 U.S. Route 49 | ||||||||||
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 US 49 highlighted in red | ||||||||||
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| Length | 516 mi[citation needed] (830 km) | |||||||||
| Existed | 1926[citation needed]–present | |||||||||
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| South end |  US 90 at Gulfport, MS | |||||||||
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| North end |   US 49E / US 49W at Yazoo City, MS | |||||||||
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| South end | US 49E / US 49W at Tutwiler, MS | |||||||||
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| North end |    US 62 / AR 1 / AR 139 at Piggott, AR | |||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||
| States | Mississippi, Arkansas | |||||||||
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U.S. Route 49 (US 49) is a north–south United States highway. The highway's northern terminus is in Piggott, Arkansas, at an intersection with US Route 62/Highway 1/Highway 139 (US 62/AR 1/AR 139). 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 is said to have sold his soul to the Devil. The highway is also the subject of songs by Big Joe Williams and Howlin' Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett).