# U.S. Route 165

U.S. Route 165 is a north–south United States highway spur of U.S. Highway 65. It currently runs for 412 miles (663 km) from U.S. Route 90 in Iowa, Louisiana north to U.S. Highway 70 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The route passes through the states of Arkansas and Louisiana. It passes through the cities of Monroe and Alexandria in Louisiana. A segment of US 165 serves as a routing of the Great River Road within Arkansas.

## Route description

Lengths :
| | mi | km |
| LA | 229 | 369 |
| AR | 183 | 295 |
| Total | 412 | 663 |

### Louisiana

From its southern terminus in Iowa at US 90 (near Lake Charles), US 165 follows a diagonal north south route, passing through the casino town of Kinder, where it intersects US 190. Just south of Alexandria it merges with US 71 and they join through the west side of the city, across the Red River and into Pineville. A new four-lane (two lanes in each direction) bridge was built beside the aging OK Allen Bridge (named the Curtis-Coleman Bridge) and was opened in 2016. At that time, the OK Allen bridge was demolished. Past the bridge, the two highways meet US 167 and 71 parts with 165. Going on through the Kisatchie National Forest the rest of the highway to Monroe is forest land, farmland, and small towns. Crossing I-20 in Monroe, the highway's largest city, it proceeds to Bastrop and crosses the Arkansas line a few miles north of the town. Due to the Louisiana DOT TIMED Project, US 165 is now a four lane divided highway from Iowa to Bastrop. US 165 passes near three federal prisons: USP Oakdale and two near Pollock. Also, near Oakdale is the ruins of Camp Claiborne, an abandoned WWII military post.

### Arkansas

The route enters Arkansas south of Wilmot in Ashley County. US 165 passes through bayous and marshlands before it intersects Highway 52 and Highway 173 in the town. Further north, in Parkdale, the route intersects Highway 8 and Highway 209. In Portland, US 165 intersects Highway 160 before entering Montrose. In the southern part of Montrose US 165 passes under U.S. Route 82, intersecting US 82 Business (US 82B) downtown. US 165 continues north near Cut-off Creek Wildlife Management Area to enter Drew County. Only serving the extreme southeastern corner of the county, US 165 runs through Jerome near the Jerome Elementary School No. 22. The highway enters Chicot County near Dermott where it intersects Highway 208 and Highway 35. Northeast of town, the route intersects its parent route (US 65), which form a concurrency to Dumas.
The route breaks from US 65 at Pickens Street, with Highway 277 shooting from the route east of Cypress Creek. The route forms a concurrency north with Highway 1 for 24.99 miles (40.22 km) beginning at Back Gate. US 165/AR 1 intersect Highway 212 before crossing the Arkansas River on the Pendleton Bridge.
Upon entering Arkansas County, the route passes the A.M. Bohnert Rice Plantation Pump#2 Engine and through sectioned farmland before meeting US 165B in Gillett. US 165/AR 1 continue north to De Witt, with AR 1 breaking east and US 165 turning due west. The route has a junction with Highway 11 at Eldridge Corner after which US 165 turns due north. This segment of US 165 was formerly AR 11 and is preserved in part by the National Register of Historic Places as Old AR 11 – Kauffman Road. The route enters Stuttgart after an intersection with 22nd Street. US 165 skirts the eastern edge of the city as Park Avenue before it turns west to intersect US 63 and enter Prairie County. The route only has one junction in its 2.9 miles (4.7 km) within the county, Highway 343.
The route next enters Lonoke County. Now within the Little Rock metro area, the route serves the southern part of the county with many rural junctions. Along its path, the route runs west through Humnoke, Allport, Coy (all with populations under 300 as of 2010) while intersecting Highway 13 and Highway 31 prior to England. US 165 turns northeast in England after a junction with Highway 256. US 165 passes through the Keo Commercial Historic District in Keo and later the Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park before entering Pulaski County.
Entering North Little Rock, the route has a junction with I-440 before terminating at Broadway Street (US 70).

