Twelve special routes of U.S. Route 63 currently exist. Arkansas and Missouri each contain five, with two in Iowa. There are also five former routings that have been removed from the system.
US63B begins at US63 in Hermitage in South Arkansas. Highway160 also comes into this junction along US63, turning south at the junction. US63B runs north as Main Street, passing through the commercial district of the town before turning right onto Grand Avenue. Now running east, US63B passes one block north of the historic Hermitage City Hall and Jail and Hermitage Volunteer Fire Department before continuing east and terminating at US63.
U.S. Route 63 Business (US 63B and Hwy. 63B) is a 2.699-mile (4.344km) business route of U.S. Route 63 in Warren, the county seat of Bradley County, Arkansas.
Route description
First reassurance markers northbound of a combined US63B and US278B in Warren
The route was created by the Arkansas State Highway Commission as Highway 15 Business (AR15B) along a former alignment of AR15 following completion of a bypass around downtown Warren.[7] Shortly thereafter, the route was renumbered to US63B when US63 supplanted AR15 as part of an extension south from West Memphis to Ruston, Louisiana; approved by AASHTO on October 2, 1999.[4]
U.S. Route 63 Business (US 63B and Hwy. 63B) is a business route of 2.735 miles (4.402km) in Craighead County, Arkansas.
Route description
US63B begins at US63 at the southern edge of the small town of Bono in the Arkansas Delta.[10] The roadway continues northwesterly, paralleling the BNSF Railway tracks through a commercial part of town. US63B serves as the eastern terminus of Highway230 (Church Street) near the center of town before continuing northwest to terminate at the parent route.[10]
U.S. Highway 63 Business (US 63B and Hwy. 63B) is a business route of 4.26 miles (6.86km) in Lawrence County, Arkansas.
Route description
US63B turns onto AR367 along Texas Street in Hoxie
US63B begins at US63 in Walnut Ridge, a small city on Crowley's Ridge in Northeast Arkansas. The two-lane road runs northwest, paralleling the BNSF Railway tracks and crossing under a freeway segment of US67 and US 412 (with no connection) before entering Hoxie as Lindsey Street. After passing through a residential section, US63B crosses the Union Pacific Railroad tracks before intersecting AR367; the two routes form a concurrency southbound as Texas Street for four blocks. The concurrency ends at Hartigan Road (a one-way pair), US63B turns northwest and passes Hoxie High School and the Hoxie School District administration offices. The route curves to again parallel the BNSF railroad tracks before a junction with US63 and US 412, where it terminates.[14][12]
History
The Arkansas State Highway Commission created the US63B designation in Hoxie on May 13, 1998. The designation was established following completion of a bypass around the town, with US63 rerouted onto the bypass and US63B created along former US63 through downtown.[13]
Major intersections
Mileage reflects northbound travel. The entire route is in Lawrence County.
Business 63 southbound from its northern terminus with US 63 and Missouri route 19
U.S. Highway 63 Business is a business route in Thayer, Missouri. the route begins on a concurrency with Missouri Route 142 after about half a mile route 142 leaves the concurrency, then business 63 continues along the west side of Thayer. North of Thayer the route terminates at US 63 and the southern terminus of Missouri Route 19
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U.S. Highway 63 Business is a business route in West Plains, Missouri. It starts about 0.75 miles (1.21km) north of Missouri Supplemental Highway ZZ, and locally is known as Bill Virdon Blvd. As the road starts to turn to the west around Grace Ave., the road changes names to East Main St., passing by Ozark Action. About 0.25 miles (0.40km) west of Ozark Action at Howell Ave., East Main St. turns off at Howell Ave., and the road is named Jackie Garrett Dr., after a local service station owner for many years. The station is at the corner of Porter Wagoner Blvd. and Broadway. Crossing Washington Ave near Court Square, the road changes names again to Broadway. After running as Broadway for about 1 mile (1.6km), the road turns toward the north again at Porter Wagoner Blvd., where the Garrett service station stands, and remains that name until it meets back with US 63 near the Wayhaven area of West Plains.
