US Route 63 runs from north-central Wisconsin, through western Wisconsin, southeastern Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas, to end in northern Louisiana.  US Route 63 gets its start just west of Ashland, Wisconsin, at a point along US Route 2 that isn't far from Lake Superior.  The route starts heading southwesterly, crossing the Mississippi River at Red Wing, Minnesota.  US Route 63 heads south from there through Rochester, Minnesota; Waterloo, Iowa, Columbia, Missouri; Jefferson City, Missouri; and Rolla, Missouri.  Entering Arkansas, US Route 63 starts to do something completely inexplicable.  It diverts southeast to join Interstates 555 and 55 to the Memphis area, then cuts west along Interstate 40 for most of the way to Little Rock.  At Hazen, Arkansas, US Route 63 turns back southerly, returning to its former longitude from when it first entered Arkansas. At Stuttgart, Arkansas, US Route 63 heads southwest to El Dorado, Arkansas, where US Route 167 brings US Route 63 to its end in Ruston, Louisiana, at Interstate 20.  The entire distance of US Route 63 in Louisiana is concurrent with US Route 167.

My photo for US Route 63 shows a northbound trailblazer seen by those leaving US Route 36 in Macon, Missouri. This signpost faces south just north of the interchange with US Route 36's expressway. This photo was taken as I was on the way to south-central Iowa, in February 2024.

There was another photo featured here for US Route 63, previously.  That photo, also taken in Macon, Missouri, is shown below.  It shows a southbound guide assembly at US Route 63 and Business US Route 36, which runs a fraction of a mile south of the modern US Route 36 expressway.  That photo was taken in May 2014, on the way to St. Joseph, Missouri.

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