Highway 65 or Route 65, popularly known as the Qassim Highway is a major highway of central Saudi Arabia. It connects the capital of Riyadh to Buraidah, Ha'il and finally Sakakah in the northwest, and Al-Kharj in the southeast, and lasts for approximately 1200 kilometres. The highway begins at Kharj, and goes through Riyadh, where it intersects Highway 40, at the junction between Highway 40 and Highway 505 in at 24°45′40″N 46°38′49″E / 24.76111°N 46.64694°E. After Riyadh, it heads towards Al-Qassim Province, linking Highway 60 (leading to Madinah and Yanbu) at Buraydah, Highway 389/ Highway 70 at Ha'il at 27°29′59″N 41°41′54″E / 27.49972°N 41.69833°E, and ends after Qurayyat at the Jordanian border.