U.S. Route 165

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
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced

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	Location	Destinations	Notes
Calcasieu	Iowa	US 90
Jefferson Davis		LA 3258 (Frontage Road)
		I‑10 – Lake Charles, Lafayette	I-10 exit 44
	Woodlawn	LA 101
	Fenton	LA 102 east
Allen	Kinder	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
Rapides	Glenmora	LA 113 south / LA 497 north – Pitkin
	Forest Hill	LA 112 east / LA 497 south to I‑49	South end of LA 112 / LA 497 overlap
	Forest Hill	LA 497 north	North end of LA 497 overlap
	Bringhurst	LA 112 west – Hineston, Leesville	North 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) – Opelousas	traffic 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, Opelousas	interchange; north end of LA 28 overlap; US 71 exit 71; I-49 exit 86
	Pineville	US 71 north	interchange; north end of US 71 overlap
		US 167 – Winnfield, Alexandria	interchange
		US 165 Bus. south / LA 1254
		LA 116 – Camp Beauregard, Esler Airfield
	Paradise	LA 623 – Tioga Heritage Park and Museum
	Ball	LA 1204	South end of LA 1204 overlap
	Ball	LA 1204 (Camp Livingston Road)	North end of LA 1204 overlap
Grant		LA 3130
		LA 8 east – Camp Grant Walker	south end of LA 8 overlap
	Pollock	LA 8 west (Thornberg Street)	north end of LA 8 overlap
	Pollock	LA 366 east (Patterson Street)
		LA 524 east
		LA 524 east – Camp Hardtner	south end of LA 524 overlap
		LA 524 west	north end of LA 524 overlap
		LA 123 west – Dry Prong, Colfax
		LA 502
	Georgetown	LA 500
		LA 3098	southbound access only
		LA 500
La Salle	Tullos	LA 125 / Historic US 165 north
	Tullos	US 84 – Winnfield, Jena
		LA 125 Spur
	Urania	LA 3259 (East Hardtner Street) – Urania
	Olla	LA 127 – Jena, Downtown Olla, Historical District
	Olla	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
	Grayson	LA 126 – Sikes, Holum, Rosefield
	Banks Springs	LA 4 west	south end of LA 4 overlap
		LA 849 – Copenhagen
		LA 4 east – Winnsboro	north end of LA 4 overlap
		LA 847
Ouachita	Fondale	LA 841
	Richwood	US 165 Bus. north – Downtown Monroe	interchange
	Monroe	LA 15 (Winnsboro Road) – Winnsboro
		I‑20 – Shreveport, Vicksburg, Monroe Airport	I-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, Farmerville	south end of LA 2 overlap
		LA 136
		LA 554
Morehouse	Point 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 Park	south 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, Collinston	north end of US 425 / LA 2 overlap
	Galion	LA 599	south end of LA 599 overlap
	Galion	LA 599	north end of LA 599 overlap
	Bonita	LA 140 (Old Bonita Road) / LA 599 (Rosenwald Road)
	Jones	LA 833
		LA 834 / LA 835 – Kilbourne
Ashley	Wilmot	AR 52 east – Miller Chapel
		AR 173 south – Overflow NWR GTR Access
	Parkdale	AR 8 – Parkdale Business District, Hamburg, Eudora, Overflow NWR Headquarters
	Parkdale	AR 209 south
	Portland	AR 160 – Chicot Junction
		US 82 – Hamburg, Lake Village	interchange
	Montrose	US 82B
Ashley Drew		AR 144 east to US 65 – McMillan Corner, Lake Village
Chicot	Hudspeth	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
	Dermott	US 65 south / US 278 east / Great River Road south – Lake Village, Greenville, MS	south 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 Museum	north end of US 278 overlap
		AR 169 south – Arkansas City
		AR 1 – Watson, U of A at Monticello College of Technology-McGehee, McGehee Business District	interchange
		AR 159 south
	Tillar	AR 277 south – Tillar
Drew		AR 138 – Winchester, Kelso
Desha	Omega	AR 159 south
	Dumas	US 65 north / AR 54 west – Pine Bluff, Business District, Airport	north end of US 65 overlap
		AR 277 north
	Back Gate	AR 1 south to AR 277 – Watson
		AR 212 west	south end of AR 212 overlap
	Pendleton	AR 212 east	north 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)
	Gillett	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, Marvell	north end of GRR overlap
	De Witt	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
	Stuttgart	AR 146S east
		US 79 – Pine Bluff, Clarendon	interchange
		US 63 – Hazen
Prairie		AR 343 north – Slovak
Lonoke	Humnoke	AR 13 – Humphrey, Carlisle
	Coy	AR 31 south – Coy, Tomberlin	south end of AR 31 overlap
		AR 31 north – Lonoke	north 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
	Keo	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
Pulaski	North Little Rock	AR 391 north
		I-440 to I-40 – Little Rock	I-440 exit 7
		US 70 to I-30 / I-440 / AR 161
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

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.

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

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]	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

References

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

External links

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Pendleton Bridge – carries US 165/AR 1 over Arkansas River

Browse numbered routes
← LA 164	LA	US 167 →
← AR 164	AR	AR 166 →

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