#### Great River Road

The Great River Road is designated as a National Scenic Byway in the state of Arkansas. Established in 1938, the route is actually a series of roads which connect Canada and the Gulf of Mexico along the Mississippi River. The portion of US 165 from the beginning of its concurrency with US 65 near Dermott north to De Witt is part of the Great River Road in Arkansas. The designation follows AR 1 north from De Witt and US 65 south of Dermott.

## History

US 165 was established in 1926 on a route extending from Iowa, Louisiana to McGehee, Arkansas. A proposed extension north to Corning, Arkansas in 1946 was deferred. The route was extended to its current North Little Rock terminus in 1982.
The Louisiana portion was generally aligned with the existing State Route 24 south of Alexandria and State Route 14 north of Alexandria. Both had been designated in 1921 and remained co-signed with US 165 until the 1955 Louisiana Highway renumbering.
US 165 replaced Arkansas Highway 11 in much of Arkansas County, Arkansas. Highway 11 was the main route through the area since its designation in the original 1926 state highway system. Some of this original pavement has been preserved by the National Register of Historic Places as Old AR 11 – Kauffman Road.

## Major intersections

| State | County/Parish | Location | Destinations | Notes |
| Louisiana | Calcasieu | Iowa | US 90 | Southern terminus |
| Louisiana | Jefferson Davis | ​ | LA 3258 (Frontage Road) | |
| Louisiana | Jefferson Davis | ​ | I-10 – Lake Charles, Lafayette | Exit 44 on I-10 |
| Louisiana | Jefferson Davis | Woodlawn | LA 101 | |
| Louisiana | Jefferson Davis | Fenton | LA 102 east | |
| Louisiana | Allen | Kinder | LA 383 – Indian Village | |
| Louisiana | Allen | Kinder | US 190 – Ragley, Elton | |
| Louisiana | Allen | Kinder | Ragley | Access via LA 1150 |
| Louisiana | Allen | Oberlin | LA 26 | |
| Louisiana | Allen | ​ | LA 1152 north | |
| Louisiana | Allen | Oakdale | LA 1152 south | |
| Louisiana | Allen | Oakdale | LA 10 – Elizabeth, Leesville, Ville Platte | |
| Louisiana | Allen | Oakdale | LA 1153 north | |
| Louisiana | Allen | Pawnee | LA 1153 south | |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Glenmora | LA 113 south / LA 497 north – Pitkin | |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Forest Hill | LA 112 east / LA 497 south to I-49 | Southern end of LA 112/LA 497 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Forest Hill | LA 497 north | Northern end of LA 497 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Bringhurst | LA 112 west – Hineston, Leesville | Northern end of LA 112 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Woodworth | LA 3265 east to I-49 – Indian Creek Recreational Area | |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Alexandria | US 71 south to US 167 / I-49 south / Masonic Drive (LA 1208-5) – Opelousas | Roundabout; southern end of US 71 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Alexandria | LA 1208-3 (Jackson Street) | Interchange |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Alexandria | LA 28 west / LA 28 Bus. east (Monroe Street) – Fort Johnson, Leesville, Alexandria International Airport, England Air Park, Rapides Coliseum | Southern end of LA 28 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Alexandria | LA 496 – Kent House Plantation | |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Alexandria | LA 498 / Frontage Road | |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Alexandria | US 165 Bus. north / LA 1 – Boyce, Marksville | Exit 70 on US 71 |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Alexandria | I-49 / LA 28 east – Shreveport, Opelousas | Northern end of LA 28 concurrency; exit 71 on US 71; exit 86 on I-49 |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Pineville | US 71 north | Interchange; northern end of US 71 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Pineville | US 167 – Ruston, Winnfield, Alexandria | Interchange |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Pineville | US 165 Bus. south / LA 1254 | |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Pineville | LA 116 – Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville, Esler Airfield | |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Paradise | LA 623 – Tioga Heritage Park and Museum | |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Ball | LA 1204 | Southern end of LA 1204 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Rapides | Ball | LA 1204 (Camp Livingston Road) | Northern end of LA 1204 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Grant | ​ | LA 3130 | |
