U.S. Route 79
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U.S. Route 79 is a north-south United States highway. The route is actually a northeast-southwest diagonal, with both east-west segments and north-south segments equally mixed.
US 79, US 68, and Interstate 24/US 62 are the primary east-west access points for the Land Between the Lakes recreation area straddling the Kentucky/Tennessee border.
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Termini
As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Russellville, Kentucky at an intersection with Business U.S. Highway 68. Its southern terminus is in Round Rock, Texas at an intersection with Interstate 35, 10 miles (16 km) north of Austin.
Historic termini
Until 1944, US 79's northern terminus was in West Memphis, Arkansas. Even then, the route was diagonal enough that it could have been numbered odd or even.
States traversed
The highway passes through the following states:
Notable cities on the route
Business U.S. Highway 79
- Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- Stuttgart, Arkansas
- Altheimer, Arkansas
- Fordyce, Arkansas
- Magnolia, Arkansas
- Camden, Arkansas
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