U.S. Route 79

U.S. Route 79
U.S. Route 79
	US 79 highlighted in red
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; 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;

U.S. Route 79 (US 79) is a United States highway in the Southern United States. The route is officially considered and signed 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 a junction with U.S. 68. 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.