sentences:  This section of road from Fidelity to Carthage was originally Route 38, renumbered Route 38N in about 1930.At Carthage, Alternate 71 followed what is currently Route 571 to US 71 at what is now the intersection of Route 96/571.When the freeway was built around Carthage, it ended at that the current exit of 71 at Route 96/571 & Business 71.