Louisiana US 63
runs concurrently with
US 167 for its entire route in Louisiana, from
Ruston north, to
Junction City, at the Arkansas state line, a distance of .
Arkansas U.S. 63 enters into Arkansas from Louisiana concurrent with
US 167 in
Junction City. Just a few miles into the state, the two highways run on the eastern edge of
El Dorado as an expressway. US 167 splits here, traveling towards
Hampton. US 63 bypasses the town of
Warren, crossing
US 278. US 63 passes through the rural
Cleveland County, then enters into
Jefferson County. In Jefferson County, US 63 serves the city of
Pine Bluff. US 63 bypasses the city, running on the last 3 miles of
I-530. Also in Pine Bluff, the highway overlaps with
US 65 and
US 79. US 63 runs northeast with US 79 until
Stuttgart, where the highway runs north to
Hazen. Just north of Hazen, US 63 overlaps with
I-40 to
Brinkley. In Brinkley, US 63 begins an overlap with
US 49 north to
Jonesboro. US 63 leaves US 49 and follows
I-555 until I-555 terminates, together serving as a bypass for southern Jonesboro. In
Hoxie, US 63 intersects with
US 67 (Future
I-57). Northwest of here near
Portia the highway overlaps with
US 412. In
Imboden US 62 joins this overlap. In
Hardy, US 63 leaves the two highways. In
Mammoth Spring, US 63 crosses into
Missouri, traveling to
West Plains. While historically there were many non-concurrencies on US 63, many of those have been resolved. In 2016, US 63 from Jonesboro (including its original US 49 concurrency from Red Wolf Blvd. to Southwest Drive) to Turrell was designated as I-555. As a result, US 63 was rerouted to run concurrently with US 49 from
Brinkley to
Jonesboro. US 63 then runs concurrently with I-555 until it ends west of Jonesboro, where it then continues northwest alone to its concurrency with US 412 at Portia, just northwest of
Walnut Ridge.
Missouri next to US 63 The highway passes south-to-north through Missouri, from Arkansas to Iowa, serving cities such as
Rolla,
Jefferson City,
Columbia,
Moberly,
Macon, and
Kirksville. Notable routes that are intersected include
US 60 in
Howell County,
I-44 at Rolla,
US 50 (with which it shares a concurrency into Jefferson City south of the
Missouri River until it reaches the junction with
US 54), US 54 (which it overlaps in Jefferson City from the junction with US 50 and crosses the Missouri River with on the
Jefferson City Bridge),
US 24 at Moberly,
US 36 at
Macon, and
US 136 at
Lancaster. US 63 in Missouri was
Route 7 from 1922 to 1926.
Iowa US 63 passes south-to-north through Iowa. It enters the state from Missouri south of
Bloomfield. Between
Ottumwa and
Oskaloosa, the highway overlaps
Iowa Highway 163. This segment is an expressway which connects
Des Moines with
Burlington, with freeway bypasses of Ottumwa and
Eddyville. Near
Malcom, US 63 meets
I-80. Only a few miles later, it joins
US 6 westbound for several miles near
Grinnell, then goes north again. At
Toledo, it intersects
US 30 and at
Waterloo, US 63 meets
US 20. An expressway section opened in October 2012, completing the four-lane link between Waterloo and New Hampton. The highway enters Minnesota just north of
Chester.
Minnesota US 63 enters Minnesota from Iowa south of
Spring Valley. After meeting
I-90, US 63 serves the local airport and then intersects with
US 52. In this area, US 63 is an expressway, but plans are to upgrade the highway to a freeway between Stewartville and the US 52 interchange. North of Rochester, the highway meets
US 61 at
Lake City. From there, the two routes run concurrently to
Red Wing, where US 63 turns north and crosses the
Mississippi River to enter Wisconsin over the
Eisenhower Bridge. The Minnesota section of US 63 is defined as Routes 59 and 161 in Minnesota Statutes §§ 161.114(2) and 161.115(92).
Wisconsin US 63 enters Wisconsin south of
Hager City. Near
Baldwin, US 63 intersects
I-94. The highway briefly overlaps near
Spooner with
US 53. At
Trego, they separate and US 63 runs southwest to northeast, passing through
Hayward and
Cable most notably, and ending near
Ashland at
US 2. According to a 2013 law, the road is referred to as the "Gaylord Nelson Highway" throughout Wisconsin. ==History==