U.S. Route 165

U.S. Route 165 marker

U.S. Route 165
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 65
Length: 412 mi[1] (663 km)
Existed: 1926 – present
Major junctions
South end: US 90, Iowa, LA
 

I-10, Iowa, LA
US 190, Kinder, LA
US 71, Alexandria, LA
I-49, Alexandria, LA
US 167, Pineville, LA
US 84, Tullos, LA
I-20, Monroe, LA
US 80, Monroe, LA
US 425, Bastrop, LA
US 82, Crossett, AR
US 65, Dumas, AR
US 79, Stuttgart, AR
US 63, Stuttgart, AR

I-440, North Little Rock, AR
North end: US 70, North Little Rock, AR
Location
States: Louisiana, Arkansas
Highway system

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.[2]

Route description

Lengths
  mi[1]km
LA 229 369
AR 183 295
Total 412 663

Louisiana

The former route of U.S. 165, designated as a Historic Route

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 is being built beside the aging OK Allen Bridge (appropriately named the Fort Buhlow Bridge) and should be open in mid-2013. At that time US 165 will be completely four-laned for most of its traverse of Louisiana. There 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

US 165 begins a southbound concurrency with US 65 in Dumas, Arkansas

The route enters Arkansas south of Wilmot in Ashley County, Arkansas.[3] 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 south 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 southeast corner of the county, US 165 runs through Jerome near the Jerome Elementary School No. 22.[4] The highway enters Chicot County near Dermott where it intersects Highway 208 and Highway 35.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] 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

The route was established in 1926. It was extended south to Oberlin, Louisiana in 1936 and to its current southern terminus the following year. A proposed extension north to Corning, Arkansas in 1946 was deferred. The route was extended to its current North Little Rock terminus in 1982.

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

Parish/
County
LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
CalcasieuIowa US 90
Jefferson Davis  LA 3258 (Frontage Road)
  I-10 Lake Charles, LafayetteI-10 exit 44
Woodlawn LA 101
Fenton LA 102 east
AllenKinder LA 383 – Indian Village
US 190 Ragley, Elton
Ragley (LA 1150 west)
Oberlin LA 26
  LA 1152 north
Oakdale LA 1152 south
LA 10 Elizabeth, Leesville, Ville Platte
LA 1153 north
Pawnee LA 1153 south
RapidesGlenmora LA 113 south / LA 497 north Pitkin
Forest Hill LA 112 east / LA 497 south to I-49South end of LA 112 / LA 497 overlap
LA 497 northNorth end of LA 497 overlap
Bringhurst LA 112 west Hineston, LeesvilleNorth end of LA 112 overlap
Woodworth LA 3265 east to I-49 Indian Creek Recreational Area
Alexandria US 71 south to US 167 / I-49 south / Masonic Drive (LA 1208-5) Opelousastraffic circle; south end of US 71 overlap
LA 1208-3 (Jackson Street)interchange

LA 28 west / LA 28 Bus. east (Monroe Street) Fort Polk, Leesville, Alexandria International Airport, England Air Park, Rapides Coliseum
South end of LA 28 overlap
LA 496 Kent House Plantation
LA 498 / Frontage Road

US 165 Bus. north / LA 1 Boyce, Marksville
interchange; US 71 exit 70
I-49 / LA 28 east Shreveport, Opelousasinterchange; north end of LA 28 overlap; US 71 exit 71; I-49 exit 86
Pineville US 71 northinterchange; north end of US 71 overlap
US 167 Winnfield, Alexandriainterchange

US 165 Bus. south / LA 1254
LA 116 Camp Beauregard, Esler Airfield
Paradise LA 623 – Tioga Heritage Park and Museum
Ball LA 1204South end of LA 1204 overlap
LA 1204 (Camp Livingston Road)North end of LA 1204 overlap
Grant  LA 3130
  LA 8 east – Camp Grant Walkersouth end of LA 8 overlap
Pollock LA 8 west (Thornberg Street)north end of LA 8 overlap
LA 366 east (Patterson Street)
  LA 524 east
  LA 524 east – Camp Hardtnersouth end of LA 524 overlap
  LA 524 westnorth end of LA 524 overlap
  LA 123 west Dry Prong, Colfax
  LA 502
Georgetown LA 500
LA 3098southbound access only
LA 500
La SalleTullos LA 125 / Historic US 165 north
US 84 Winnfield, Jena
 
LA 125 Spur
Urania LA 3259 (East Hardtner Street) Urania
Olla LA 127 Jena, Downtown Olla, Historical District
LA 124 – Downtown Olla, Historical District, Olla North La Salle Regional Airport
Caldwell  LA 125 / Historic US 165 south
  LA 843
  LA 506 Kelly
  LA 844 Clarks
  LA 844 Clarks
Grayson LA 850
LA 126 Sikes, Holum, Rosefield
Banks Springs LA 4 westsouth end of LA 4 overlap
  LA 849 Copenhagen
  LA 4 east Winnsboronorth end of LA 4 overlap
  LA 847
OuachitaFondale LA 841
Richwood
US 165 Bus. north Downtown Monroe
interchange
Monroe LA 15 (Winnsboro Road) Winnsboro
I-20 Shreveport, Vicksburg, Monroe AirportI-20 exit 118

