U.S. Route 65 in Arkansas
US 65 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by ArDOT | ||||
Length | 309.52 mi[1] (498.12 km) | |||
Existed | 1926[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Arkansas | |||
Counties | Chicot, Desha, Drew, Lincoln, Jefferson, Grant, Pulaski, Faulkner, Van Buren, Searcy, Newton, Boone | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Highway 65 (US 65) runs north–south through southeastern and north central Arkansas for 309.52 miles (498.12 km). US 65 enters the state from Louisiana south of Eudora, running concurrently with the Great River Road. The route exits into Missouri northwest of Omaha. US 65 runs through the major cities of Pine Bluff and Little Rock.
Route description
US 65 is largely a four-lane divided highway, except for its overlaps with Interstates, two-lane section between Louisiana and Lake Village, and many undivided highway sections north of I-40. While the majority of the route travels through rural portions of Arkansas far from any Interstate Highways, the route does have a 79.52-mile (127.98 km) concurrency with I-530, I-30, and I-40 between Pine Bluff and Conway through the Little Rock metropolitan area.
US 65 enters Arkansas from Louisiana and follows the Great River Road. US 65 passes through Eudora then continues north intersecting Highway 160. Next, it shares a concurrency with US 82 and 278. It becomes a four-lane highway. while passing through Lake Village. In Lake Village, US 82 separates. Near Dermott, US 65 intersect US 165. In McGehee, US 65 separate from US 278. US 65 passes through rural area. It passes through Dumas where it separates from the Great River Road. US 65 meets with U.S. Route 425 before entering Pine Bluff. US 65 follows I-530 which bypasses Pine Bluff while having a brief concurrency with US 63. I-530 and US 65 continues north. It intersects US 167 at exit 10. It is not accessible from northbound. To access US 167 southbound, motorist will need to take exit 9 then go southbound to exit 10. The three highways enter the Little Rock Metropolitan Area and Little Rock.
In Little Rock, I-530 ends at a high-volume interchange with I-30 and I-440. US 65 shares a concurrency with I-30. Then at the end of I-30, US 167 separates onto I-40 east while US 65 joins I-40 west.
After leaving Little Rock, US 65 separates from I-40 at exit 125 in Conway. US 65 leaves Conway and leaves the Little Rock Metropolitan Area. Then US 65 continues north while passing through the Ozarks and passing through many towns. US 65 passes through Greenbrier, Clinton, Marshall, and Valley Springs. US 65 will join US 412 and 62 before passing through Harrison. After leaving Harrison, US 412 and 62 separates from US 65 at a freeway-to-freeway interchange. US 65 becomes a divided highway. US 65 continues north to the Missouri state line and enters Missouri.
History
The original US 65 between Pine Bluff and Conway is now signed Arkansas Highway 365.
In Pine Bluff, US 65 later relocated to a bypass corridor on the north side of Pine Bluff, dubbed the Downtown Expressway. With the completion of the Interstate 530 bypass on the south side of Pine Bluff in August 1999, US 65 was rerouted along Interstate 530, and the Downtown Expressway was resigned US 65 Business.
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Major intersections
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Chicot | | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Louisiana | |||
| 1.6 | 2.6 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of AR 8 | ||||
| 4.1 | 6.6 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 209 | ||||
| 7.2 | 11.6 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of AR 8 overlap | ||||
Eudora | 8.2 | 13.2 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of AR 8 overlap; northern terminus of AR 159 | ||||
Chicot Junction | 14.7 | 23.7 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of AR 160 | ||||
Fairview | 20.0 | 32.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 82/S 278 overlap | ||||
Chanticleer | 22.2 | 35.7 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of AR 159 overlap | ||||
22.2 | 35.7 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of AR 159 overlap | |||||
Lake Village | 24.6 | 39.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 82 overlap; southern end of AR 144 overlap | ||||
| 25.2 | 40.6 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of AR 980 | ||||
McMillan Corner | 28.8 | 46.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of AR 144 overlap; northern terminus of AR 257 | ||||
Bellaire | 37.5 | 60.4 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of AR 208 | ||||
Halley Junction | 39.5 | 63.6 | ![]() | |||||
Dermott | 40.9 | 65.8 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 165 overlap | ||||
Desha | | 43.3 | 69.7 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 159 | |||
McGehee | 45.0 | 72.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 278 overlap; western terminus of AR 4 | ||||
45.5 | 73.2 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 169 | |||||
47.2 | 76.0 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 1Y | |||||
47.6 | 76.6 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 159 | |||||
Tillar | 53.1 | 85.5 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 277 | ||||
Desha | | ![]() | Proposed | |||||
Drew | | 57.9 | 93.2 | ![]() | ||||
Desha | | 61.0 | 98.2 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 159 | |||
Dumas | 65.3 | 105.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 165/GRR overlap; eastern terminus of AR 54 | ||||
Mitchellville | 67.4 | 108.5 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 159 | ||||
Lincoln | Gould | 73.6 | 118.4 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of AR 212 | |||
73.6 | 118.4 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of AR 114 | |||||
| 78.7 | 126.7 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of AR 388 | ||||
Grady | 84.4 | 135.8 | ![]() | |||||
Jefferson | | 91.9 | 147.9 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 199 | |||
