End of US highway 165

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Photo credits: James Allen; David Backlin; Karin and Martin Karner; Steven Nelson

Approx. time period North terminus South terminus
1926-1982 (near Dermott, AR) Iowa, LA
1982-present North Little Rock, AR Iowa, LA

US 165 has been around since the beginning in 1926. Its south end has always been in Iowa LA. No "End" sign there, just your options at the junction with US 90:

Allen, 2000

Fortunately those ugly shields have since been replaced with something a little more standard:

Karners, Dec. 2009

US 165 ends at a "Y" intersection with US 90, which is just barely visible running across the background of that photo. The interchange with I-10 is about a mile behind the camera. The shot below shows the signs on eastbound US 90 at the south beginning of US 165...

Karners, Dec. 2009

...and here's an earlier shot from westbound US 90:

Allen, 2000

If you make that right turn, the first confirming assembly looks like this:

Karners, Dec. 2009

Martin notes that was posted on the east branch of the "Y", so traffic coming from eastbound US 90 (and therefore using the west branch of the "Y") never sees this sign.

Originally the north end of US 165 was at its junction with US 65, about 3 miles northeast of Dermott AR. The photo below shows modern signage at that intersection:

Nelson, Jan. 2006

Today US 165 continues north with US 65, but until 1982 it ended there. Below we're looking south on US 65:

Nelson, Jan. 2006

The north beginning of US 165 used to be to the right.

In recent years, Arkansas has applied for and received several of what I consider to be frivolous US highway extensions... and US 165 is one of them. In 1982 the north end of US 165 was extended with US 65 through McGehee to Dumas. From there, US 165 splits off again, runs through DeWitt, Stuttgart, and England, and then to its current terminus in North Little Rock AR...

Backlin, Jan. 2008

...but there's no signage whatsoever. Westbound US 70 comes in from the right (where the white pickup is) and then continues ahead. The photo below shows the signage from that perspective (west on US 70, or Broadway):

Nelson, Oct. 2003

US 165 begins to the left on Baucum Pike. The perspective below is looking the opposite direction: east on US 70, which curves to the left here. Heading off into the distance is Baucum Pike and the north beginning of US 165:

Backlin, Jan. 2008

The sign assembly at the fork is shown close-up below...

Backlin, Jan. 2008

...and this next photo shows the first southbound US 165 marker:

Backlin, Jan. 2008