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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.