# U.S. Route 65 in Arkansas

U.S. Route 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 | US 65 south – Tallulah | Continuation into Louisiana |
| Chicot | ​ | 1.6 | 2.6 | AR 8 west | Eastern terminus of AR 8 |
| Chicot | ​ | 4.1 | 6.6 | AR 209 north | Southern terminus of AR 209 |
| Chicot | ​ | 7.2 | 11.6 | AR 8 east | Southern end of AR 8 concurrency |
| Chicot | Eudora | 8.2 | 13.2 | AR 8 / AR 159 (East Armstrong Street) – Eudora Business District, Parkdale | Northern end of AR 8 concurrency; northern terminus of AR 159 |
| Chicot | Chicot Junction | 14.7 | 23.7 | AR 160 west (Portland Road) – Portland | Eastern terminus of AR 160 |
| Chicot | Fairview | 20.0 | 32.2 | US 82 east / US 278 east – Greenville MS | Southern end of US 82/US 278 concurrency |
| Chicot | Chanticleer | 22.2 | 35.7 | AR 159 north (South Lakeshore Drive) | Southern end of AR 159 concurrency |
| Chicot | Chanticleer | 22.2 | 35.7 | AR 159 south – Jennie | Northern end of AR 159 concurrency |
| Chicot | Lake Village | 24.6 | 39.6 | US 82 west / AR 144 east – Montrose, Hamburg | Northern end of US 82 concurrency; southern end of AR 144 concurrency |
| Chicot | ​ | 25.2 | 40.6 | AR 980 west (Airport Road) | Eastern terminus of AR 980 |
| Chicot | McMillan Corner | 28.8 | 46.3 | AR 257 south / AR 144 west | Northern end of AR 144 concurrency; northern terminus of AR 257 |
| Chicot | Bellaire | 37.5 | 60.4 | AR 208 west | Eastern terminus of AR 208 |
| Chicot | Halley Junction | 39.5 | 63.6 | AR 35 – Halley, Dermott | |
| Chicot | Dermott | 40.9 | 65.8 | US 165 south – Dermott, Montrose | Southern end of US 165 concurrency |
| Desha | ​ | 43.3 | 69.7 | AR 159 north – Masonville | Southern terminus of AR 159 |
| Desha | 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 concurrency; western terminus of AR 4 |
| Desha | McGehee | 45.5 | 73.2 | AR 169 south | Northern terminus of AR 169 |
| Desha | McGehee | 47.2 | 76.0 | To AR 1 | Access via AR 1Y |
| Desha | McGehee | 47.6 | 76.6 | AR 159 south (Silent Street) | Northern terminus of AR 159 |
| Desha | 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 |
| Desha | Dumas | 65.3 | 105.1 | US 165 north / AR 54 west (Pickens Street) – Dewitt, Business District | Northern end of US 165 concurrency; eastern terminus of AR 54 |
| Desha | 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 |
| Lincoln | Gould | 73.6 | 118.4 | AR 114 west (B Avenue) / B Avenue – Fresno | Eastern terminus of AR 114 |
| Lincoln | ​ | 78.7 | 126.7 | AR 388 east – Cummins Unit, Varner Unit | Western terminus of AR 388 |
| Lincoln | 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 |
| Jefferson | ​ | 100.3 | 161.4 | US 425 south / AR 81 north – Star City, Monticello | Southern end of US 425 concurrency; southern terminus of AR 81 |
| Jefferson | Pine Bluff | 102.3 | 164.6 | AR 980 (Grider Field Ladd Road) | |
| Jefferson | Pine Bluff | 102.5 | 165.0 | Southern end of freeway section US 425 ends, I-530 begins | Southern end of freeway section US 425 ends, I-530 begins |
| Jefferson | Pine Bluff | 102.8 | 165.4 | US 63 north / US 79 north / US 65B north / AR 190 west – Downtown | Southern end of US 63/US 79 concurrency; exit 46 on I-530 |
| see I-530, I-30, and I-40 ||||||
| Faulkner | Conway | 182.52 | 293.74 | I-40 west / US 65B south (Skyline Drive) – Fort Smith | Northern end of I-40 concurrency; northern terminus of US 65B; exit 125 on I-40 |
| Northern end of freeway section ||
| Faulkner | Springhill | 189.02 | 304.20 | AR 287 south / Elliott Road – Holland | Northern terminus of AR 287 |
| Faulkner | Greenbrier | 192.02 | 309.03 | AR 25 south (Green Valley Drive) – Wooster | Southern end of AR 25 concurrency |
| Faulkner | Greenbrier | 192.42 | 309.67 | AR 225 (Main Street) | |
| Faulkner | ​ | 194.02 | 312.24 | AR 285 north – Woolly Hollow State Park | Southern terminus of AR 285 |
| Faulkner | ​ | 194.42 | 312.89 | AR 25 north – Quitman, Heber Springs | Northern end of AR 25 overlap |
