Arizona US 64's western terminus is
Teec Nos Pos, Arizona, at
US 160. From there, it runs southeast through sparse ranch land for about to the New Mexico state line.
New Mexico Within New Mexico, US 64 runs through
Farmington,
Taos,
Angel Fire,
Eagle Nest,
Cimarron, and
Raton. As it runs through Raton, it is co-signed with
U.S. Route 87. It continues through to
Clayton, where US 87 is replaced by U.S. Routes
56 and
412. The three routes then run concurrently into
Oklahoma. It is one of the roads on the
Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated
New Mexico Scenic Byways. At Angel Fire, US 64 runs past the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park. Although US 64 does not technically cross into
Texas, the New Mexico-Texas state line does reach the shoulder of US 64 outside of Clayton at .
Oklahoma Heading into the Oklahoma Panhandle, the three conjoined routes pick up a fourth two miles (3 km) southwest of
Boise City, as
US-385 merges from the south. In Boise City, US-385 departs to the north along with
U.S. 287, which replaces US-385 in the four-way concurrency on the way out of town to the east, before departing itself to the southeast two miles (3 km) outside of town. Shortly thereafter, US-56 also departs the route, heading northeast into
Kansas, while US-64 and US-412 continue their journey due east toward
Guymon. Near Guymon, the route turns due south to approach the town. US-412 then heads due east, while US-64 veers from due south to northeast, joining up with
US-54. These two routes remain together for about , splitting at
Hooker, with US-54 continuing northeast into Kansas while US-64 again veers due east. At
Turpin, US-64 turns left, running north with
US-83; three miles (5 km) later, it again turns east, joining
US-270 while US-83 and westbound US-270 continue north to
Liberal, Kansas. to the east, US-270 departs to the south, and US-64 finally runs solo for a significant stretch save for very short concurrencies with
US-283 near
Rosston,
US-183 through
Buffalo, and
US-281 in
Alva. Near
Pond Creek, US-64 turns south, joined by
US-60 and
US-81. US-64 splits off just north of
Enid, jogging through the city before rejoining US-412 on the east side of town. The two routes remain together until they meet
Interstate 35, which US-64 joins briefly southbound while US-412 continues east, becoming the
Cimarron Turnpike. US-64 departs I-35 at Perry, intersecting the parallel
US-77 before continuing east. On either side of
Morrison the route intersects
US-177 and US-412 (again) before passing through
Pawnee and
Cleveland. It then veers southeast, rejoining US-412 yet again to head into
Tulsa. In
downtown Tulsa, the route diverges from US-412 for the final time. It briefly (and separately) is concurrent with
Interstate 244 and
US-75 before bearing southeast through the city while joining
OK-51, intersecting
Interstate 44 before briefly joining the southernmost five miles (8 km) of
US-169, disjoining OK-51 running southbound on the eastern edge of the city. It then proceeds south, crossing the
Creek Turnpike, then crosses the
Arkansas River in
Bixby before turning to the southeast. After passing through
Haskell, US-64 and
US-62 meet head-on, north–south; they join and head east toward
Muskogee. The routes disengage at the intersection with
US-69, with US-64 bearing south out of the center of town. At
Warner, the route turns eastward again, where it will run parallel to
Interstate 40 for the remainder of its path through Oklahoma. It passes through
Webbers Falls,
Gore,
Vian,
Sallisaw (where it has a brief concurrence with
US-59),
Muldrow, and
Roland before leaving the state.
Arkansas The route enters
Arkansas in
Fort Smith and crosses the
Arkansas River. The route continues following
Interstate 40 through
Clarksville,
Russellville, and
Conway, where I-40 turns south and US 64 continues east. US 64 runs with
Interstate 57 along with both
US 67 and
US 167 near
Searcy before passing through rural Eastern Arkansas fields. US 64 runs east to
Marion and
West Memphis, where it meets I-40 and
Interstate 55 to continue east over the
Mississippi River on the
Memphis & Arkansas Bridge to
Memphis, Tennessee. A segment of US 64 in Crittenden County is also known as Military Road and is the oldest road in the state. It was surveyed for the removal of Native Tribes known of as the Trail of Tears. A historical marker in
Marion notes this information.
Tennessee US 64 enters Tennessee on the
Memphis-Arkansas Bridge at
Memphis. The route shares the bridge with
Interstate 55 and U.S. Routes
61,
70, and
79. The route traverses several streets in Memphis before becoming a rural divided highway in eastern
Shelby County. The highway runs directly to the east through the
county seats of Tennessee's most southern counties. US 64 then continues on past
Lawrenceburg, the largest city on the
Alabama state line between
Memphis and
Interstate 65, to
Chattanooga. Then US 64 runs from Chattanooga to
Cleveland, where it duplexes with
US 74 to the
North Carolina state line. The
Tennessee Department of Transportation is currently working to expand the highway to four lanes across the state. The easternmost portion of the highway in Tennessee is the
Ocoee Scenic Byway, a winding, two-lane road through the
Ocoee River gorge in
Polk County. The steep terrain around the highway is subject to
landslides, such as the massive slide in November 2009 that closed the highway for several months.
North Carolina US 64 enters North Carolina in
Cherokee County, west of
Murphy. The highway serves the cities of
Brevard,
Hendersonville,
Rutherfordton, Morganton,
Lenoir,
Statesville,
Lexington,
Asheboro,
Siler City, Pittsboro,
Cary,
Raleigh,
Rocky Mount,
Tarboro,
Williamston, and
Manteo. The segment from
Franklin to
Highlands is a mountainous two-lane road limited to moderate-sized trucks. Large trucks are routed via
Truck US 64 (US 23/441 and US 74) to
Sylva, and
Asheville. Interstate 40 travels through
Statesville on a route originally designed in 1950 as a bypass of US 64, intersecting with Interstate 77 at what was once intended to be a bypass of US 21. Within the Raleigh city limits, US 64 follows the southern section of the
Beltline. In 2006 a major section known as the
Knightdale Bypass opened to ease traffic. After it was completed, US 64 became a divided
freeway between
Cary and
Williamston, and carried at least four lanes between Asheboro and
Columbia. US 64 serves as a gateway to the
Outer Banks, ending at
Nags Head where it meets
U.S. Route 158 and
NC 12. US 64 extends a total of 604 miles (972 km) from the state's western border to the Outer Banks. It is the longest highway in North Carolina; a common way to express coverage of the entire state is to say, "
from Murphy to Manteo". US 64 runs through both. ==History==