U.S. Route 79 | |
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Route information | |
Length: | 855 mi (1,376 km) |
Existed: | 1935 – present |
Major junctions | |
South end: | I-35 in Round Rock, TX |
I-45 in Buffalo, TX |
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North end: | US 431 in Russellville, KY |
Location | |
States: | Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky |
Highway system | |
I-45 in Buffalo, TX
I-20 in Shreveport, LA
I-55 in West Memphis, AR
I-40 in Memphis, TN
U.S. Route 79 (US 79) is a United States highway. The route is officially considered and labeled as a north-south highway, but it actually more of diagonal northeast-southwest highway. The highway's northern/eastern terminus is in Russellville, Kentucky, at an intersection with U.S. Highway 68 and KY 80. Its southern/western terminus is in Round Rock, Texas, at an intersection with Interstate 35, ten miles (16 km) north of Austin.