| Faulkner | Damascus | 202.02 | 325.12 | AR 124 west (Presley Boulevard) – Springfield | Southern end of AR 124 concurrency |
| Faulkner–Van Buren county line | Damascus | 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 |
| Van Buren | Bee Branch | 208.62 | 335.74 | AR 92 – Greers Ferry, Center Ridge | |
| Van Buren | Choctaw | 215.92 | 347.49 | AR 9 south – Center Ridge | Southern end of AR 9 concurrency |
| Van Buren | Clinton | 218.32 | 351.35 | AR 336 west – Culpepper | Eastern terminus of AR 336 |
| Van Buren | Clinton | 218.42 | 351.51 | AR 95 north | Southern end of AR 95 concurrency |
| Van Buren | Clinton | 223.02 | 358.92 | US 65B north (AR 9 south) – Scotland | Northern end of AR 9 concurrency; southern terminus of US 65B |
| Van Buren | Clinton | 223.92 | 360.36 | US 65B south | Northern terminus of US 65B |
| Van Buren | Clinton | 224.02 | 360.53 | AR 16 west – Witts Springs | Southern end of AR 16 concurrency |
| Van Buren | Clinton | 224.22 | 360.85 | AR 16 east – Fairfield Bay | Northern end of AR 16 concurrency |
| Van Buren | Botkinburg | 232.42 | 374.04 | AR 110 east – Old Lexington | Western terminus of AR 110 |
| Van Buren | 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 |
| Searcy | Marshall | 247.02 | 397.54 | AR 27 north to AR 14 – Harriet, Yellville | Southern end of AR 27 concurrency; AR 14 not signed southbound |
| Searcy | Marshall | 247.42 | 398.18 | AR 27 south (Center Street) to AR 16 – Canaan, Business District, Russellville | Northern end of AR 27 concurrency; Russellville not signed northbound |
| Searcy | ​ | 249.62 | 401.72 | AR 333 west – Canaan | Eastern terminus of AR 333 |
| Searcy | ​ | 252.12 | 405.75 | AR 74 west – Snowball, Witts Springs | Eastern terminus of AR 74 |
| Searcy | ​ | 259.42 | 417.50 | AR 333 south – Gilbert | Northern terminus of AR 333 |
| Searcy | St. Joe | 262.42 | 422.32 | AR 374 east | Southern end of AR 374 concurrency |
| Searcy | St. Joe | 262.62 | 422.65 | AR 374 west | Northern end of AR 374 concurrency |
| Searcy | Pindall | 267.72 | 430.85 | AR 235 north to AR 125 | Southern terminus of AR 235 |
| Newton | No major junctions | No major junctions | No major junctions | No major junctions | No major junctions |
| Searcy | No major junctions | No major junctions | No major junctions | No major junctions | 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; Business District not signed southbound |
| Newton | Western Grove | 276.12 | 444.37 | US 65B south – Western Grove Business District | Northern terminus of US 65B; Business District not signed northbound |
| Boone | ​ | 278.12 | 447.59 | AR 206 east – Everton | Southern end of AR 206 concurrency |
| Boone | ​ | 283.32– 283.42 | 455.96– 456.12 | US 62 east / US 412 – Yellville, Mountain Home | Southern end of US 62/US 412 concurrency |
| Boone | Bellefonte | 284.42 | 457.73 | AR 206 west (Garrett Street) | Northern end of AR 206 concurrency |
| Boone | Harrison | 286.72 | 461.43 | US 65B north (South Main Street) | Southern terminus of US 65B |
| Boone | Harrison | 288.52 | 464.33 | US 65B south (East Central Avenue) / AR 7 south – Jasper | Southern end of AR 7 concurrency; northern terminus of US 65B |
| Boone | Harrison | 288.62 | 464.49 | AR 7 north (North Chestnut Street) – Lead Hill | Northern end of AR 7 concurrency |
| Boone | Harrison | 290.92 | 468.19 | AR 43 north | Southern terminus of AR 43 |
| Boone | Harrison | 292.62 | 470.93 | AR 980 – Airport | Northern terminus of AR 980 |
| Boone | ​ | 295.42– 295.62 | 475.43– 475.75 | US 62 west / US 412 west – Eureka Springs, Huntsville | Northern end of US 62/US 412 concurrency |
| Boone | ​ | 302.42 | 486.70 | AR 396 west | Eastern terminus of AR 396 |
| Boone | ​ | 308.62 | 496.68 | AR 14 east – Omaha | Southern end of AR 14 concurrency |
| Boone | ​ | 309.32 | 497.80 | AR 14 west | Northern end of AR 14 concurrency |
| Boone | ​ | 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 Route transition ||||||