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 in Iowa, LA
Major intersections	I-10 in Iowa, LA US 71 in Alexandria, LA I-49 in Alexandria, LA US 84 in Tullos, LA I-20 in Monroe, LA US 80 in Monroe, LA US 82 in Crossett, AR US 65 in Dumas, AR US 79 in Stuttgart, AR US 63 in Stuttgart, AR
North end	US 70 in North Little Rock, AR
Location
States	Louisiana, Arkansas
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided

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[]

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[]

U.S. Route 165 at its northern terminus in North Little Rock, Ark.

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 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 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 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 .^[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[]

US 165 was established in 1926 on a route extending from Iowa, Louisiana to McGehee, Arkansas.^[10][11] 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.^[12]

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[]

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State	County/Parish	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Louisiana	Calcasieu	Iowa			US 90
	Jefferson Davis	​			LA 3258 (Frontage Road)
		​			I-10 – Lake Charles, Lafayette	I-10 exit 44
					LA 101
		Fenton			LA 102 east
	Allen	Kinder			LA 383 –
					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
					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
					LA 497 north	North end of LA 497 overlap
					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 – Ruston, Winnfield, Alexandria	interchange
					US 165 Bus. south / LA 1254
					LA 116 – Camp Beauregard, Esler Airfield
					LA 623 –
		Ball			LA 1204	South end of LA 1204 overlap
					LA 1204 (Camp Livingston Road)	North end of LA 1204 overlap
	Grant	​			LA 3130
		​			LA 8 east –	south 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 –	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
					US 84 – Winnfield, Jena
		​			LA 125 Spur
		Urania			LA 3259 (East Hardtner Street) – Urania
		Olla			LA 127 – Jena, ,
					LA 124 – , ,
	Caldwell	​			LA 125 / Historic US 165 south
		​			LA 843
		​			LA 506 – Kelly
		​			LA 844 – Clarks
		​			LA 844 – Clarks
		Grayson			LA 850
					LA 126 – Sikes, , 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				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) –
​				LA 134 east – Fairbanks
​				LA 2 west – Sterlington, Farmerville	south end of LA 2 overlap
​				LA 136
​				LA 554
Morehouse				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
				LA 599	south end of LA 599 overlap
				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
Arkansas	Ashley	Wilmot			AR 52 east –
		​			AR 173 south – Overflow NWR GTR Access
		Parkdale			AR 8 – Parkdale Business District, Hamburg, Eudora, Overflow NWR Headquarters
					AR 209 south
		Portland			AR 160 –
		​			US 82 – Hamburg, Lake Village	interchange
		Montrose			US 82B
	Ashley–Drew county line	​			AR 144 east to US 65 – , Lake Village
	Chicot				– ,
		​			AR 980 –
		​
		​			west – Dermott, Delta Regional Unit
		Dermott			AR 35 – Dermott, Halley
					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 –
		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			south – Tillar
	Drew	​			AR 138 – Winchester, Kelso
	Desha				AR 159 south
		Dumas			US 65 north / AR 54 west – Pine Bluff, Business District, Airport	north end of US 65 overlap
		​			north
		Back Gate			AR 1 south to  – Watson
		​			west	south end of AR 212 overlap
					east	north end of AR 212 overlap
	Arkansas	​			AR 169 south – Arkansas Post National Memorial
		​			AR 144 west – River Access
		Gillett			US 165B north (East Leslie Avenue)
					US 165B south
		​			AR 44 east – Tichnor
		​			AR 152 east / AR 276 west – Bayou Meto,
		De Witt			AR 1 north / Great River Road north – St. Charles, Marvell	north 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,
		Stuttgart			AR 130
					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 –
					west (West Fordyce Street) – Wright
					AR 161 north (Purdon Street)
		Keo			west
					AR 15 north to US 70
					AR 386 west – Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park
	Lonoke–Pulaski county line	Scott			AR 161 south / Walkers Corner Road –
	Pulaski	North Little Rock			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

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 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.^[8] It is 1.28 miles (2.06 km) in length.^[13] 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       Concurrency terminus

See also[]

• List of U.S. Routes
• List of U.S. Routes in Arkansas
• U.S. Route 65

References[]

External links[]

Route map:

Wikimedia Commons has media related to U.S. Route 165.

• Endpoints of U.S. Highway 165
• Pendleton Bridge – carries US 165/AR 1 over Arkansas River

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