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The Arkansas Highway System is made up of all the highways designated as Interstates, U.S. Highways and State Highways in the US state of Arkansas.The system is maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT), known as the Arkansas State Highway Department (AHD) until 1977 and the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) from 1977 to 2017.
The U.S. Highways in Arkansas are the U.S. Routes maintained by the U.S. state of Arkansas. There are 20 such highways. There are 20 such highways. 1926 map of the U.S. Highways in Arkansas
Former Highway 291 bridge over the Saline River between Tull and Traskwood. The Arkansas State Highway Commission created Highway 291 on April 24, 1963, as part of a large addition of mileage from each county to the state highway system. [1] The designation was created from Highway 46 to the north side of Prattsville.
Arkansas has long had a stigma of poor roads, dating from the "Arkansas Roads Scandal" playing a prominent role in state politics through the 1920s and 1930s, periodic allegations of corruption, waste, and fraud, and a long-running struggle to adequately fund the operation, maintenance and expansion of a large highway system serving a rural state.
The highway was created by the Arkansas State Highway Commission on May 23, 1973 during a period of highway system expansion following the Arkansas General Assembly passing Act 9 of 1973. [3] The act directed county judges and legislators to designate up to 12 miles (19 km) of county roads as state highways in each county. [9]
Arkansas Highway 36 (AR 36) is a designation for two state highways in Central Arkansas. One segment of 50.51 miles (81.29 km) runs from U.S. Route 64 (US 64) at Hamlet east to Interstate 57 (I-57) in Searcy .
In response to the act, the Arkansas State Highway Commission extended the AR 103 designation south from Green Forest to Rule on July 10, 1957. [23] On June 29, 1960, the Highway Commission extended the designation south to AR 68 (now US 412) at Osage, [24] but changed the routing to run from Rule to AR 68 at Gobbler instead two months later. [25]
AR 346 was created by the Arkansas State Highway Commission on November 23, 1966 along a county road from AR 8 to the Caddo River. [1] In 1973, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 9 of 1973. The act directed county judges and legislators to designate up to 12 miles (19 km) of county roads as state highways in each county. [ 3 ]