U.S. Highway 65
US 65 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ArDOT
Length	309.52 mi[1] (498.12 km)
Existed	1926 (1926)[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	US 65 at the Louisiana state line near Eudora
Major intersections	US 82 / US 278 near Lake Village US 165 near Dermott US 425 near Pine Bluff I-530 / US 63 / US 65B / US 79 / AR 190 in Pine Bluff US 167 near Eastern end I-30 / I-440 / US 67 in Little Rock US 70 in North Little Rock I-40 / US 67 / US 167 in North Little Rock US 64 in Conway US 62 / US 412 near Bellefonte
North end	US 65 at the Missouri state line near Omaha
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[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Chicot	​	0.0	0.0	US 65 south – Tallulah	Continuation into Louisiana
	​	1.6	2.6	AR 8 west	Eastern terminus of AR 8
	​	4.1	6.6	AR 209 north / County Road 86	Southern terminus of AR 209
	​	7.2	11.6	AR 8 east	Southern end of AR 8 overlap
	Eudora	8.2	13.2	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	AR 160 west (Portland Road) / Red Leaf Road – Portland	Eastern terminus of AR 160
	Fairview	20.0	32.2	US 82 east / US 278 east – Greenville MS	Southern end of US 82/S 278 overlap
	Chanticleer	22.2	35.7	AR 159 north (South Lakeshore Drive)	Southern end of AR 159 overlap
		22.2	35.7	AR 159 south – Jennie	Northern end of AR 159 overlap
	Lake Village	24.6	39.6	US 82 west / AR 144 east – Montrose, Hamburg	Northern end of US 82 overlap; southern end of AR 144 overlap
	​	25.2	40.6	AR 980 west (Airport Road)	Eastern terminus of AR 980
	McMillan Corner	28.8	46.3	AR 257 south / AR 144 west	Northern end of AR 144 overlap; northern terminus of AR 257
	Bellaire	37.5	60.4	AR 208 west / County Road 51	Eastern terminus of AR 208
	Halley Junction	39.5	63.6	AR 35 – Halley, Dermott
	Dermott	40.9	65.8	US 165 south – Dermott, Montrose	Southern end of US 165 overlap
Desha	​	43.3	69.7	AR 159 north – Masonville	Southern terminus of AR 159
	McGehee	45.0	72.4	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	AR 169 south	Northern terminus of AR 169
		47.2	76.0	To AR 1 (AR 1Y south)	Northern terminus of AR 1Y
		47.6	76.6	AR 159 south (Silent Street)	Northern terminus of AR 159
	Tillar	53.1	85.5	AR 277 south – Tillar	Northern terminus of AR 277
Desha	​			I-69 / US 278 – Monticello, Memphis	Proposed
Drew	​	57.9	93.2	AR 138 – Kelso, Winchester
Desha	​	61.0	98.2	AR 159 south	Northern terminus of AR 159
	Dumas	65.3	105.1	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	AR 159 south	Northern terminus of AR 159
Lincoln	Gould	73.6	118.4	AR 212 east (East Jackson Street) / East Jackson Street	Western terminus of AR 212
		73.6	118.4	AR 114 west (B Avenue) / B Avenue – Fresno	Eastern terminus of AR 114
	​	78.7	126.7	AR 388 east – Cummins Unit, Varner Unit	Western terminus of AR 388
	Grady	84.4	135.8	AR 11 (North Main Street) – Grady, Star City
Jefferson	​	91.9	147.9	AR 199 south / Blankenship Road – Moscow	Northern terminus of AR 199
	​	100.3	161.4	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	AR 980 (Grider Field Ladd Road)
		102.8	165.4	US 63 north / US 79 north / US 65B north / AR 190 west – Downtown	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	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
	Springhill	189.02	304.20	AR 287 south / Elliott Road – Holland	Northern terminus of AR 287
	Greenbrier	192.02	309.03	AR 25 south (Green Valley Drive) / Church Street – Wooster	Southern end of AR 25 overlap