| Louisiana | Grant | ​ | LA 8 east – Camp Grant Walker | Southern end of LA 8 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Grant | Pollock | LA 8 west (Thornberg Street) | Northern end of LA 8 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Grant | Pollock | LA 366 east (Patterson Street) | |
| Louisiana | Grant | ​ | LA 524 east | |
| Louisiana | Grant | ​ | LA 524 east – Camp Hardtner | Southern end of LA 524 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Grant | ​ | LA 524 west | Northern end of LA 524 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Grant | ​ | LA 123 west – Dry Prong, Colfax | |
| Louisiana | Grant | ​ | LA 502 | |
| Louisiana | Grant | Georgetown | LA 500 | |
| Louisiana | Grant | Georgetown | LA 3098 | Southbound exit and entrance |
| Louisiana | Grant | Georgetown | LA 500 | |
| Louisiana | La Salle | Tullos | LA 125 / Historic US 165 north | |
| Louisiana | La Salle | Tullos | US 84 – Winnfield, Jena | |
| Louisiana | La Salle | ​ | LA 125 Spur | |
| Louisiana | La Salle | Urania | LA 3259 (East Hardtner Street) – Urania | |
| Louisiana | La Salle | Olla | LA 127 – Jena, Downtown Olla, Historical District | |
| Louisiana | La Salle | Olla | LA 124 – Downtown Olla, Historical District, Olla North La Salle Regional Airport | |
| Louisiana | Caldwell | ​ | LA 125 / Historic US 165 south | |
| Louisiana | Caldwell | ​ | LA 843 | |
| Louisiana | Caldwell | ​ | LA 506 – Kelly | |
| Louisiana | Caldwell | ​ | LA 844 – Clarks | |
| Louisiana | Caldwell | ​ | LA 844 – Clarks | |
| Louisiana | Caldwell | Grayson | LA 850 | |
| Louisiana | Caldwell | Grayson | LA 126 – Sikes, Holum, Rosefield | |
| Louisiana | Caldwell | Banks Springs | LA 4 west | Southern end of LA 4 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Caldwell | ​ | LA 849 – Copenhagen | |
| Louisiana | Caldwell | ​ | LA 4 east – Winnsboro | Northern end of LA 4 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Caldwell | ​ | LA 847 | |
| Louisiana | Ouachita | Fondale | LA 841 | |
| Louisiana | Ouachita | Richwood | US 165 Bus. north – Downtown Monroe | interchange |
| Louisiana | Ouachita | Monroe | LA 15 (Winnsboro Road) – Winnsboro | |
| Louisiana | Ouachita | Monroe | I-20 – Shreveport, Vicksburg, Monroe Airport | Exit 118 on I-20 |
| Louisiana | Ouachita | Monroe | US 80 / US 165 Bus. south (Desiard Street) | Interchange |
| Louisiana | Ouachita | Monroe | Breard Street (LA 3275) | |
| Louisiana | Ouachita | Monroe | LA 840-6 (Forsythe Extension) | |
| Louisiana | Ouachita | Monroe | LA 553 (Horseshoe Lake Road) – Horseshoe Lake | |
| Louisiana | Ouachita | ​ | LA 134 east – Fairbanks | |
| Louisiana | Ouachita | ​ | LA 2 west – Sterlington, Farmerville | Southern end of LA 2 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Ouachita | ​ | LA 136 | |
| Louisiana | Ouachita | ​ | LA 554 | |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | Point Pleasant | LA 592 | |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | Bastrop | LA 139 south / LA 593 south (South Washington Street) | |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | Bastrop | US 425 north / LA 593 north (North Franklin Street) – Chemin A Haut State Park | Southern end of US 425 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | Bastrop | LA 830-5 (Elm Street) | |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | Bastrop | LA 830-6 (McCreight Street) | |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | Bastrop | LA 830-4 (Cooperlake Road) | |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | Bastrop | LA 3051 | |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | Bastrop | LA 830-3 (Peach Orchard Road) | |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | Mer Rouge | US 425 south / LA 2 east / LA 138 – Oak Grove, Collinston | Northern end of US 425/LA 2 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | Galion | LA 599 | Southern end of LA 599 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | Galion | LA 599 | Northern end of LA 599 concurrency |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | Bonita | LA 140 (Old Bonita Road) / LA 599 (Rosenwald Road) | |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | Jones | LA 833 | |
| Louisiana | Morehouse | ​ | LA 834 / LA 835 – Kilbourne | |
| Arkansas | Ashley | Wilmot | AR 52 east – Miller Chapel | |
