Special routes of U.S. Route 79
A total of twelve special routes of U.S. Route 79 exist, divided between the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas. Currently, they are all business routes, except for one bypass of Humboldt, Tennessee, and one bypass of Homer, Louisiana.
Highway 79B in downtown Bearden
US 79B terminates at its parent route in Clarendon
U.S. Route 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. 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.
US 79 is the main street of Rockdale in Milam County, Texas.
US 79 north of US 49 junction near Monroe. This segment is also an Arkansas Heritage Trail Trail of Tears route.
Directional assembly for U.S. Highways 64, 70, and 79 in Memphis, Tennessee.
US 79 (Guthrie Highway) north of Clarksville