		192.42	309.67	AR 225 (Main Street)
	​	194.02	312.24	AR 285 north – Woolly Hollow State Park	Southern terminus of AR 285
	​	194.42	312.89	AR 25 north – Quitman, Heber Springs	Northern end of AR 25 overlap
	Damascus	202.02	325.12	AR 124 west (Presley Boulevard) / Cherokee Road – Springfield	Southern end of AR 124 overlap
Faulkner–Van Buren county line		202.22	325.44	AR 285 north (West Main Street) – Center Ridge	Southern terminus of AR 285
Van Buren	​	204.22	328.66	AR 124 east – Quitman	Western terminus of AR 124
	Bee Branch	208.62	335.74	AR 92 – Greers Ferry, Center Ridge
	​			Old Highway 336	Former AR 336
	Choctaw	215.92	347.49	AR 9 south / County Road 330E – Center Ridge	Southern end of AR 9 overlap
	Clinton	218.32	351.35	AR 336 west – Culpepper	Eastern terminus of AR 336
		218.42	351.51	AR 95 north	Southern end of AR 95 overlap
		223.02	358.92	US 65B north (AR 9 south) – Scotland	Northern end of AR 9 overlap; southern terminus of US 65B
		223.92	360.36	US 65B south	Northern terminus of US 65B
		224.02	360.53	AR 16 west – Witts Springs	Southern end of AR 16 overlap
		224.22	360.85	AR 16 east – Fairfield Bay	Northern end of AR 16 overlap
	Botkinburg	232.42	374.04	AR 110 east – Old Lexington	Western terminus of AR 110
	Dennard	236.72	380.96	AR 254 west	Eastern terminus of AR 254
Searcy	Leslie	240.02	386.27	AR 66 east – Mountain View, Leslie Business District	Western terminus of AR 66
	Marshall	247.02	397.54	AR 27 north to AR 14 – Harriet, Yellville	Southern end of AR 27 overlap; to AR 14 signed northbound only
		247.42	398.18	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	AR 333 west – Canaan	Eastern terminus of AR 333
	​	252.12	405.75	AR 74 west – Snowball, Witts Springs	Eastern terminus of AR 74
	​	259.42	417.50	AR 333 south – Gilbert	Northern terminus of AR 333
	St. Joe	262.42	422.32	AR 374 east	Southern end of AR 374 overlap
		262.62	422.65	AR 374 west	Northern end of AR 374 overlap
	Pindall	267.72	430.85	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	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	US 65B south – Western Grove Business District	Northern terminus of US 65B; Western Grove Business District signed southbound only
Boone	​	278.12	447.59	AR 206 east – Everton	Southern end of AR 206 overlap
	​	283.32– 283.42	455.96– 456.12	US 62 east / US 412 – Yellville, Mountain Home	Southern end of US 62/US 412 overlap
	Bellefonte	284.42	457.73	AR 206 west (Garrett Street) / Garrett Street	Northern end of AR 206 overlap
	Harrison	286.72	461.43	US 65B north (South Main Street)	Southern terminus of US 65B
		288.52	464.33	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	AR 7 north (North Chestnut Street) – Lead Hill	Northern end of AR 7 overlap
		290.92	468.19	AR 43 north / Rock Springs Road	Southern terminus of AR 43
		292.62	470.93	AR 980 south (Airport Road)	Northern terminus of AR 980
	​	295.42– 295.62	475.43– 475.75	US 62 west / US 412 west – Eureka Springs, Huntsville	Northern end of US 62/US 412 overlap
	​	302.42	486.70	AR 396 west	Eastern terminus of AR 396
	​	308.62	496.68	AR 14 east – Omaha	Southern end of AR 14 overlap
	​	309.32	497.80	AR 14 west / Turkey Creek Lane	Northern end of AR 14 overlap
	​	309.52	498.12	US 65 north – Springfield, Branson	Continuation into Missouri
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

• Special routes of U.S. Route 65

References

External links

• Media related to U.S. Route 65 in Arkansas at Wikimedia Commons