| Arkansas | Ashley | ​ | AR 173 south – Overflow NWR GTR Access | |
| Arkansas | Ashley | Parkdale | AR 8 – Parkdale Business District, Hamburg, Eudora, Overflow NWR Headquarters | |
| Arkansas | Ashley | Parkdale | AR 209 south | |
| Arkansas | Ashley | Portland | AR 160 – Chicot Junction | |
| Arkansas | Ashley | ​ | US 82 – Hamburg, Lake Village | Interchange |
| Arkansas | Ashley | Montrose | US 82B | |
| Arkansas | Ashley–Drew county line | ​ | AR 144 east to US 65 – McMillan Corner, Lake Village | |
| Arkansas | Chicot | Hudspeth | AR 722-1A – Cut-Off Creek WMA, Lake Wallace | |
| Arkansas | Chicot | ​ | AR 980 – Airport | |
| Arkansas | Chicot | ​ | AR 208 | |
| Arkansas | Chicot | ​ | AR 208 west – Dermott, Delta Regional Unit | |
| Arkansas | Chicot | Dermott | AR 35 – Dermott, Halley | |
| Arkansas | Chicot | Dermott | US 65 south / US 278 east – Lake Village, Greenville, MS | Southern end of US 65/US 278 concurrency |
| Arkansas | Desha | ​ | AR 159 north – Masonville | |
| Arkansas | Desha | McGehee | US 278 west / AR 4 east – Monticello, Arkansas City, Business District, WWII Japanese American Internment Museum | Northern end of US 278 concurrency |
| Arkansas | Desha | McGehee | AR 169 south – Arkansas City | |
| Arkansas | Desha | McGehee | AR 1 – Watson, U of A at Monticello College of Technology-McGehee, McGehee Business District | Interchange |
| Arkansas | Desha | McGehee | AR 159 south | |
| Arkansas | Desha | Tillar | AR 277 south – Tillar | |
| Arkansas | Drew | ​ | AR 138 – Winchester, Kelso | |
| Arkansas | Desha | Omega | AR 159 south | |
| Arkansas | Desha | Dumas | US 65 north / AR 54 west – Pine Bluff, Business District, Airport | Northern end of US 65 concurrency |
| Arkansas | Desha | ​ | AR 277 north | |
| Arkansas | Desha | Back Gate | AR 1 south to AR 277 – Watson | |
| Arkansas | Desha | ​ | AR 212 west | Southern end of AR 212 concurrency |
| Arkansas | Desha | Pendleton | AR 212 east | Northern end of AR 212 concurrency |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | ​ | AR 169 south – Arkansas Post National Memorial | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | ​ | AR 144 west – Big Bayou Meto River Access | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | Gillett | US 165B north (East Leslie Avenue) | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | Gillett | US 165B south | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | ​ | AR 44 east – Tichnor | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | ​ | AR 152 east / AR 276 west – Bayou Meto, Deluce | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | DeWitt | AR 1 north / AR 1B north – St. Charles, Marvell | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | DeWitt | AR 152 east – DeWitt Business District | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | ​ | AR 11 south – Reydell | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | Lodge Corner | AR 276 east – Bayou Meto | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | ​ | AR 152 west – Humphrey, Bayou Meto WMA | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | Stuttgart | AR 130 | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | Stuttgart | AR 146S east | |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | ​ | US 79 – Pine Bluff, Clarendon | Interchange |
| Arkansas | Arkansas | ​ | US 63 – Hazen | |
| Arkansas | Prairie | ​ | AR 343 north – Slovak | |
| Arkansas | Lonoke | Humnoke | AR 13 – Humphrey, Carlisle | |
| Arkansas | Lonoke | Coy | AR 31 south – Coy, Tomberlin | Southern end of AR 31 concurrency |
| Arkansas | Lonoke | ​ | AR 31 north – Lonoke | Northern end of AR 31 concurrency |
| Arkansas | Lonoke | England | AR 15 south – Ferda | |
| Arkansas | Lonoke | England | AR 256 west (West Fordyce Street) – Wright | |
| Arkansas | Lonoke | England | AR 161 north (Purdon Street) | |
| Arkansas | Lonoke | Keo | AR 232 west | |
| Arkansas | Lonoke | Keo | AR 15 north to US 70 | |
| Arkansas | Lonoke | Toltec | AR 386 west – Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park | |
| Arkansas | Lonoke–Pulaski county line | Scott | AR 161 south – Plantation Agriculture State Museum | |
| Arkansas | Pulaski | North Little Rock | AR 391 north | |
| Arkansas | Pulaski | North Little Rock | I-440 to I-40 – Little Rock | Exit 7 on I-440 |
| Arkansas | Pulaski | North Little Rock | US 70 to I-30 (US 65 / US 67 / US 167) / I-440 | Northern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus |||||||

