U.S. Route 65

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U.S. Route 65

Length:

998^[1] mi (1,590 km)

Formed:

1926^[1]

South end:

US 425 at Clayton, LA

Major
junctions:

I-20 at Tallulah, LA

I-30 at Little Rock, AR
I-40 at North Little Rock, AR
I-44 at Springfield, MO
I-70 near Marshall, MO
I-80 at Altoona, IA

North end:

I-35 at Albert Lea, MN

United States Numbered Highways
U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 65 is a north-south United States highway stretching from Albert Lea, Minnesota to Clayton, Louisiana. Parts of its modern route in Iowa and historic route in Minnesota follow the old Jefferson Highway.

1 Termini
2 States traversed
3 Historic termini
4 Historic routes
5 Business U.S. 65
6 Spur U.S. 65
7 References in popular culture
8 Related U.S. Routes
9 References

[edit] Termini

As of 2006, the highway's southern terminus is at Clayton, Louisiana at an intersection with U.S. Route 425. Its northern terminus is in Albert Lea, Minnesota, merging into Interstate 35 just south of Interstate 90.^[2]

[edit] States traversed

Major Cities
Natchez, Mississippi Pine Bluff, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas Conway, Arkansas Harrison, Arkansas Branson, Missouri Springfield, Missouri Sedalia, Missouri Marshall, Missouri Indianola, Iowa Des Moines, Iowa Iowa Falls, Iowa Mason City, Iowa Albert Lea, Minnesota

The highway passes through the following states:

U.S. 65 enters Iowa at Lineville. North of Liberty Center, it junctions U.S. Route 69. The two highways run together to the junction of Iowa Highway 5 just south of the Des Moines city limits. U.S. 65 forms the eastern side of the beltway around Des Moines. The highway runs concurrently with Interstate 80 for one mile, before exiting as an expressway running from southwest to northeast. This is part of the expressway connecting Des Moines and Marshalltown. At the junction of Iowa Highway 330 northeast of Bondurant, U.S. 65 becomes a two-lane road again. (The expressway continues along Iowa 330.) U.S. 65 junctions U.S. Route 30 at Colo and U.S. Route 20 south of Iowa Falls. It passes through downtown Mason City before leaving the state north of Northwood.

[edit] Minnesota

U.S. 65 enters the state at Gordonsville in Freeborn County. Its first Minnesota junction with Interstate 35 is just southeast of Albert Lea. The highway enters the city proper, reaching downtown before returning to end at Interstate 35. Its total length in Minnesota is 14 miles. ^[3]

[edit] Legal Definition

The Minnesota section of U.S. 65 is defined as part of Route 1 in Minnesota Statutes § 161.114(2).^[4]

[edit] Historic termini

At its creation in 1926, U.S. 65 ran from St. Paul, Minnesota to Vidalia, Louisiana. Its current endpoints were established in 1980 when a segment paralleling Interstate 35 was dropped in Minnesota.

Until 2005, US 65 ended at U.S. Route 61 in Natchez, Mississippi. US 65 used to extend all the way to New Orleans, along the same route as US 61 from Natchez to New Orleans.

[edit] Historic routes

From the Twin Cities to Faribault, Minnesota U.S. 65 followed what today is Minnesota State Highway 3. Beginning at Interstate 35 in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota State Highway 65 travels north through Cambridge, Mora, and McGregor before terminating at an intersection with U.S. Route 71 just south of International Falls.

In 1934, its route in southern Iowa between Indianola and Leon was replaced by U.S. 69 as it took a new route through Lucas. In 1939, 65 took a new route running northeast of Des Moines.

Between 1994 and 2002 a freeway bypass of Des Moines was constructed and 65 moved to this new route.

Through central Arkansas, old 65 (now Highway 365) follows close to Interstate 40 between Conway and North Little Rock. In 1999, the 46 mile (74 km) section of U.S. 65 between Interstate 30 at Little Rock and Pine Bluff was designated Interstate 530.

The Mississippi section of U.S. 65 is defined in Mississippi Code Annotated § 65-3-3.

[edit] Business U.S. 65

Conway, Arkansas
Harrison, Arkansas
Clinton, Arkansas
Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Springfield, Missouri
Ozark, Missouri
Hollister-Branson, Missouri
Western Grove, Arkansas

[edit] Spur U.S. 65

Pine Bluff, Arkansas Decommissioned

[edit] References in popular culture

While not as revered in popular culture as Route 66, Highway 65 is mentioned in the song Dust n' Bones by Guns N' Roses, from the album Use Your Illusion I.

[edit] Related U.S. Routes

U.S. Route 165

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b US Highways from US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz
^ Endpoints of US highways
^ The Minnesota Highways Page: Details of Routes 51-75. Accessed 12 February 2007.
^ [1]

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