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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 state highway business routes are signed using standard state highway shield backgrounds. The number remains the same size and a "B" (for business) is added in an almost- exponential format. Shield sizes remain, one-digit routes keep the 24-by-24-inch (61 cm × 61 cm) shields, while two-digit routes become 24-by-36-inch (61 cm × 91 cm).
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.
3 Major state highways. ... This is a list of highways in Arkansas. Interstate highways ... Highway 10 This page was last ...
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]
Arkansas state highway suffixed routes are signed using standard state highway shield backgrounds. The number remains the same size and a letter is added in an almost-exponential format. Shield sizes remain, one-digit routes keep the 24-by-24-inch (61 cm × 61 cm) shields, while two-digit routes become 24-by-36-inch (61 cm × 91 cm).
Arkansas Highway 37 was first formed in the original 1926 state highway plan as a route from Highway 17 near McCrory north to Highway 18 near Grubbs. [6] By 1940, the route had been extended north to Tuckerman, existing as a gravel road, and in some portions, an unimproved dirt road. [7] By 1945, the routing was extended to Cord.
A segment of Highway 230 was created north of Brookland on March 28, 1973 pursuant to Act 9 of 1973 by the Arkansas General Assembly at the request of the Arkansas County Judge. [7] 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 ]