Arkansas Highway 161

Highway 161
Highway 161
Route information
	Maintained by ArDOT
Section 1
Length	5.9 mi (9.5 km)
South end	I-440 / Jacksonville Highway in Jacksonville
North end	I-57 / US 67 / US 167 / Vandenberg Boulevard in Jacksonville
Section 2
Length	19.80 mi (31.87 km)
South end	US 165 in England
North end	US 165 at Scott
Location
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
Counties	Pulaski, Lonoke
Highway system
	Arkansas Highway System ; Interstate ; US ; State ; Business ; Spurs ; Suffixed ; Scenic ; Heritage ;

Last updated November 12, 2024

Highway 161 (AR 161, Ark. 161, and Hwy. 161) is a designation for two state highways in Central Arkansas. Both routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).

Route descriptions

One route of 5.9 miles (9.5 km) runs north from the Jacksonville city limits near Interstate 440 (I-440) to I-57/US 67/US 167 and Vandenberg Boulevard near the Little Rock Air Force Base.^[1] A second route of 19.80 miles (31.87 km) begins at US 165 in England and runs north to terminate at US 165 at Scott.

History

The 1959 Arkansas General Assembly passed and Governor Orval Faubus signed, Act 298, entitled "An Act to Remove a Part of State Highway 161 from the State Highway System" into law; removing a portion of Highway 161 between Faulkner Lake Rd and Highway 130 (present-day U.S. Route 165) from the state highway system. The rationale behind this legislation is not recorded in the minutes of the Arkansas State Highway Commission (ASHC) meeting, but the ASHC concurred with the General Assembly and removed the highway segment from the system on May 13, 1959.^[2]

The section between Prothro Junction and Jacksonville was formerly designated as US 67E. The route became Highway 161 on August 31, 1960 upon completion of the new US 67 alignment between Little Rock and Jacksonville.^[3] The ASHC closed a gap of 7.99 miles (12.86 km) along the Lonoke County segment of Highway 161 on December 13, 1972.^[4] A segment between Cabot and El Paso was redesignated as Highway 5 on June 24, 1970.^[5]

The Arkansas State Highway Commission marked the segment between US 70 and the Jacksonville city limits for removal from the state highway system on December 9, 2021 following construction of a pavement improvement project along the route. The deletion was part of a deal with the cities of Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Pulaski County to cover the relocation costs for Rock Region Metro as part of the "30 Crossing" project on I-30.^[6]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[7]	km	Destinations	Notes
Pulaski	Jacksonville	0.0	0.0	Jacksonville Highway	Continuation south
		0.2	0.32	I-440 – Jacksonville, Texarkana	Exit 12 on I-440
		3.0	4.8	AR 294 east – Furlow	Western terminus of AR 294
		5.8	9.3	I-57 / US 67 / US 167 – Little Rock, Jacksonville, Searcy	Exits 10B-11A on I-57
		5.9	9.5	Vandenberg Boulevard	Continuation west
	Gap in route
Lonoke	England	0.00	0.00	US 165	Southern terminus
Lonoke	Scott	19.71	31.72	US 165 – Little Rock, Keo	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

↑ General Highway Map, Pulaski County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Transportation Planning & Policy Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
↑ "Minute Order 3244" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1960-08-31. p. 1472. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
↑ "Minute Order 3837" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1960-08-31. p. 1380. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
↑ "Minute Order 3837" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1972-12-13. pp. 1416–1417. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
↑ "Minute Order 70-196" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1970-06-24. p. 1636. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
↑ Tudor, Lorie H. (January 19, 2021). "Minute Order 2020-111" (PDF). Administrative Circular 2021-02. Little Rock: Arkansas Department of Transportation. pp. 9–10. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
↑ Arkansas Centerline File (GIS Map) (Map) (Updated ed.). Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services. May 13, 2022 [September 29, 2014]. Retrieved January 7, 2023– via GIS Office.

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[pul-1] General Highway Map, Pulaski County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Transportation Planning & Policy Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-06-28.

[2] "Minute Order 3244" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1960-08-31. p. 1472. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2016-06-28.

[pj-3] "Minute Order 3837" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1960-08-31. p. 1380. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2016-06-28.

[4] "Minute Order 3837" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1972-12-13. pp. 1416–1417. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2016-06-28.

[5] "Minute Order 70-196" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1970-06-24. p. 1636. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-05. Retrieved 2016-06-28.

[6] Tudor, Lorie H. (January 19, 2021). "Minute Order 2020-111" (PDF). Administrative Circular 2021-02. Little Rock: Arkansas Department of Transportation. pp. 9–10. Retrieved January 7, 2023.

[clf-7] Arkansas Centerline File (GIS Map) (Map) (Updated ed.). Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services. May 13, 2022 [September 29, 2014]. Retrieved January 7, 2023– via GIS Office.

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