## Special routes
### Alexandria business route

U.S. Highway 165 Business (officially U.S. Highway 165-Z) is a business route of U.S. Highway 165 in and near Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. It once ran along Masonic Drive in Alexandria, but has since been truncated by other routes. It currently begins at an intersection with US 71/US 165, running concurrently with LA 1. LA 1/US 165 BUS meet, and run concurrently with, LA 28 BUS before LA 1/LA 28 split from US 165 BUS.
US 165 Business then travels along Jackson Street, which is the same as its former alignment. It then crosses the Red River along the Gillis Long Bridge before meeting LA 3100. US 165 Business travels north while meeting LA 180, a former segment of the Jefferson Highway auto trail, and crossing the Pineville Expressway before ending at an intersection with its parent route.

### Alexandria bypass route

US 165 Bypass was the original designation for the current route of US 165 through Alexandria and Pineville. Until 1961, when it was moved to the bypass, US 165 was routed along the current business route.

### Monroe business route

Business US 165 starts a few miles south of Monroe and also becomes Jackson and Ouachita streets, going through downtown Monroe and passing by Saint Francis Medical Center and the Monroe Civic Center. It follows US 80 at Louisville Avenue, and is signed along Louisville Avenue to its terminus at US 165 (Sterlington Hwy).

#### Major intersections

The entire route is in Monroe, Ouachita Parish.
| mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | US 165 | southern terminus |
| 5.92 | 9.53 | LA 15 (S. Second St.) to LA 594 | southern end of LA 15 overlap |
| 7.22 | 11.62 | US 80 (Louisville Ave.) / LA 15 | northern end of LA 15 overlap |
| 8.03 | 12.92 | To I-20 / LA 840-6 (N. 18th St.) | |
| 9.25 | 14.89 | LA 3275 (Breard St.) | |
| 9.71 | 15.63 | US 165 | northern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi ||||

### Gillett business route

U.S. Route 165 Business is a business route in Gillett. It is 1.28 miles (2.06 km) in length. The route serves mostly as Front Street and passes near the Old Gillett Jail on the National Register of Historic Places.

#### Major intersections

The entire route is in Gillett, Arkansas County.
| mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| 0.00 | 0.00 | US 165 / AR 1 | southern terminus |
| 1.28 | 2.06 | US 165 / AR 1 | northern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus ||||