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Country | United States | |||
State | Arkansas | |||
Counties | Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Jackson, Stone, White | |||
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Arkansas Highway 87 (AR 87) is a designation for four state highways in Arkansas. Created during the 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering, the original alignment remains between Bradford and Pleasant Plains, though it has been revised and extended over the years. The three remaining segments are former county roads, connecting rural communities to local points of interest and other state highways. All three were added to the state highway system in 1973 during a period of system expansion. All segments are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
No segment of Highway 87 has been listed as part of the National Highway System, [1] a network of roads important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility. [2]
Location | Higginson–Kensett |
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Length | 3.11 mi [1] (5.01 km) |
Existed | May 23, 1973 [3] –present |
Highway 87 (AR 87, Ark. 87, and Hwy. 87) is a north–south state highway in central White County. The highway straddles the border of the Arkansas Grand Prairie and the Arkansas Valley Hills ecoregions. [4]
The highway begins in Higginson, a small rural city, at Highway 11 (Baker Street). It runs due northeast paralleling the Union Pacific Railway tracks through downtown, passing a city park before bridging Glade Creek. [5] On the north side of the bridge, Highway 87 exits the community, continuing to parallel the railroad tracks through a sparsely populated agricultural area. [6] The highway enters the small city of Kensett at the southeast corner, with state maintenance ending just across the city limits at an intersection with Central Avenue. The roadway continues northeast as Morris Avenue under city maintenance. [7]
The ArDOT maintains Highway 87 like all other parts of the state highway system. As a part of these responsibilities, the Department tracks the volume of traffic using its roads in surveys using a metric called average annual daily traffic (AADT). ArDOT estimates the traffic level for a segment of roadway for any average day of the year in these surveys. As of 2017, the only location estimated was near the southern terminus in Higginson, with 440 vehicles per day (VPD). [8]
The entire route is in White County.
Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Higginson | 0.00 | 0.00 | AR 11 (Baker Street) – Des Arc, Searcy | Southern terminus | |
Kensett | 3.11 | 5.01 | End state maintenance at Central Avenue / Morris Avenue | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
The highway was created by the Arkansas State Highway Commission on May 23, 1973 during a period of highway system expansion following the Arkansas General Assembly passing Act 9 of 1973. [3] The act directed county judges and legislators to designate up to 12 miles (19 km) of county roads as state highways in each county. [9] The alignment has remained unchanged since designation.
Location | Bradford–Concord |
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Length | 26.67 mi [1] (42.92 km) |
Existed | April 1, 1926 [10] –present |
Highway 87 (AR 87, Ark. 87, and Hwy. 87) is a north–south state highway in Northeast Arkansas. The route begins at Interstate 57 (I-57) in the floodplain and lowlands along the White River, and runs uphill through small towns and concurrent with US 167 to Concord in the Lower Boston Mountains. [4]
Highway 87 begins at the eastern side of a diamond interchange with I-57/US 67 in northeastern White County, a sparsely populated rural area. It runs west across the Controlled-access highway before entering the small town of Bradford. In Bradford, the highway becomes Main Street, passing historic properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP): the Ward-Stout House, U.L. Hickmon Hardware Store, and the Dr. Lovell House. [11] The highway crosses the Union Pacific Railway tracks in downtown Bradford just east of an intersection with Highway 367 (2nd Street). [12] West of downtown, Highway 87 passes Bradford High School before exiting the city heading west. Highway 87 becomes a rural highway, passing farmsteads like the NRHP-listed Marshall Hickmon Homestead, [11] [6] and briefly entering Jackson County before returning to White County. [13] Near Denmark, the highway intersects US 167, forming a concurrency heading north.
