U.S. Route 65 in Arkansas

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 65 in Arkansas. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 65.

U.S. Highway 65 marker U.S. Highway 65
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Route information
Maintained by ArDOT
Length	309.52 mi (498.12 km)
Existed	1926 (1926)–present
Major junctions
South end	File:US 65.svg US 65 at the Louisiana state line
Major intersections	File:US 82 (AR).svgFile:US 278 (AR).svg US 82 / US 278 near Lake Village File:US 165 (AR).svg US 165 near Dermott File:US 425 (AR).svg US 425 near Pine Bluff File:US 63 (AR).svgFile:US 79 (AR).svgFile:US 65B (AR).svgFile:Arkansas 190.svg US 63 / US 79 / US 65B / AR 190 in Pine Bluff File:US 167 (AR).svg US 167 near East End File:I-30.svgFile:US 67 (AR).svgFile:I-440.svg I-30 / US 67 / I-440 in Little Rock File:US 70 (AR).svg US 70 in North Little Rock File:I-40.svgFile:US 67 (AR).svgFile:US 167 (AR).svgFile:Arkansas 107.svg I-40 / US 67 / US 167 / AR 107 in North Little Rock File:US 64 (AR).svg US 64 in Conway File:US 62 (AR).svgFile:US 412 (AR).svg US 62 / US 412 near Bellefonte
North end	File:US 65.svg US 65 at the Missouri state line
Location
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
Counties	Chicot, Desha, Drew, Lincoln, Jefferson, Grant, Pulaski, Faulkner, Van Buren, Searcy, Newton, Boone
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Arkansas Highway System Interstate US State Business Spurs Suffixed Scenic Heritage
← US 64 → AR 66

