Arkansas Highway 226

Highway 226
Route information
Maintained by ArDOT
Existed	1958–present
Section 1
Length	2.38 mi [1]  (3.83 km)
West end	CR 278 near Tuckerman
Major intersections	AR 17 near Tuckerman
East end	AR 37 in Tuckerman
Section 2
Length	25.28 mi (40.68 km)
West end	AR 367 near Swifton
Major intersections	AR 224 near Swifton I-57  / US 67  / US 78 near Cash AR 18 in Cash AR 349 near Cash US 49  / US 63  / US 78 west of Jonesboro
East end	I-555  / US 63  / AR 18 in Jonesboro
Location
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
Highway system
Arkansas Highway System Interstate US State Business Spurs Suffixed Scenic Heritage
← AR 225 → AR 227

Arkansas Highway 226 (AR 226) is a designation for two state highways in northeast Arkansas. The main segment of 25.28 miles (40.68 km) runs east from Highway 367 near Swifton to Interstate 555 (I-555) in Jonesboro. Much of this route in the eastern segment is concurrent with U.S. Route 78 (US 78) when it was extended into Arkansas on November 2023. ^{[1] [2]} A short route of 2.38 miles (3.83 km) runs in rural Jackson County west of Tuckerman. ^[3]

Route description

Highway 226 west of Jonesboro

AR 226 runs east from Jackson CR 278 to cross AR 17 to AR 37, where it terminates. The route then runs due east near Swifton through AR 18 in Cash, it meets with US 78 at I-57/US 67 and has concurrency with US 78 to Jonesboro while also meeting AR 349 near Jonesboro. Highway 226 winds into Jonesboro, where US 78 departs from AR 226 at US 63/US 49 then terminates at US 63/AR 18.

History

The route became a state highway in 1958, traveling from an area south of Swifton east to Gibson. AR 226 was later extended to Jonesboro, including a concurrency with AR 39 (now US 49). When US 49 replaced AR 39 around 1980, AR 226 was split into its current alignment and AR 226S. The short Jackson County segment was added to the system in 1996. ^[1]

In 2012, construction was completed that widened four miles of the highway to a four-lane divided facility from the highway's intersection with US 67 to just west of Cash. ^[4] This was the first section of a larger plan that will ultimately widen Highway 226 to four lanes divided from US 67 to US 49 near Gibson. ^[5] This widening project will give motorists a four-lane, divided route the entire length from Little Rock to Jonesboro.

Had I-30 been extended, there were plans to upgrade AR 226 to Interstate standards and designate it as "Interstate 730". ^{[6] [7]} I-30 extension was recycled into extending I-57 from Missouri and just making AR 226 into a standard four lane highway.

US 78 was extended north from Tennessee into Arkansas in November 2023 which follows eastern part of AR 226. ^[8]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Jackson	​	0	0.0	CR 278	Western terminus
	​	1.0	1.6	AR 17
	Tuckerman	2.4	3.9	AR 37  – Tuckerman, Cord	Eastern terminus
	AR 226 short segment ends, AR 226 main segment begins at Arkansas Highway 367
	​	0	0.0	AR 367  – Tuckerman, Walnut Ridge	Western terminus; former US 67
	​	1.4	2.3	AR 224
Craighead	​	7.4	11.9	I-57  / US 67  – St. Louis, Little Rock US 78 begins	Western terminus of US 78; exit 102 on I-57
	Cash	12.3	19.8	AR 18 to AR 91  – Grubbs
	​	19.3	31.1	AR 349 north to AR 91	Southern terminus of AR 349
	​	22.0	35.4	US 49 south / US 63 south – Waldenburg	West end of US 49/US 63 overlap
	​	23.0	37.0	US 49 north / US 63 north / US 78 east – Jonesboro	East end of US 49/US 63/US 78 overlap
	Jonesboro	25.5	41.0	I-555  / US 63  / AR 18  – Trumann, Hoxie	Eastern terminus; exit 46 on I-555
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi        Concurrency terminus

Jonesboro spur

Highway 226S
Location	Jonesboro
Length	1.03 mi (1.66 km)
Existed	1980–present

Arkansas Highway 226 Spur is a spur route in Jonesboro. Known locally as Wood Springs Road, the route is 1.03 miles (1.66 km) in length. ^[9]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Jonesboro, Craighead County.

mi [2]	km	Destinations	Notes
0	0.0	AR 226	Northern terminus
1.0	1.6	US 49 (Southwest Dr)	Southern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• United States portal
• U.S. Roads portal

• List of state highways in Arkansas

References

1. "[Arkansas] State Highways 2009 (Database)." April 2010. AHTD: Planning and Research Division. Database. Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 10, 2011.
2. General Highway Map - Craighead County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (11/12/2009 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
3. General Highway Map - Jackson County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (10/21/2010 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
4. See AHTD Information release at http://www.arkansashighways.com/news/2010/AHC027_CRAIGHEAD.pdf, accessed 5-30-2013
5. See AHTD Information Release at http://www.arkansashighways.com/news/2010/104.pdf, accessed 5-30-2013.
6. "A Faster Trip From Region 8". Jonesboro, AR: KAIT-TV. March 12, 2003. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
7. "Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce Headed to Nation's Capitol". Jonesboro, AR: KAIT-TV. February 20, 2004. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
8. "Commission approves extending U.S. 78 designation into Arkansas | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette". www.nwaonline.com. October 26, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
9. Map of Jonesboro, Craighead County (Map) (October 30, 2006 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved May 10, 2011.

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