Arkansas Highway 148

Highway 148
Route information
	Maintained by ArDOT
Section 1
Length	4.61 mi [1] (7.42 km)
West end	AR 151 near Blytheville
East end	Mississippi River levee near Blytheville
Section 2
Length	8.81 mi [1] (14.18 km)
West end	AR 181 near Dell
Major; junctions	I-55 in Burdette
East end	US 61 in Burdette
Section 3
Length	3.53 mi (5.68 km)
West end	AR 135 in Black Oak
East end	AR 139
Highway system

Last updated March 11, 2019

Highway 148 (AR 148, Ark. 148, and Hwy. 148) is a designation for three east–west state highways in the Upper Arkansas Delta. One route of 4.61 miles (7.42 km) begins at Highway 239 and runs east to a Mississippi River levee. A second route of 8.81 miles (14.18 km) begins at Highway 181 and runs east to US Highway 61 (US 61) in Burdette. A third route of 3.53 miles (5.68 km) begins at Highway 135 in Black Oak and runs east to Highway 139. All routes are maintained by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).

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."

Highway 239 is the name of two state highways in Mississippi County.

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.

Route description

Highway 239 to Mississippi River

AR 148 begins at the southern terminus of AR 239, heads east past the southern terminus of AR 151 and ends at a Mississippi River levee.^[2]^[3]

Arkansas Highway 151 is a designation for two north–south state highways in Mississippi County, Arkansas. An eastern route of 5.75 miles (9.25 km) runs from Highway 148 north to Highway 18. A second route of 6.65 miles (10.70 km) begins at Highway 18 in Blytheville and runs north to Missouri supplemental route TT (SSR-TT) at the Missouri state line. A third route was dedicated in May 2013 and begins at State Line Avenue in Texarkana and continues east to Interstate 49/U.S. Route 71.

A levee, dike, dyke, embankment, floodbank or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulates water levels. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines.

Highway 181 to Burdette

It begins heading east from an intersection with AR 181 through very rural farmlands until it enters Burdette town limits as it interchanges with I-55's Exit 57. After winding through some curves in downtown Burdette, it ends at an unsignalized intersection with US 61.^[3]

Interstate 55 (I-55) is a north–south Interstate Highway that has a 72.22-mile (116.23 km) section in the U.S. state of Arkansas connecting sections in Tennessee and Missouri. The route enters Arkansas on the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge over the Mississippi River from Memphis. It travels northward through northeast Arkansas connecting the cities of West Memphis and Blytheville. I-55 continues into Missouri heading to St. Louis, Missouri. The highway overlaps Interstate 40 in West Memphis and has a junction with Interstate 555, a spur route to Jonesboro, in Turrell. For the majority of its routing through Arkansas, I-55 generally follows U.S. Route 61.

Black Oak to Highway 139

The highway begins at Highway 135 (Main St) in Black Oak south of downtown. Highway 148 runs due east as a section line road to Highway 139 in eastern Craighead County near the Mississippi County line.^[4]^[5]

Highway 135 is a north–south state highway in northeast Arkansas. The route of 69.67 miles (112.12 km) runs from US Route 63 (US 63) near Tyronza north through Paragould to US 62.

Black Oak is a town in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 262 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Black Oak is the namesake of 1970s rock band Black Oak Arkansas and the setting of John Grisham's novel A Painted House.

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.

Major junctions

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Mississippi		0.00	0.00	AR 235 north
		3.52	5.66	AR 151 north
		4.61	7.42	Mississippi River levee	End of state maintenance
	Gap in route
		0.00	0.00	AR 181
	Burdette	5.81	9.35	I-55 – Blytheville, Memphis	Exit 57 (I-55)
	Burdette	8.81	14.18	US 61 – Blytheville, Osceola
Craighead	Black Oak	0.00	0.00	AR 135
Craighead		3.53	5.68	AR 139
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

1 2 3 System Information and Research Division (2014). "Arkansas Road Log Database" (MDB). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
↑ State Highway Route and Section Map - Mississippi County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
1 2 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Mississippi County map Retrieved on August 28, 2009.
↑ Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Craighead County map Retrieved on August 28, 2009.
↑ State Highway Route and Section Map - Craighead County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. November 27, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.

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[db-1] 1 2 3 System Information and Research Division (2014). "Arkansas Road Log Database" (MDB). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved March 27, 2016.

[MississippiRouteMap-2] State Highway Route and Section Map - Mississippi County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved January 1, 2013.

[mis-3] 1 2 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Mississippi County map Retrieved on August 28, 2009.

[cra-4] Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Craighead County map Retrieved on August 28, 2009.

[CraigheadRouteMap-5] State Highway Route and Section Map - Craighead County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. November 27, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.