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.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Chicot	​	0.0	0.0	File:South plate.svg File:US 65.svg US 65 south – Tallulah	Continuation into Louisiana
	​	1.6	2.6	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 8.svg AR 8 west	Eastern terminus of AR 8
	​	4.1	6.6	File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 209.svg AR 209 north / County Road 86	Southern terminus of AR 209
	​	7.2	11.6	File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 8.svg AR 8 east	Southern end of AR 8 overlap
	Eudora	8.2	13.2	File:Arkansas 8.svgFile:Arkansas 159.svg AR 8 / AR 159 (East Armstrong Street) – Eudora Business District, Parkdale	Northern end of AR 8 overlap; northern terminus of AR 159
	Chicot Junction	14.7	23.7	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 160.svg AR 160 west (Portland Road) / Red Leaf Road – Portland	Eastern terminus of AR 160
	Fairview	20.0	32.2	File:East plate.svg File:US 82 (AR).svgFile:East plate.svg File:US 278 (AR).svg US 82 east / US 278 east – Greenville MS	Southern end of US 82/S 278 overlap
	Chanticleer	22.2	35.7	File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 159.svg AR 159 north (South Lakeshore Drive)	Southern end of AR 159 overlap
		22.2	35.7	File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 159.svg AR 159 south – Jennie	Northern end of AR 159 overlap
	Lake Village	24.6	39.6	File:West plate.svg File:US 82 (AR).svgFile:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 144.svg US 82 west / AR 144 east – Montrose, Hamburg	Northern end of US 82 overlap; southern end of AR 144 overlap
	​	25.2	40.6	File:West plate blue.svg File:Arkansas 980(Airport).svg AR 980 west (Airport Road)	Eastern terminus of AR 980
	McMillan Corner	28.8	46.3	File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 257.svgFile:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 144.svg AR 257 south / AR 144 west	Northern end of AR 144 overlap; northern terminus of AR 257
	Bellaire	37.5	60.4	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 208.svg AR 208 west / County Road 51	Eastern terminus of AR 208
	Halley Junction	39.5	63.6	File:Arkansas 35.svg AR 35 – Halley, Dermott
	Dermott	40.9	65.8	File:South plate.svg File:US 165 (AR).svg US 165 south – Dermott, Montrose	Southern end of US 165 overlap
Desha	​	43.3	69.7	File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 159.svg AR 159 north – Masonville	Southern terminus of AR 159
	McGehee	45.0	72.4	File:West plate.svg File:US 278 (AR).svgFile:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 4.svgFile:Hospital sign.svg US 278 west (South First Street) / AR 4 east (Crooked Bayou Drive) – Arkansas City, Monticello	Northern end of US 278 overlap; western terminus of AR 4
		45.5	73.2	File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 169.svg AR 169 south	Northern terminus of AR 169
		47.2	76.0	File:To plate.svg File:Arkansas 1.svg To AR 1	Access via AR 1Y
		47.6	76.6	File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 159.svg AR 159 south (Silent Street)	Northern terminus of AR 159
	Tillar	53.1	85.5	File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 277.svg AR 277 south – Tillar	Northern terminus of AR 277
Desha	​			File:I-69.svgFile:US 278 (AR).svg I-69 / US 278 – Monticello, Memphis	Proposed
Drew	​	57.9	93.2	File:Arkansas 138.svg AR 138 – Kelso, Winchester
Desha	​	61.0	98.2	File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 159.svg AR 159 south	Northern terminus of AR 159
	Dumas	65.3	105.1	File:North plate.svg File:US 165 (AR).svgFile:West plate Vermont.svg File:GreatRiverRoad.svgFile:Arkansas 54.svg US 165 north / Great River Road west / AR 54 (Pickens Street) – Dewitt, Business District	Northern end of US 165/GRR overlap; eastern terminus of AR 54
	Mitchellville	67.4	108.5	File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 159.svg AR 159 south	Northern terminus of AR 159
Lincoln	Gould	73.6	118.4	File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 212.svg AR 212 east (East Jackson Street) / East Jackson Street	Western terminus of AR 212
		73.6	118.4	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 114.svg AR 114 west (B Avenue) / B Avenue – Fresno	Eastern terminus of AR 114
	​	78.7	126.7	File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 388.svg AR 388 east – Cummins Unit, Varner Unit	Western terminus of AR 388
	Grady	84.4	135.8	File:Arkansas 11.svg AR 11 (North Main Street) – Grady, Star City
Jefferson	​	91.9	147.9	File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 199.svg AR 199 south / Blankenship Road – Moscow	Northern terminus of AR 199
	​	100.3	161.4	File:South plate.svg File:US 425 (AR).svgFile:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 81.svg US 425 south / AR 81 north – Star City, Monticello	Southern end of US 425 overlap; southern terminus of AR 81
	Pine Bluff	102.3	164.6	File:Arkansas 980(Airport).svg AR 980 (Grider Field Ladd Road)
		102.5	165.0	Southern end of freeway section
				US 425 ends, I-530 begins
		102.8	165.4	File:North plate.svg File:US 63 (AR).svgFile:North plate.svg File:US 79 (AR).svgFile:North plate.svg File:US 65B (AR).svgFile:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 190.svg US 63 north / US 79 north / US 65B north / AR 190 west – Downtown	Southern end of US 63/US 79 overlap; I-530 exit 46
See I-530, I-30, and I-40
Faulkner	Conway	182.52	293.74	File:West plate blue.svg File:I-40.svgFile:South plate.svg File:US 65B (AR).svg I-40 west / US 65B south (Skyline Drive) – Fort Smith	Northern end of I-40 overlap; northern terminus of US 65B; I-40 exit 125
				Northern end of freeway section
	Springhill	189.02	304.20	File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 287.svg AR 287 south / Elliott Road – Holland	Northern terminus of AR 287
	Greenbrier	192.02	309.03	File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 25.svg AR 25 south (Green Valley Drive) / Church Street – Wooster	Southern end of AR 25 overlap
		192.42	309.67	File:Arkansas 225.svg AR 225 (Main Street)
	​	194.02	312.24	File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 285.svg AR 285 north – Woolly Hollow State Park	Southern terminus of AR 285
