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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 2010–2013 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program from the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) lists cable median barrier installation projects along segments of Interstate 30 (I-30), [1] I-40, [2] I-55, [2] I-430, [2] Interstate 540, [3] and US 67 [4] to begin as funds become available.
US 62/AR 94 in Rogers: US 71B/AR 94 in Rogers 1980 [19] 2010 [20] Partially renumbered AR 12: US 62B: 3.0: 4.8 US 62 in Eureka Springs: US 62/AR 23 in Eureka Springs c. 1970: 1990 [21] Former US 62C US 62B: 0.442 [22] 0.711 US 62/US 412 in Yellville: US 62/US 412/AR 14 in Yellville c. 1980: current
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.
Interstate 40 (I-40) is an east–west Interstate Highway that has a 284.69-mile (458.16 km) section in the U.S. state of Arkansas, connecting Oklahoma to Tennessee.The route enters Arkansas from the west just north of the Arkansas River near Dora.
Interstate 440 (I-440) forms a partial freeway loop of 14.16 miles (22.79 km) in Arkansas, connecting I-57 and I-40 with I-30 and I-530 in Little Rock.I-440, known as the East Belt Freeway during planning and construction, travels through much of the area's industrial core in the eastern part of the metropolitan area, near Clinton National Airport and the Port of Little Rock.
U.S. Route 70 (US 70) runs east–west through across the heart of Arkansas for 287.2 miles (462.2 km). US 70 enters the state from Oklahoma west of De Queen, and exits to Tennessee at Memphis, running concurrently with Interstate 55 (I-55), US 61, US 64, US 78, and US 79.
Arkansas Highway 17 (AR 17) is a designation for six state highways in east Arkansas. One segment of 4.9 miles (7.9 km) begins east of the Ward Reservoir and runs north to the La Grue Bayou . A second segment of 11.4 miles (18.3 km) runs from Morgan Loop Road south of Ethel north to Highway 1 at St. Charles .