U.S. Route 79

U.S. Route 79
US 79 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	855 mi[citation needed] (1,376 km)
Existed	1935[citation needed]–present
Major junctions
South end	I-35 in Round Rock, TX
Major intersections	I-45 in Buffalo, TX I-20 in Shreveport, LA I-55 in West Memphis, AR I-40 in Memphis, TN I-24 in Clarksville, TN
North end	US 68 in Russellville, KY
Location
Country	United States
States	Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided
← US 78 → US 80

U.S. Route 79 (US 79) is a United States highway in the Southern United States. The route is officially considered and labeled as a north–south highway, but its path is actually more of a diagonal northeast–southwest highway. The highway's northern/eastern terminus is in Russellville, Kentucky, at an intersection with U.S. Route 68 and KY 80. Its southern/western terminus is in Round Rock, Texas, at an interchange with Interstate 35, ten miles (16 km) north of Austin.^[1] 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.