	​	194.42	312.89	File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 25.svg AR 25 north – Quitman, Heber Springs	Northern end of AR 25 overlap
	Damascus	202.02	325.12	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 124.svg AR 124 west (Presley Boulevard) / Cherokee Road – Springfield	Southern end of AR 124 overlap
Faulkner–Van Buren county line		202.22	325.44	File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 285.svg AR 285 north (West Main Street) – Center Ridge	Southern terminus of AR 285
Van Buren	​	204.22	328.66	File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 124.svg AR 124 east – Quitman	Western terminus of AR 124
	Bee Branch	208.62	335.74	File:Arkansas 92.svg AR 92 – Greers Ferry, Center Ridge
	Choctaw	215.92	347.49	File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 9.svg AR 9 south / County Road 330E – Center Ridge	Southern end of AR 9 overlap
	Clinton	218.32	351.35	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 336.svg AR 336 west – Culpepper	Eastern terminus of AR 336
		218.42	351.51	File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 95.svg AR 95 north	Southern end of AR 95 overlap
		223.02	358.92	File:North plate.svg File:US 65B (AR).svg US 65B north (AR 9 south) – Scotland	Northern end of AR 9 overlap; southern terminus of US 65B
		223.92	360.36	File:South plate.svg File:US 65B (AR).svg US 65B south	Northern terminus of US 65B
		224.02	360.53	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 16.svg AR 16 west – Witts Springs	Southern end of AR 16 overlap
		224.22	360.85	File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 16.svg AR 16 east – Fairfield Bay	Northern end of AR 16 overlap
	Botkinburg	232.42	374.04	File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 110.svg AR 110 east – Old Lexington	Western terminus of AR 110
	Dennard	236.72	380.96	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 254.svg AR 254 west	Eastern terminus of AR 254
Searcy	Leslie	240.02	386.27	File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 66.svg AR 66 east – Mountain View, Leslie Business District	Western terminus of AR 66
	Marshall	247.02	397.54	File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 27.svgFile:To plate.svg File:Arkansas 14.svg AR 27 north to AR 14 – Harriet, Yellville	Southern end of AR 27 overlap; to AR 14 signed northbound only
		247.42	398.18	File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 27.svg AR 27 south (Center Street) to AR 16 / Center Street – Canaan, Business District, Russellville	Northern end of AR 27 overlap; Russellville signed southbound only
	​	249.62	401.72	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 333.svg AR 333 west – Canaan	Eastern terminus of AR 333
	​	252.12	405.75	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 74.svg AR 74 west – Snowball, Witts Springs	Eastern terminus of AR 74
	​	259.42	417.50	File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 333.svg AR 333 south – Gilbert	Northern terminus of AR 333
	St. Joe	262.42	422.32	File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 374.svg AR 374 east	Southern end of AR 374 overlap
		262.62	422.65	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 374.svg AR 374 west	Northern end of AR 374 overlap
	Pindall	267.72	430.85	File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 235.svg AR 235 north to AR 125	Southern terminus of AR 235
Newton	No major junctions
Searcy	No major junctions
Newton	Western Grove	274.92	442.44	File:North plate.svg File:US 65B (AR).svgFile:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 123.svg US 65B north / AR 123 south – Mount Juda, Western Grove Business District	Southern terminus of US 65B; northern terminus of AR 123; Western Grove Business District signed northbound only
		276.12	444.37	File:South plate.svg File:US 65B (AR).svg US 65B south – Western Grove Business District	Northern terminus of US 65B; Western Grove Business District signed southbound only
Boone	​	278.12	447.59	File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 206.svg AR 206 east – Everton	Southern end of AR 206 overlap
	​	283.32– 283.42	455.96– 456.12	File:East plate.svg File:US 62 (AR).svgFile:US 412 (AR).svg US 62 east / US 412 – Yellville, Mountain Home	Southern end of US 62/US 412 overlap
	Bellefonte	284.42	457.73	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 206.svg AR 206 west (Garrett Street) / Garrett Street	Northern end of AR 206 overlap
	Harrison	286.72	461.43	File:North plate.svg File:US 65B (AR).svg US 65B north (South Main Street)	Southern terminus of US 65B
		288.52	464.33	File:South plate.svg File:US 65B (AR).svgFile:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 7.svg US 65B south (East Central Avenue) / AR 7 south – Jasper	Southern end of AR 7 overlap; northern terminus of US 65B
		288.62	464.49	File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 7.svg AR 7 north (North Chestnut Street) – Lead Hill	Northern end of AR 7 overlap
		290.92	468.19	File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 43.svg AR 43 north / Rock Springs Road	Southern terminus of AR 43
		292.62	470.93	File:South plate blue.svg File:Arkansas 980(Airport).svg AR 980 south (Airport Road)	Northern terminus of AR 980
	​	295.42– 295.62	475.43– 475.75	File:West plate.svg File:US 62 (AR).svgFile:West plate.svg File:US 412 (AR).svg US 62 west / US 412 west – Eureka Springs, Huntsville	Northern end of US 62/US 412 overlap
	​	302.42	486.70	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 396.svg AR 396 west	Eastern terminus of AR 396
	​	308.62	496.68	File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 14.svg AR 14 east – Omaha	Southern end of AR 14 overlap
	​	309.32	497.80	File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 14.svg AR 14 west	Northern end of AR 14 overlap
	​	309.52	498.12	File:North plate.svg File:US 65.svg US 65 north – Springfield, Branson	Continuation into Missouri
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Route transition

See also

• Special routes of U.S. Route 65

External links

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