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The state highway system was first created on October 10, 1923, by the Commission. [12] The group traced all roads designated as "county roads" onto an official map, which became the official State Highway System of Arkansas on December 31, 1924. [13] This map was kept in Little Rock as the official log of routes.
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 primary duty of ArDOT is the maintenance and management of the over 16,000-mile (26,000 km) Arkansas Highway System. The department also conducts planning, public transportation, the State Aid County Road Program, the Arkansas Highway Police, and Federal-Aid project administration. [1] Its headquarters are in Little Rock. [3]
US 59 at Oklahoma state line west of Acorn: 1934 [citation needed] current US 61: 75.3: 121.2 US 61 at Tennessee state line near West Memphis: US 61 at Missouri state line near Blytheville: 1926 [citation needed] current US 62: 329.9: 530.9 US 62 at Oklahoma state line: US 62 at Missouri state line near St. Francis: 1930 [citation needed]
The highway has major junctions with I-540 at Van Buren (the main highway connecting to Fort Smith), I-49 at Alma (the main highway connecting to Fayetteville and Bentonville), I-30 and I-57 in North Little Rock, and I-55 to Blytheville. For the majority of its routing through Arkansas, I-40 follows the historic alignment of two separate U.S ...
Arkansas Highway 16 Spur is an east–west state highway spur route in Siloam Springs. The route of 0.43 miles (0.69 km) runs from US 412 / Highway 59 east to Highway 16. [ 3 ] Locally posted as East Kenwood Road, it serves as a short connector route for traffic eastbound on US 412 to access eastbound Highway 16 or for traffic westbound on ...
Arkansas Highway 7 (AR 7) is a north–south state highway in Arkansas. As Arkansas's longest state highway, the route runs 297.27 miles (478.41 km) from the Louisiana state line north to Diamond City .
Arkansas Highway 5 (AR 5) is a designation for three state highways in Arkansas. The southern segment of 45.84 miles (73.77 km) runs from U.S. Route 70 (US 70) east of Hot Springs north to Interstate 430 (I-430) in Little Rock .