 49 Business (Helena-West Helena, Arkansas)|U.S. Route 49 Business]] in [[Helena-West Helena, Arkansas]]
*[[U.S. Route 49 Business (Jonesboro, Arkansas)|U.S. Route 49 Business]] in [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]] (decommissioned)
*[[U.S. Route 49 Business (Paragould, Arkansas)|U.S. Route 49 Business]] in [[Paragould, Arkansas]]
*[[U.S. Route 49E Business (Greenwood, Mississippi)|U.S. Route 49E Business]] in [[Greenwood, Mississippi]] (decommissioned)
*[[U.S. Route 49 Business (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)|U.S. Route 49 Business]] in [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]] (decommissioned)
==References==
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[[Category:U.S. Highway System]]
[[Category:U.S. Highways in Arkansas]]
[[Category:U.S. Highways in Mississippi]]
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