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The list of Interstate Highways in Arkansas encompasses nine members of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in the state of Arkansas.
The 2010–2013 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program from the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) lists cable median barrier installation projects along segments of Interstate 30, [1] Interstate 40, [2] Interstate 55, [2] Interstate 430, [2] and Interstate 540 [3] (also US 67 {Future Interstate 57} from Cabot to Jacksonville) [4] to begin as funds become available. The high-tension designs will first be installed in areas with narrow medians (less than 40 feet (12 m) wide) that carry an average daily traffic of 15,000 or greater near sites of recent serious crossover collisions.
Number | Length (mi) [5] | Length (km) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Formed | Removed | Notes | |
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I-30 | 143.02 | 230.17 | I-30 at the Texas state line | I-40 at North Little Rock | 1957 | current | Goes through Hope, Arkadelphia, Benton, and Little Rock | |
I-40 | 284.69 | 458.16 | I-40 at the Oklahoma state line | I-40 at the Tennessee state line | 1964 | current | Goes through Van Buren, Russellville, Conway, North Little Rock, ends at Hernando de Soto Bridge crossing the Mississippi River | |
I-49 | 109.81 | 176.72 | I-49 at the Louisiana state line | I-49 at the Missouri state line | 2014 | current | ||
I-55 | 72.22 | 116.23 | I-55 at the Tennessee state line | I-55 at the Missouri state line | 1960 | current | Parallels the Mississippi River | |
Future I-57 | — | — | I-40 in Little Rock | I-57 at the Missouri state line | proposed [6] | — | Future route along US 67 | |
Future I-69 | 185 | 298 | I-69 at the Louisiana state line | I-69/US 278 at the Mississippi state line | proposed | — | Monticello Bypass currently under construction; proposed to head northeast between Magnolia and El Dorado then proposed to head north near Louann then proposed to head east and go south of Camden, Harrell, Warren, Wilmar, and Monticello, where it will meet the I-530 extension, then proposed to go north of McGehee then proposed to go south of Arkansas City then proposed to end at Charles W. Dean Bridge, which will cross the Mississippi River | |
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Number | Length (mi) [5] | Length (km) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Formed | Removed | Notes | |
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I-130 | 5.8 | 9.3 | US 71 in Texarkana | I-30 in Texarkana | 2000 | 2014 | Planned as a spur route for the Texarkana loop east of the Texas state line; now signed as I-49 | |
I-430 | 12.93 | 20.81 | I-30 at Little Rock | I-40 near North Little Rock | 1980 | c.current | Bypasses Little Rock and North Little Rock | |
I-440 | 9.96 | 16.03 | I-30 at Little Rock | I-40 in North Little Rock | 2003 | current | Connects I-40 with I-30 and I-530 | |
I-530 | 46.65 | 75.08 | US 65 at Pine Bluff | I-30 in Little Rock | 1999 | current | Will connect to Future I-69 | |
I-540 | 15.87 | 25.54 | US 71 near Fort Smith | I-40 in Van Buren | 1965 | current | North portion became part of I-49 | |
I-555 | 49.2 | 79.2 | I-55 near Turrell | US 49/AR 18 at Jonesboro | 2016 | current | Continues north as US 63 | |
I-630 | 7.40 | 11.91 | I-430 in Little Rock | I-30 in Little Rock | 1985 | current | ||
I-730 | — | — | US 49 in Jonesboro | US 67 | — | 2016 | Would have followed AR 226 but was cancelled when I-30 extension was cancelled in 2016 | |
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Interstate 30 (I-30) is a major Interstate Highway in the southern states of Texas and Arkansas in the United States. I-30 travels 366.76 miles from I-20 west of Fort Worth, Texas, northeast via Dallas, and Texarkana, Texas, to I-40 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The highway parallels U.S. Route 67 (US 67) except for the portion west of downtown Dallas. Between the termini, I-30 has interchanges with I-35W, I-35E, and I-45. I-30 is known as the Tom Landry Freeway between I-35W and I-35E, within the core of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west transcontinental Interstate Highway in the southeastern and southwestern portions of the United States. At a length of 2,556.61 miles (4,114.46 km), it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80. From west to east, it passes through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Its western terminus is at I-15 in Barstow, California, while its eastern terminus is at a concurrency with U.S. Route 117 (US 117) and North Carolina Highway 132 (NC 132) in Wilmington, North Carolina. Major cities served by the interstate include Flagstaff, Arizona; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Amarillo, Texas; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Little Rock, Arkansas; Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville in Tennessee; and Asheville, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Durham, Raleigh, and Wilmington in North Carolina.
Lincoln County is located between the Arkansas Timberlands and Arkansas Delta in the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is also within the Pine Bluff metro area, and on the outer edge of the Central Arkansas region. The county is named for President Abraham Lincoln. Created as Arkansas's 65th county on March 28, 1871, Lincoln County has three incorporated cities, including Star City, the county seat and most populous city. The county contains 46 unincorporated communities and ghost towns, Cane Creek State Park at the confluence of Cane Creek and Bayou Bartholomew, and nine listings on the National Register of Historic Places to preserve the history and culture of the county.
Interstate 630 (I-630) in Arkansas is an east–west connector within Little Rock. It is also known as the Wilbur D. Mills Freeway and starts at I-30, U.S. Highway 65 (US 65), US 67, and US 167, traveling west through downtown Little Rock to I-430, Chenal Parkway, and Shackleford Road.
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Arkansas Highway 10 is an east–west state highway in West Arkansas. The route runs 135.41 miles (217.92 km) from Oklahoma State Highway 120 near Hackett east to Interstate 30 in Little Rock, the state's capitol. The highway serves both the Fort Smith metropolitan area and the Little Rock – North Little Rock – Conway metropolitan area.
Highway 112 is a north–south state highway in Northwest Arkansas. The route of 25.84 miles (41.59 km) runs from Highway 16 Spur north through Fayetteville, across Interstate 49/US 62/US 71 (I-49/US 62/US 71) to Highway 12 in Bentonville.
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT), formerly the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, is a government department in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Its mission is to provide a safe, efficient, aesthetically pleasing and environmentally sound intermodal transportation system for the user. The department is responsible for implementing policy made by the Arkansas State Highway Commission, a board of officials appointed by the Governor of Arkansas to direct transportation policy in the state. The department's director is appointed by the commission to hire staff and manage construction and maintenance on Arkansas's highways.
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