504 Road Trips: December 2017

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Road Trip #235 - US Highway 49 North - US-61 through West Helena, Arkansas

We depart the concurrency of US-61 and US-49 and head west toward the Mississippi River. We cross the river on the Helena Bridge, and enter Phillips County, and the consolidated city of Helena-West Helena Arkansas.

Thursday, December 28, 2017

Road Trip #234 - US Highway 49 North - Tutwiler, Mississippi to Northern...

We resume our route on the US-49 mainline beginning at the town of Tutwiler in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi. We enter Coahoma County, and then skirt the very edge of the city of Clarksdale, joining US-61 and US-278. The junction of US-49/61/278 is about a mile from the original junction of US-49 and 61, known as the Devil's Crossroads, where legend has it that Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil in exchange for the ability to sing the blues (we'll cover Clarksdale in a later video). We continue north on the US-49/US-61 concurrency for about 15 miles, and end the video where US-49 turns west to cross the border into Arkansas.

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Drivelapse - Interstate 49 South Texarkana, Arkansas to Lafayette, Louis...

The entire almost uninterrupted southern portion of I-49 from the Texas State Line just north of Texarkana, Arkansas to the current southern terminus in Lafayette, Louisiana. This 295 miles has been condensed to 20 minutes, so this is the equivalent of an average of 885 miles per hour.

Road Trip #233 - US Highway 49E North - Minter City to Tutwiler, Mississ...

The final segment of US-49E beginning in Minter City and once again ending in Tuwiler where we rejoin the mainline of US-49.

Saturday, December 23, 2017

Hotel Review #029 - Hilton Garden Inn Jackson/Madison

A tour of the HIlton Garden Inn in Madison, Mississippi, including our 1 King Bed 1-Bedroom Suite with Sofabed on the 4th floor.

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Road Trip #231 - US Highway 49E North - Tchula to US-82, Greenwood, Miss...

The next segment of US Highway 49 E, headed north through the towns of Tchula, Cruger, Egypt(?), and into Leflore County, and the towns of Sidon and Rising Sun, finishing in the county seat, Greenwood, Mississippi.

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Coast to Corner - Louisiana Highway 1 North Drivelapse in 20 minutes

Louisiana Highway 1, the longest numbered highway in Louisiana, from its southern terminus in Grand Isle, Louisiana to the Texas border, just a few hundred feet south of the Arkansas border.

Road Trip #230 - US Highway 49E North - Yazoo City to Tchula, Mississippi

The first leg of the eastern split of US Highway 49, beginning at Yazoo City and ending in Tchula, Mississippi.

Sunday, December 17, 2017

Road Trip #229 - US Highway 49W North - Doddsville to Tutwiler, Mississippi

US Highway 49W North - Doddsville to Tutwiler, Mississippi

This is the final leg of the trip up the western split of US Highway 49, beginning in Doddsville in Sunflower County, passing through a small sliver of Coahoma County, and then into Talahatchie County, ending at the junction of US-49 and US-49E in Tutweiler.

Saturday, December 16, 2017

Hotel Review #028 - Hilton Garden Inn Jonesboro

A room tour of a 1-Bed King Room at the Hilton Garden Inn in Jonesboro, Arkansas. 2840 South Caraway Road, Jonesboro, AR 72401 Phone: (870) 931-7727

Road Trip #228 - US Highway 49W North - Indianola to Doddsville, Mississ...

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

The Making of a 504 Road Trips Video

How it's made! A quick walkthrough of the making of one of our videos, minus the research and voiceover and music parts. We use Cyberlink PowerDirector 15 to edit the video and the highway shields are added with templates I created in CorelDraw X7.