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Mena (/ ˈ m iː n ə / MEE-nə) is a city in and the county seat of Polk County, [5] Arkansas, United States. [6] The population was 5,558 as of the 2020 census. Mena is included in the Ark-La-Tex socio-economic region. Surrounded by the Ouachita National Forest, Mena is a gateway to some of the most visited tourist attractions in Arkansas.
Arkansas Highway 8 (AR 8) is a designation for four state highways in lower Arkansas. One segment runs from the Oklahoma state line east to US 59 / US 71 in Mena . A second segment runs from US 59/US 71 in Mena east to US 63 in Warren .
At Mena, it runs along the north direction of U.S. Route 71 (geographically east) for 2 miles (3.2 km) until US 71 turns back to the north. From there, Highway 88 continues east for 24 miles (39 km) parallelling the Ouachita River and passing through the communities of Ink, Cherry Hill, Pine Ridge and Oden before intersecting U.S. Route 270 (US ...
I-49 in Northwest Arkansas. The first portion of what would become I-49 was completed in the late 1990s and was opened to Mountainburg as AR 540. [3] On January 8, 1999, the road was fully opened to traffic and was re-designated part of an extension of I-540, with the name "John Paul Hammerschmidt Highway", in honor of a former US Representative from Arkansas. [4]
Longest state highway in Arkansas. AR 8 — — SH-63 at the Oklahoma state line: US 59/US 71 in Mena — — AR 8 — — US 59/US 71 in Mena: US 63 in Warren — — AR 8 — — US 63 at Carmel: US 65 in Eudora — — AR 8 — — US 65 near Eudora: US 65 at Arkla — — AR 9: 51.44: 82.78 US 79 at Eagle Mills: US 67/US 270B in Malvern ...
In 1926, US 271 was commissioned between Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Mena, Arkansas, by way of Spiro and Poteau, Oklahoma, but the route south of Poteau was turned over to U.S. Route 270 (and later, U.S. Route 59) in 1930.
Highway 375 (AR 375, Ark. 375, and Hwy. 375) is a designation for one east-west and one north–south state highway in Polk County, Arkansas.A western route of 8.09 miles (13.02 km) runs east from U.S. Route 59/U.S. Route 71 (US 59/US 71) at Potter Junction to Highway 8 in Mena. [2]
Queen Wilhelmina State Park is a unit of Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism in the Ouachita Mountains. The original "Castle in the Sky" lodge was built in 1898 on 2,681-foot Rich Mountain, in Polk County, Arkansas. The park is on Talimena Scenic Drive — northwest of Mena, Arkansas and east of the Oklahoma state line. It is the only ...