US 167/AR 87 run together into Independence County to the small town of Pleasant Plains in the southern part of the county. Highway 87 turns from US 167 at a junction with Highway 157. Highway 157 and Highway 87 form a concurrency westward into Pleasant Plains for 0.3 miles (0.48 km) as Blackland Road before Highway 157 turns south as Batesville Boulevard, leaving Highway 87 to continue west as Floral Road. [14] West of Pleasant Plains, Highway 87 passes through a rural area dotted with residences and passes through two unincorporated communities, Cedar Grove and Floral, before entering Cleburne County. [15]
In northeastern Cleburne County, Highway 87 passes through a sparsely populated area, and the community of Banner before entering Concord. [16] The route terminates in the small town at Highway 25 (Heber Springs Road). [17]
County | Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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White | | 0.00 | 0.00 | I-57 / US 67 – Bald Knob, Little Rock | Southern terminus | |||
Bradford | 0.80 | 1.29 | AR 367 (2nd Street) – Bald Knob, Newport | Former US 67 | ||||
Jackson | No major junctions | |||||||
White | Denmark | 10.39 | 16.72 | US 167 south – Bald Knob, Batesville | Begin US 167 overlap | |||
See US 167 and Highway 157 | ||||||||
Independence | Pleasant Plains | 0.00 | 0.00 | AR 157 south – Sunnydale, Oil Trough | End AR 157 overlap | |||
Cleburne | Concord | 16.28 | 26.20 | AR 25 (Heber Springs Road) – Heber Springs, Batesville | Northern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Highway 87 between Bradford and Pleasant Plains was an original Arkansas state highway, created on April 1, 1926. [10] On the September 1928 map, State Road 11 supplanted State Road 87 between Pleasant Plains and Denmark, with State Road 11 continuing due south from Denmark to Bald Knob on an "impassible road" (the present-day alignment of US 167). [18] The remaining route was replaced by State Road 11 on the September 1929 map, with the route between Denmark and Bald Knob disappearing from the map. [19] [20] On the 1937 Official Highway Service Map, Highway 87 was redesignated along the "impassible road", now marked as "graded earth" in White County and "gravel or stone surfaced" in Jackson County. [21] On the 1945 state highway map, the Highway 11 designation was assigned to the roadway between Denmark and Bald Knob, with Highway 87 running along its present alignment between Bradford and Denmark as a gravel road. [22]
The segment from Pleasant Plains to Concord was added on July 10, 1957, during a period of expansion in the state highway system. [23] The Arkansas General Assembly passed the Act 148 of 1957, the Milum Road Act, creating 10–12 miles (16–19 km) of new state highways in each county. [9] The highway was extended east from downtown Bradford to the present-day freeway alignment of US 67 on April 17, 1986. [24] It was realigned around US 167 in 1998, including adopting a former segment of US 167 to connect to the new US 167 alignment. [25]
Location | Stone County, Arkansas |
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Length | 10.05 mi [1] (16.17 km) |
Existed | March 28, 1973 [26] –present |
Highway 87 (AR 87, Ark. 87, and Hwy. 87) is a north–south state highway in Stone County, Arkansas. [27]
Mountain View is established in a small outcropping of the relatively flat Springfield Plateau, which quickly gives rise to the steeper Ozark Highlands as the route runs north. [4] Highway 87 begins at Highway 66 (Main Street) in Mountain View, the small-town county seat of Stone County in the Ozark Mountains. It begins west of downtown Mountain View across the street from the historic Brewer's Mill and runs north as Lancaster Avenue before turning left. The highway passes the Stone County Fairgrounds and a city park before exiting the city northbound, entering a sparsely populated, forested area. Highway 87 winds and curves, crossing Sylamore Creek and entering the Ozark National Forest just north of the unincorporated community of Gayler. Shortly after entering the National Forest, Highway terminates at Highway 14, the Sylamore Scenic Byway, near the entrance to Blanchard Springs Caverns, a cave system owned by the United States Forest Service. [27]
ArDOT estimates average daily traffic on the route ranges from 1100 vehicles per day (VPD) near the southern terminus in Mountain Home, to 360 VPD near the northern terminus. [8]
The entire route is in Stone County.
Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Mountain View | 0.00 | 0.00 | AR 66 (Main Street) | Southern terminus | |
| 10.05 | 16.17 | AR 14 (Sylamore Scenic Byway) – Fifty Six | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
The highway was designated on March 28, 1973 pursuant to Act 9 of 1973 by the Arkansas General Assembly. [26] The act directed county judges and legislators to designate up to 12 miles (19 km) of county roads as state highways in each county. [9] The alignment has not changed since designation.
Location | Fulton County, Arkansas |
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Length | 13.68 mi [1] (22.02 km) |
Existed | May 23, 1973 [28] –present |
Highway 87 (AR 87, Ark. 87, and Hwy. 87) is a north–south state highway in Fulton County, Arkansas. [29]
Highway 87 begins at Elizabeth, an unincorporated community in western Fulton County. The southern terminus is an intersection with Elizabeth Road, a paved road continuing east toward Mitchell and Salem. The intersection also includes the eastern terminus of Boggy Point Cove, also paved, which runs southwest toward Norfork Lake. Both other roadways at the southern terminus are under the jurisdiction of the Fulton County Road Department. [29] Highway 87 runs north from Elizabeth through a very sparsely populated area of the Central Plateau of the Ozark Highlands. [4] The highway crosses Big Creek before an intersection with US 62/US 412 just west of Gepp. Continuing north, Highway 87 remains rural in character. The highway crosses Bennett's River near Vidette, and Poor Hollow Branch and Little Creek in the northwest corner of the county. Highway 87 also intersects Sparrow Road, the county road leading to the County Line School and Lodge, a historic school, Freemason lodge, and community building listed on the NRHP. [11] North of the intersection, Highway 87 continues toward the Missouri state line, where it continues as Missouri Supplemental Route AR. [29]
The highway is a low traffic roadway. North of US 62/US 412, the route saw an average of 370 vehicles per day (VPD), with a count of 540 just south of the intersection. [8]
The entire route is in Fulton County.
Location | mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Elizabeth | 0.00 | 0.00 | CR 2448 (Elizabeth Road / Boggy Point Cove) | Southern terminus | |
Gepp | 4.47 | 7.19 | US 62 / US 412 – Mountain Home, Salem | ||
| 13.68 | 22.02 | Route AR north | Continuation into Missouri | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
The route was created on May 23, 1973 by the Arkansas State Highway Commission pursuant to Act 9 of 1973 by the Arkansas General Assembly. [28] The act directed county judges and legislators to designate up to 12 miles (19 km) of county roads as state highways in each county. [9] The following year, the highway was extended to the Missouri state line to align with the proposed addition of Supplemental Route AR to the Missouri State Highway System. [30]
Highway 156 is a designation for three east–west state highways in Washington County, Arkansas. The first segment was created in 1937, with two more created in 1973. All are minor state highways established to provide system connectivity and are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
Highway 103 is a designation for two north–south state highways in Arkansas. One segment begins in Clarksville in the Arkansas River Valley and runs north to the Ozark National Forest. A second route runs through a sparsely populated segment of the Ozark Mountains between the Buffalo National River and Highway 21 near the Missouri state line.
Highway 355 is a designation for three north–south state highways in Southwest Arkansas. The routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
Highway 77 is a north–south state highway in Northeast Arkansas. The route of 66.70 miles (107.34 km) runs from US Highway 70 (US 70) in West Memphis north through small towns and agricultural areas of the Arkansas Delta to Missouri Route 108 at the Missouri state line. It is generally a low-traffic road except in West Memphis. Created during the 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering, the route was extended in the 1950s and 1960s, including along a former alignment of US 61. AR 77 does not have any spur or business routes.
Arkansas Highway 14 is a designation for two state highways in Arkansas. One segment of 208.12 miles (334.94 km) begins east of Table Rock Lake and runs east to Interstate 555 (I-555) at Payneway. A second segment of 19.23 miles (30.95 km) runs from Highway 140 in Lepanto east to Mississippi CR S449 at Golden Lake. Segments of the highway are part of two Arkansas Scenic Byways: Sylamore Scenic Byway in the Ozark National Forest and the Crowley's Ridge Parkway atop Crowley's Ridge.