The route was created by renumbering Highway 15 Business (AR15B) when US63 supplanted AR15 as part of an extension south from West Memphis to Ruston, Louisiana; approved by AASHTO on October 2, 1999.[4] The designation was deleted in November 2020; with the segment along Olive Street between I-530 and Harding Street becoming a new segment of Highway463.[33]
The roadway was previously part of Highway11 (AR11),[38] and was later redesignated Highway 11 Spur.[39] The US63B designation replaced AR11S when US63 supplanted AR11 as part of an extension south from West Memphis to Ruston, Louisiana; approved by AASHTO on October 2, 1999.[4] On February 6, 2008, the Arkansas State Highway Commission relinquished control of the roadway to local maintenance.[35]
US63B began at an exit along I-555/US63 and the northern terminus of AR149 in Marked Tree, a small town in the Arkansas Delta. It ran northeast as 10th Street to turn onto Frisco Street, with the roadway continuing straight as AR308 toward the Marked Tree Municipal Airport. Now paralleling the BNSF Railway tracks, the route passed through the Marked Tree Commercial Historic District, the historic commercial center of the city, before an intersection with Gayosa Street.[43] US63B turned left onto Gayosa Street, beginning an concurrency with AR14, with AR140 beginning eastward from this junction. US63B/AR14 continued southwest together over the St. Francis River to I-555/US63, where US63B terminated.[40]
History
Mainline US63 was rerouted onto the bypass with US63B designated along the former alignment through downtown Marked Tree.[41] It was deleted on May 20, 2019[42] when US63 was rerouted to overlap US49 between Brinkley and Jonesboro, thus removing US63 from Interstate 555 (I-555), which it had overlapped between West Memphis and Jonesboro.[44]
Major intersections
This table reflects the highway's junctions upon decommissioning. The entire route was in Marked Tree, Poinsett County.
The US63C designation began at US63 (now AR463 in Trumann, a small town in Northeast Arkansas. It ran northeast along Melton Avenue before curving northwest and paralleling the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) railroad tracks. The highway designation turned onto Oak Street through a residential area before turning onto Pine Street for one block, then onto Speedway Street to again parallel the Frisco railroad before terminating at an intersection with US63. The roadway continued west as AR69.[45]
History
The Arkansas General Assembly passed the Act 148 of 1957, the Milum Road Act, creating 10–12 miles (16–19km) of new state highways in each county.[48] The City of Trumann requested the Arkansas State Highway Commission add this segment to the state highway system as a city truck route, however adding routes within municipalities was not permitted initially. Following a change in policy, Trumann again requested the route's addition, which was granted on March 4, 1959.[46] US63C was deleted on October 28, 1970, with the segment between US63 (now AR463) and Pine Avenue becoming an extension of AR69 and the remainder becoming a city street.[47]
US 63 BUS ran northwest from US 63 to meet AR 18. US 63 BUS/AR 18 became Highland Drive east across US 49/AR 1 and north with AR 141 (former US 49 BUS). The route ran west as Dan Ave. to terminate at US 63.
History
In 1961, the Arkansas Highway Department collaborated with the city planning division of Arkansas State University, the City of Jonesboro, and Craighead County to develop transportation plans for the area. The top priority in the plan was the "Johnson Street Connection", which connected Main Street (AR1) and US63 along Johnson Avenue, Floyd Street, and Dan Avenue. On November 8, 1961, the Arkansas State Highway Commission designated the Johnson Avenue Extension as U.S. 63 City Route (US 63C).[49] Following construction of a bypass around downtown Jonesboro; US63 was rerouted onto the new bypass; with US63C and former alignments of US63 becoming part of a newly designated US63B, including concurrencies with AR1 (Main Street) and AR18 (Highland Avenue). The changes were made by the Arkansas State Highway Commission on May 27, 1970[51] and were officially confirmed by the United States Route Number Committee of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) later in the year.[52]
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