Arkansas Highway 120

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Highway 120
Route information
Maintained by ArDOT
Length 8.03 mi [1] (12.92 km)
Existedc. April 1, 1926-1927 [2] [3] – present
Major junctions
West endUS 61 (AR).svg US 61 in Tuckertown
East end CR 903 at O'Donnell Bend
Location
Counties Mississippi
Highway system
← Arkansas 119.svg AR 119 AR 121 Arkansas 121.svg →

Highway 120 (AR 120, Ark. 120, and Hwy. 120) is an east–west state highway in Mississippi County, Arkansas. The route begins at US Highway 61 (US 61) and the Great River Road at Tuckertown and runs 8.03 miles (12.92 km) east to CR 903 at O'Donnell Bend at a levee along the Mississippi River. The route is maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).

Mississippi County, Arkansas County in the United States

Mississippi County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 46,480. There are two county seats, Blytheville and Osceola. The county was formed on November 1, 1833, and named for the Mississippi River which borders the county to the east. Mississippi County is part of the First Congressional District in Arkansas. The Mississippi County Judge is Terri Brassfield.

Great River Road highway designation

The Great River Road is a collection of state and local roads that follow the course of the Mississippi River through ten states of the United States. They are Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. It formerly extended north into Canada, serving the provinces of Ontario and Manitoba.

Mississippi River largest river system in North America

The Mississippi River is the largest river in the United States and chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. Its source is Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota and it flows generally south for 2,320 miles (3,730 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains all or parts of 32 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces between the Rocky and Appalachian mountains. The main stem is entirely within the United States; the total drainage basin is 1,151,000 sq mi (2,980,000 km2), of which only about one percent is in Canada. The Mississippi ranks as the fourth-longest and fifteenth-largest river by discharge in the world. The river either borders or passes through the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

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Route description

Highway 120 begins at US 61 in eastern Mississippi County within the Arkansas Delta. The route runs east before turning north to Double Bridges, when it turns east and runs as a section line road. Highway 120 crosses Bear Bayou before terminating at County Road 903, which runs along a levee for the Canadian Reach of the Mississippi River. [4]

Arkansas Delta

The Arkansas Delta is one of the six natural regions of the state of Arkansas. Willard B. Gatewood Jr., author of The Arkansas Delta: Land of Paradox, says that rich cotton lands of the Arkansas Delta make that area "The Deepest of the Deep South."

In many jurisdictions in the US, roads were run along every section line, giving access to previously remote areas and serving in many instances as firebreaks. A road or arterial in which the centerline is laid out along a section line boundary is often referred to as a section line road or section line arterial. In Lubbock, Texas, Oklahoma City; Boise, Idaho; metropolitan areas of Arizona ; and much of the Las Vegas Valley, all major thoroughfares run along section lines, producing a readily identifiable grid.

History

The highway was created after the original 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering, first appearing on the 1927 highway map. [2] [3]

1926 Arkansas state highway numbering highway renumbering

In 1926, Arkansas renumbered its highways into a more traditional format. The system to be replaced was established in 1924 as Arkansas' first comprehensive highway plan. Roads were designated as "primary federal aid roads", "secondary federal aid roads", or "connecting state roads". The Arkansas State Highway Commission implemented the system of United States Numbered Highways also around 1926, and thus Arkansas decided to number its highways instead of using the "letter-nn" format. This resulted in the first true numbering of state highways in Arkansas. Note that the numbers 61, 63, 64, 65, 67, 70, and 71 conflicted with U.S. Route designations, so there were no highways with these numbers, and no future highways could be numbered 165 or 167 as they conflicted with U.S. Route designations. The highest number was 115, reserving 116 and up for future use.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Mississippi County.

Locationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Tuckertown 0.000.00US 61 (AR).svgGreatRiverRoad.svg US 61 / Great River Road  – Osceola Western terminus
O'Donnell Bend 8.0312.92CR 903Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

  1. 1 2 System Information and Research Division (2014). "Arkansas Road Log Database" (MDB). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Arkansas State Highway Commission (April 1, 1926). Map of State of Arkansas Showing System of State Highways (TIF) (Map). Arkansas State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Arkansas State Highway Commission (1927). Map of State of Arkansas Showing System of State Highways (TIF) (Map). Arkansas State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (March 23, 2016). General Highway Map, Mississippi County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved December 7, 2017.

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