Highway 206 is a designation for three east–west state highways in the Ozark Mountains. Each segment was created during periods of state highway systemwide expansions ordered by the Arkansas General Assembly to add system mileage in every county, first in 1957, and again in 1973. All are low-traffic highways providing connectivity between rural communities and major highways in the area. All are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
Highway 126 is a designation for two north–south state highways in Baxter County, Arkansas. A southern route of 11.66 miles (18.76 km) runs from Buffalo City north to US Route 62/US Route 412 (US 62/US 412) near Mountain Home. A second route of 7.03 miles (11.31 km) begins at US 62/US 412 in Gassville and runs north to Highway 5/Highway 178 at Midway.
Highway 115 is a state highway in Northeast Arkansas. The route begins at US Highway 167 and Highway 58 in Cave City and runs northeast to Missouri Route 21 near Doniphan, Missouri, including a 14 miles (23 km) concurrency with US 62/US 412 between Imboden and Pocahontas. The highway is maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT).
Highway 141 is designation for two north–south state highways in Northeast Arkansas. The longer segment was created in 1931 and extended throughout the mid-20th century to the current alignment connecting Jonesboro and points north. The Jonesboro segment was a former city street added to the state highway system in 1973. Both are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
Highway 157 is a designation for two state highways in Northeast Arkansas. One segment begins at Highway 367 in Judsonia and runs north to Highway 14 near Oil Trough. A second, short industrial access road also carries the Highway 157 designation in Diaz. Both routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
Highway 179 is a north–south state highway in Franklin County, Arkansas. Since 1998, the state highway designation has run from a county road intersection at the unincorporated community of Greenwood to US Highway 64 (US 64) in Altus. The highway is maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
Highway 164 is a designation for four segments of state highway in the Arkansas River Valley. Each are low-volume local roads providing connectivity to small communities, or recreation areas near the Ozark National Forest. The first segment was created in 1945, with the remaining segments created during the late 1950s and 1960s, a period of major Arkansas Highway System expansion. A single spur route provides access to an industrial area in Clarksville. All routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
Highway 105 is a north–south state highway in Pope County, Arkansas. The route runs from Galla Creek Wildlife Management Area north across Interstate 40 (I-40) and U.S. Route 64 (US 64) to Highway 27 in Hector. AR 105 was created during the 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering. The route is maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
Highway 330 is an east–west state highway in Van Buren County, Arkansas. The highway is a low traffic, two-lane highway connecting Highway 16 to Greers Ferry Lake at Fairfield Bay. Highway 330 is maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT). Two former highway designations in the county in the 1960s were returned to local control in 1997 and 2013.
Highway 75 is a north–south state highway in the Arkansas Delta. The route runs from Highway 38/Highway 50 north to AR 14/AR 140/AR 149 in Marked Tree. Created during the initial 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering, Highway 75 has been shortened and extended over roughly the same alignment over its lifetime. The highway has one spur route, Highway 75 Spur in the small town of Parkin. Both highways are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
Highway 52 is a designation for three state highways in Southeast Arkansas. All segments are low volume, two-lane roadways in rural areas. The segment between Wilmot and Indian has been designated since the original 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering, with new designations created in 1966 and 1985. All segments are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
Arkansas Highway 36 is a designation for two state highways in Central Arkansas. One segment of 50.51 miles (81.29 km) runs from U.S. Route 64 (US 64) at Hamlet east to Interstate 57 (I-57) in Searcy. A second segment of 17.45 miles (28.08 km) runs from I-57 in Searcy east to Georgetown. Both routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT).
Highway 369 is a designation for three north–south state highways in Arkansas. All are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT). One segment provides connectivity in the Ouachita Mountains, with the other two serving as short industrial access roads. The longest segment was designated in 1966 and extended thrice, with the two industrial access roads created in 1978 and 1980. All three segments are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
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