U.S. Route 425

U.S. Route 425
Route information
Length:	220 mi (354 km)
Existed:	1989 (extended north in 2002, south in 2005) – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 61 / US 84 at Natchez, MS
	I-20 at Rayville, LA
North end:	I-530 / US 63 / US 65 / US 79 at Pine Bluff, AR
Location
States:	Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced

U.S. Route 425 (US 425) is a north–south United States highway, first commissioned in 1989. Its route number is a "violation" of the usual AASHTO numbering scheme, as it comes nowhere near its implied "parent", US 25.

Another anomaly is US 425's absorption of US 65, forming US 65's southern terminus. The route's northern terminus is in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, at an interchange with Interstate 530/U.S. Route 63/U.S. Route 65/U.S. Route 79/US 65B/AR 190. Until 2005, its southern terminus was in Bastrop, Louisiana, at an intersection with U.S. Route 165. In 2005, it was extended to Natchez, Mississippi, at an intersection with U.S. Route 61.

US 425 is a piecing together of former state highways. Most of US 425 in Louisiana, for example, is merely a concurrency with LA 15.

Route description

Louisiana

From its southern terminus in Natchez, Mississippi, US 425 crosses the Mississippi River and runs concurrent with US 84 for approximately 14 miles to Ferriday, Louisiana. It then splits and heads northeast, running concurrently with LA 15 through mostly farmland and small towns. Just north of Clayton is the southern terminus of US 65. Passing through Winnsboro the highways split at Archibald. LA 15 continues northeast to Monroe, LA while US 425 heads north to Rayville where it crosses I-20. At Mer Rouge, it intersects US 165 and the two highways run concurrent to Bastrop, LA. A few miles north of Bastrop, US 425 crosses into Arkansas south of Crossett.

Arkansas

Along US 425 north of Star City

The route enters Arkansas near Rawls and runs north through rural Ashley County. Highway 425 forms a concurrency with US 82 east of Crosett, with the two routes running north through farmland and trees to Hamburg, the county seat of Ashley County. In Hamburg, the routes are joined by Highway 8, which runs east and west across the southern part of the state. North of the junction, the three routes pass the First United Methodist Church and historic properties within the Hamburg Commercial Historic District before US 82 turns east at St. Louis Street and US 425/AR 8 run north out of Hamburg. Passing more agricultural land, Highway 8 turns west in Fountain Hill just before the Drew County line.

Further north US 425 intersects Highway 133 in Lacey and Highway 172 before entering Monticello. The highway serves the University of Arkansas at Monticello in the southern part of town, also passing the Monticello Elementary School. US 425 intersects University Drive and continues north as a four–lane road. There is an interchange with Jordan Drive (AR 83S), after which US 425 enters residential Monticello. The route now curves to the west side of town, with Main Street (AR 83) serving downtown Monticello. Highway 83 was the previous alignment of AR 13, which US 425 replaced upon designation in 1989. There are plans to bypass Monticello even more efficiently as part of Interstate 69's extension into Arkansas.

US 425, now four–lane with center turn lane format, intersects US 278/Highway 35 at a busy intersection. Highway 35 forms a short concurrency north with US 425, which proceeds north and out of Monticello. After AR 35 turns west, Highway 425 has many rural junctions with county routes. Upon entering Lincoln County, the route passes the historic Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church in Relfs Bluff and the Parker House before entering Star City. Downtown, the highway forms a concurrency with Highway 11, which ends near the Lincoln County Courthouse and the Star City Commercial Historic District. The highway continues north through rural areas before intersecting US 65 in Jefferson County. US 65/US 425 run concurrent west to a high–volume interchange with I-530/US 63/US 79/US 65B/AR 190, where US 425 terminates.

History

In Arkansas, US 425 replaced the southern half of Arkansas Highway 13, which was an original state highway in the area. The route is essentially the same as it was at inception in the 1926 state highway plan, connecting the major cities in its area of southeast Arkansas. Highway 13 now runs in north central Arkansas. Most of US Route 425 was repaved in 2010 within Ashley County.

Louisiana Highway 137

Louisiana Highway 137
Location:	Morehouse and Richland Parishes
Length:	18.08 mi (29.10 km)
Existed:	1955–2005

Louisiana Highway 137 (LA 137) was a state highway in Louisiana that serves Richland Parish and Morehouse Parish. It spanned 18.08 miles (29.10 km) in a south to north direction. LA 137 is now signed as U.S. 425 for its entire length.

From the south, LA 137 began as a state highway at an intersection with LA 15 north of Mangham in the small town of Archibald. It went north and intersected LA 584 before intersecting LA 135.

Passing under I-20, LA 137 met LA 3048 in the town of Rayville. After intersecting US 80, LA 137 entered Morehouse Parish, continuing north as a two-lane road until it swapped the U.S. 425 designation with LA 133.

LA 137 is a divided, four-lane highway south of Rayville, a pair of two one-way roads inside of Rayville, and an undivided, two-lane road north of Rayville. Before the 1955 renumbering, LA 137 was State Route 47 from Archibald to Rayville. The current routing for LA 137 did not exist, and travelers had to take US 80 west, then State Route 47 (Current LA 133) to Oak Ridge.

LA 137 was removed from the state highway system in 2005, when US 425 was extended south to Mississippi. It is still signed, however, as LA 137 and US 425.