US 80 / US 165 Bus. south (Desiard Street)
interchange
Breard Street (LA 3275)
LA 840-6 (Forsythe Extension)
LA 553 (Horseshoe Lake Road) – Horseshoe Lake
  LA 134 east Fairbanks
  LA 2 west Sterlington, Farmervillesouth end of LA 2 overlap
  LA 136
  LA 554
MorehousePoint Pleasant LA 592
Bastrop LA 139 south / LA 593 south (South Washington Street)
US 425 north / LA 593 north (North Franklin Street) Chemin A Haut State Parksouth end of US 425 overlap
LA 830-5 (Elm Street)
LA 830-6 (McCreight Street)
LA 830-4 (Cooperlake Road)
LA 3051
LA 830-3 (Peach Orchard Road)
Mer Rouge US 425 south / LA 2 east / LA 138 Oak Grove, Collinstonnorth end of US 425 / LA 2 overlap
Galion LA 599south end of LA 599 overlap
LA 599north end of LA 599 overlap
Bonita LA 140 (Old Bonita Road) / LA 599 (Rosenwald Road)
Jones LA 833
  LA 834 / LA 835 Kilbourne
AshleyWilmot AR 52 east – Miller Chapel
  AR 173 south Overflow NWR GTR Access
Parkdale AR 8 Parkdale Business District, Hamburg, Eudora, Overflow NWR Headquarters
AR 209 south
Portland AR 160 – Chicot Junction
  US 82 Hamburg, Lake Villageinterchange
Montrose US 82B
Ashley
Drew
  AR 144 east to US 65 – McMillan Corner, Lake Village
ChicotHudspeth AR 722-1A – Cut-Off Creek WMA, Lake Wallace
  AR 980 – Airport
  AR 208
  AR 208 west Dermott, Delta Regional Unit
Dermott AR 35 Dermott, Halley
US 65 south / US 278 east / Great River Road south Lake Village, Greenville, MSsouth end of US 65 / US 278 / GRR overlap
Desha  AR 159 north – Masonville
McGehee US 278 west / AR 4 east Monticello, Arkansas City, Business District, WWII Japanese American Internment Museumnorth end of US 278 overlap
AR 169 south Arkansas City
AR 1 Watson, U of A at Monticello College of Technology-McGehee, McGehee Business Districtinterchange
AR 159 south
Tillar AR 277 south Tillar
Drew  AR 138 Winchester, Kelso
DeshaOmega AR 159 south
Dumas US 65 north / AR 54 west Pine Bluff, Business District, Airportnorth end of US 65 overlap
  AR 277 north
Back Gate AR 1 south to AR 277 Watson
  AR 212 westsouth end of AR 212 overlap
Pendleton AR 212 eastnorth end of AR 212 overlap
Arkansas  AR 169 south Arkansas Post National Memorial
  AR 144 west – Big Bayou Meto River Access
Gillett US 165B north (East Leslie Avenue)
US 165B south
  AR 44 east Tichnor
  AR 152 east / AR 276 west Bayou Meto, Deluce
De Witt AR 1 north / Great River Road north St. Charles, Marvellnorth end of GRR overlap
AR 152 east De Witt Business District
  AR 11 south Reydell
Lodge Corner AR 276 east Bayou Meto
  AR 152 west Humphrey, Bayou Meto WMA
Stuttgart AR 130
AR 146S east
  US 79 Pine Bluff, Clarendoninterchange
  US 63 Hazen
Prairie  AR 343 north Slovak
LonokeHumnoke AR 13 Humphrey, Carlisle
Coy AR 31 south Coy, Tomberlinsouth end of AR 31 overlap
  AR 31 north Lonokenorth end of AR 31 overlap
England AR 15 south – Ferda
AR 256 west (West Fordyce Street) Wright
AR 161 north (Purdon Street)
Keo AR 232 west
AR 15 north to US 70
Toltec AR 386 west Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park
Lonoke
Pulaski
Scott AR 161 south / Walkers Corner Road – Plantation Agriculture State Museum
PulaskiNorth Little Rock AR 391 north
I-440 to I-40 Little RockI-440 exit 7
US 70 to I-30 / I-440 / AR 161
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Bannered routes

Alexandria business route


U.S. Highway 165 Business
Location: Alexandria and Pineville
Length: 6.20 mi (9.98 km)
Existed: 1926 (as US 165)–present

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


U.S. Highway 165 Bypass
Location: Alexandria and Pineville, La.
Existed: 1935–1960

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


U.S. Highway 165 Business
Location: Monroe, La.

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.

mikmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00 US 165southern terminus
5.929.53 LA 15 (S. Second St.) to LA 594southern end of LA 15 overlap
7.2211.62 US 80 (Louisville Ave.) / LA 15northern end of LA 15 overlap
8.0312.92 To I-20 / LA 840-6 (N. 18th St.)
9.2514.89 LA 3275 (Breard St.)
9.7115.63 US 165northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Gillett business route

Front Street
Location: Gillett, Arkansas
Length: 1.28 mi[10] (2.06 km)

U.S. Route 165 Business is a business route in Gillett.[8] It is 1.28 miles (2.06 km) in length.[10] 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[7]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00 US 165 / AR 1southern terminus
1.282.06 US 165 / AR 1northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "U.S. Route Number Database" (Dec 2009 ed.). American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
  2. The Mississippi River plus The Great River Road (PDF) (Map). Experience Mississippi River. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  3. General Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (Ashley County ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  4. General Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (Drew County ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  5. General Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (Chicot County ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  6. General Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (Desha County ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  7. 1 2 Map of Gillett, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (January 2011 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  8. 1 2 General Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (Arkansas County ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  9. General Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (Lonoke County ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  10. 1 2 Planning and Research Division (2010). "Arkansas Road Log Database" (Database). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved June 9, 2011.

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