Arkansas Highway 265
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| Section 1 | ||||
| Length: | 19.70 mi (31.70 km) | |||
| South end: |
 AR 170 near Strickler
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| North end: |
   I-49 / US 71 / AR 112 north |
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| Section 2 | ||||
| Length: | 12.07 mi (19.42 km) | |||
| South end: |
 AR 16 – Fayetteville
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| North end: |
 AR 264 – Springdale
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| Section 3 | ||||
| Length: | 3.33 mi (5.36 km) | |||
| South end: |
 AR 94 – Pea Ridge
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| North end: |
 Route KK, Missouri state line |
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| Counties: | Washington, Benton | |||
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| Location: | Springdale |
| Length: | 2.4 mi (3.9 km) |
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| Location: | Springdale |
| Length: | 2.0 mi (3.2 km) |
Arkansas Highway 265 is a designation for three state highways in Northwest Arkansas. The southern segment of 19.70 miles (31.70 km) runs from Arkansas Highway 170 near Strickler north to I-49/US 71/AR 112 north in south Fayetteville. A more northern segment of 12.07 miles (19.42 km) runs north through east Fayetteville from Arkansas Highway 16 to Arkansas Highway 264 in Springdale. Further north, a third segment of 3.33 miles (5.36 km) runs from Arkansas Highway 94 in Pea Ridge north to the Missouri state line.
Parts of all three segments are former lengths of the Butterfield Stagecoach Route, a route established in 1857 that carried United States mail from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco, California.
Although not one of Arkansas' original state highways, the path that AR 265 follows is one of the state's oldest. Originally a Native American trace named the Great Osage Trail, the route was first used as a Military Road from St. Louis to Fort Smith, and later as the Trail of Tears. The Butterfield Overland Mail Route was active from 1857 to 1861 on the route. The route carried U.S. mail, and also carried telegraph lines west. Portions of the route are named Old Wire Road (also Old Missouri Road in Fayetteville) paying homage to the route's past. Although not all parts of AR 265 are the exact path followed by the stage coaches, nor are all parts of Old Wire Road separate of AR 265. This comes from the fact that there were many different alignments of the historic routes. Although there is no doubt about the southern segment's accuracy, AR 265 is known as Old Missouri Road (or Crossover Rd.) paralleled by Old Wire Road in Fayetteville, but it is not clear to the traveler which route is more historically accurate.
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