Major intersections

State	County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Mississippi	Adams	Natchez			US 61 / US 84 east / US 98 east / Trace Town Drive – Vicksburg, Brookhaven, Woodville, Baton Rouge, Airport	south end of US 84 / US 61 Bus. overlap
					Homochitto Street (MS 928 / US 61 Bus. north) - Downtown Natchez	north end of US 61 Bus. overlap
Mississippi River					Natchez-Vidalia Bridge
Louisiana	Concordia	Vidalia			LA 131
		Taconey			LA 3180 (J. Logan Sewell Drive)
		​			LA 3196
		​			LA 3232
		Ferriday			US 84 west / LA 15 south / LA 568 – Jonesville	north end of US 84 overlap; south end of LA 15 overlap
					LA 903 – Lake Concordia, Lake St. John
		Clayton			US 65 north – Newellton, Tallulah, Lake Providence, Lake Bruin State Park
					LA 566
	Tensas River				Tensas River Lift Bridge
	Catahoula	Lee Bayou			LA 567
		Foules			LA 921
		Sicily Island			LA 8
		Peck			LA 913
		​			LA 3148
	Franklin	Wisner			LA 562	south end of LA 562 overlap
					LA 562	north end of LA 562 overlap
		​			LA 875
		Gilbert			LA 128	south end of LA 128 overlap
					LA 572
					LA 128	north end of LA 128 overlap
		​			LA 3210
		​			LA 3210
		Winnsboro			LA 3201
					LA 864
					LA 865
					LA 4	south end of LA 4 overlap
					LA 4 / LA 17 / LA 130	north end of LA 4 overlap
					LA 868
		​			LA 867
		Baskin			LA 577
					LA 857
	Richland	Mangham			LA 132	south end of LA 132 overlap
		​			LA 132	north end of LA 132 overlap
		Archibald			LA 856
		​			LA 15 north	north end of LA 15 overlap; south end of LA 137 overlap
		​			LA 584	south end of LA 584 overlap
		​			LA 584	north end of LA 584 overlap
		Rayville			LA 135 – Alto
					I-20 – Monroe, Vicksburg	I-20 exit 138
					LA 3048 east
					US 80
	Morehouse	​			LA 133 south – Girard	north end of LA 137 overlap; south end of LA 133 overlap
		Oak Ridge			LA 134 – Collinston, Monroe	south end of LA 134 overlap
					LA 134 – Epps	north end of LA 134 overlap
		​			LA 3051 – Horseshoe Lake
		Mer Rouge			LA 2 east – Oak Grove	north end of LA 133 overlap; south end of LA 2 overlap
					US 165 north / LA 138 – Collinston, Bonita	south end of US 165 overlap
		Bastrop			LA 830-3 (Peach Orchard Road)
					LA 3051
					LA 830-4 (Cooperlake Road)
					LA 830-6 (McCreight Street)
					LA 830-5 (Elm Street)
					US 165 south / LA 2 west (West Madison) / LA 139 south / LA 593 south (South Washington)	north end of US 165 / LA 2 overlap; south end of LA 593 overlap
					LA 830-1 (Harrington Avenue)
					LA 593 north (Bonner Ferry Road) – Bussey Brake Reservoir	north end of LA 593 overlap
					LA 830-3 (Cherry Ridge Road)
		​			LA 830-2
		​			LA 830-6
		Log Cabin			LA 140
		​			LA 593 – Bussey Brake Reservoir
		​			LA 142 – Crossett, AR
		​			LA 1257 – Chemin-A-Haut State Park
		​			LA 590
Arkansas	Ashley	​	9.4	15.1	US 82 west / AR 52 east – Crossett, El Dorado	south end of US 82 overlap
		​	12.0	19.3	AR 52 west – North Crossett, UAM College of Technology-Crossett
		Hamburg	15.7	25.3	AR 189 west (West Jackson Street)
			16.0	25.7	AR 8 east (East Parker Street) – Parkdale, Overflow NWR	south end of AR 8 overlap
			16.2	26.1	AR 189 north (West Washington Street) to AR 133
			16.3	26.2	US 82 east – Lake Village	north end of US 82 overlap
		Fountain Hill	25.5	41.0	AR 8 west to AR 133 south – Johnsville, Crossett	north end of AR 8 overlap
			26.0	41.8	AR 160 west
	Drew	Lacey	32.8	52.8	AR 133 south to AR 160
		White Hall	40.5	65.2	AR 172 west
		​			Monticello Bypass	under construction; future I-69 north
		Monticello	42.7	68.7	AR 83 south (University Drive) – University of Arkansas Monticello
			42.8	68.9	AR 83 north
			44.2	71.1	AR 83S	interchange
			45.4	73.1	US 278 – Warren, McGehee
		​	46.7	75.2	AR 35 north – Lake Monticello
	Lincoln	​	65.1	104.8	AR 54 east – Little Garnett
		Star City	66.7	107.3	AR 293 south (Cane Creek Road) – Cane Creek State Park
			67.2	108.1	AR 11 south (West Franklin Street)
			67.8	109.1	AR 11 north / AR 114 west / AR 212 west (Arkansas Avenue / AR 11B south)
		​	77.8	125.2	AR 199 north / Allegiance Road – Tarry, Moscow
	Jefferson	​	88.5	142.4	US 65 south / AR 81 north – Grady, Lake Village	south end of US 65 overlap
		Pine Bluff	90.5	145.6	AR 980 south – Airport
			91.0	146.5	US 63 north / US 79 north / US 65B north / AR 190 – Downtown Pine Bluff	signed as exit 46
			91.0	146.5	I-530 north (US 63 south / US 65 north / US 79 south) – Little Rock	north end of US 65 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Related routes

• U.S. Route 400 and U.S. Route 412, both similar violations of the standard numbering scheme

References

Browse numbered routes
← MS 424	MS	MS 427 →
← LA 136	LA (LA 137)	LA 138 →
← LA 424	LA (US 425)	LA 427 →
← US 412	AR	I-430 →