| 100.3 | 161.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 425 overlap; southern terminus of AR 81 | ||||
Pine Bluff | 102.3 | 164.6 | ![]() | |||||
102.8 | 165.4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of I-530/US 63/US 79 overlap; southern terminus of I-530/US 65B; eastern terminus of SR 190; I-530 exit 46 | |||||
See I-530 (mile 46.32–0.00) See I-30 (mile 137.7–143.02) See I-40 (mile 153.02–124.94) | ||||||||
Faulkner | Conway | 182.52 | 293.74 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-40 overlap; northern terminus of US 65B; I-40 exit 125 | |||
Springhill | 189.02 | 304.20 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 287 | ||||
Greenbrier | 192.02 | 309.03 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of AR 25 overlap | ||||
192.42 | 309.67 | ![]() | ||||||
| 194.02 | 312.24 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 285 | ||||
| 194.42 | 312.89 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of AR 25 overlap | ||||
Damascus | 202.02 | 325.12 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of AR 124 overlap | ||||
Faulkner–Van Buren county line | 202.22 | 325.44 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 285 | ||||
Van Buren | | 204.22 | 328.66 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of AR 124 | |||
Bee Branch | 208.62 | 335.74 | ![]() | |||||
| Old Highway 336 | Former AR 336 | ||||||
Choctaw | 215.92 | 347.49 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of AR 9 overlap | ||||
Clinton | 218.32 | 351.35 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of AR 336 | ||||
218.42 | 351.51 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of AR 95 overlap | |||||
223.02 | 358.92 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of AR 9 overlap; southern terminus of US 65B | |||||
223.92 | 360.36 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of US 65B | |||||
224.02 | 360.53 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of AR 16 overlap | |||||
224.22 | 360.85 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of AR 16 overlap | |||||
Botkinburg | 232.42 | 374.04 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of AR 110 | ||||
Dennard | 236.72 | 380.96 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of AR 254 | ||||
Searcy | Leslie | 240.02 | 386.27 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of AR 66 | |||
Marshall | 247.02 | 397.54 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of AR 27 overlap; to AR 14 signed northbound only | ||||
247.42 | 398.18 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of AR 27 overlap; Russellville signed southbound only | |||||
| 249.62 | 401.72 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of AR 333 | ||||
| 252.12 | 405.75 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of AR 74 | ||||
| 259.42 | 417.50 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 333 | ||||
St. Joe | 262.42 | 422.32 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of AR 374 overlap | ||||
262.62 | 422.65 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of AR 374 overlap | |||||
Pindall | 267.72 | 430.85 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 235 | ||||
Newton |
No major junctions | |||||||
Searcy |
No major junctions | |||||||
Newton | Western Grove | 274.92 | 442.44 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of US 65B; northern terminus of AR 123; Western Grove Business District signed northbound only | |||
276.12 | 444.37 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of US 65B; Western Grove Business District signed southbound only | |||||
Boone | | 278.12 | 447.59 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of AR 206 overlap | |||
| 283.32– 283.42 | 455.96– 456.12 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of US 62/US 412 overlap | ||||
Bellefonte | 284.42 | 457.73 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of AR 206 overlap | ||||
Harrison | 286.72 | 461.43 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of US 65B | ||||
288.52 | 464.33 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of AR 7 overlap; northern terminus of US 65B | |||||
288.62 | 464.49 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of AR 7 overlap | |||||
290.92 | 468.19 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 43 | |||||
292.62 | 470.93 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 980 | |||||
| 295.42– 295.62 | 475.43– 475.75 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 62/US 412 overlap | ||||
| 302.42 | 486.70 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of AR 396 | ||||
| 308.62 | 496.68 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of AR 14 overlap | ||||
| 309.32 | 497.80 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of AR 14 overlap | ||||
| 309.52 | 498.12 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Missouri | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ^ a b "County Maps". Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
- ^ Backlin, David; et al. (March 22, 2020). "End of US Highway 65". USEnds.com. Retrieved July 18, 2020.[self-published source]
External links
Media related to U.S. Route 65 in Arkansas at Wikimedia Commons
- U.S. Route 65
- Transportation in Chicot County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Desha County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Drew County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Lincoln County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Jefferson County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Grant County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Pulaski County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Faulkner County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Van Buren County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Searcy County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Newton County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Boone County, Arkansas
- U.S. Highways in Arkansas