U.S. Route 63 in Arkansas

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US 63.svg
U.S. Highway 63
U.S. Route 63 in Arkansas
US 63 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ArDOT
Length340.0 mi (547.2 km)
Major junctions
South endUS 63.svgUS 167.svg US 63  / US 167 at Junction City
Major intersections
North endUS 63.svg US 63 in Mammoth Spring
Location
Country United States
State Arkansas
Counties Union, Bradley, Cleveland, Jefferson, Arkansas, Prairie, Monroe, Woodruff, Cross, Poinsett, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Sharp, Fulton
Highway system
US 62 (AR).svg US 62 US 64 (AR).svg US 64

U.S. Highway 63 (US 63) is a north-south U.S. highway that begins in Ruston, LA. In the US state of Arkansas the highway enters the state from Louisiana concurrent with US 167 in Junction City. The highway runs north through the eastern part of the state, serving rural areas of South Arkansas and the Arkansas Delta, as well as Pine Bluff and Jonesboro. The highway exits the state at Mammoth Spring traveling into Missouri.

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Route description

U.S. 63 enters into Arkansas from Louisiana concurrent with US 167 in Junction City. Just a few miles into the state, the two highways run on the eastern edge of El Dorado as an expressway. US 167 splits here, traveling towards Hampton. US 63 bypasses the town of Warren, crossing US 270. US 63 passes through the rural Cleveland County, then enters into Jefferson County.

US 63 at the southern terminus of I-530 in Pine Bluff Int530nRoad-Exit46-AR190US65s-US63sUS79s (29256137500).jpg
US 63 at the southern terminus of I-530 in Pine Bluff

In Jefferson County, US 63 serves the city of Pine Bluff. US 63 bypasses the city, running on the last 3 miles of I-530. Also in Pine Bluff, the highway overlaps with US 65 and US 79. US 63 runs northeast with US 79 until Stuttgart, where the highway runs north to Hazen. Just north of Hazen, US 63 overlaps with I-40 to Brinkley. In Brinkley, US 63 begins an overlap with US 49 north to Jonesboro. US 63 leaves US 49 and follows I-555 until I-555 terminates, together serving as a bypass for southern Jonesboro. In Hoxie, US 63 intersects with I-57/US 67. Northwest of here near Portia the highway overlaps with US 412.

In Imboden, US 62 joins this overlap. In Hardy, US 63 leaves the two highways. In Mammoth Spring, US 63 crosses into Missouri, traveling to West Plains.

US Highway 62 joins US 63 and 412 in Imboden US 63, 62, and 412 at Imboden, AR.jpg
US Highway 62 joins US 63 and 412 in Imboden

History

Portions of U.S. 63 in northern Arkansas have their origins in the work of the Ozark Trails Association, which established a network of roads in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri beginning in the 1910s. A portion of roadway was mapped out in Arkansas between Mammoth Spring and Memphis, Tennessee, and built c. 1918-22. This roadway was eventually designated Highway A-7, and was later designated U.S. 63. Some of the original infrastructure of this early construction has survived the 1927 Mississippi flood and the realignment of U.S. 63 in 1967. Northwest of Tyronza, Old U.S. 63 runs for about 1-1/4 miles of original concrete pavement; [1] it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [2] Four bridges built in the 1920s (three before the 1927 flood and one after, are also on the National Register; three southeast of Marked Tree, and one southeast of Tyronza. [3] [4]

On March 11, 2016, Interstate 555 (I-555) was dedicated after a new resolution passed in December 2015 allowing farm equipment to use the roadway when it became an interstate.

In April 2019, ArDOT submitted an application to AASHTO to reroute US 63 concurrent with US 49 between Brinkley and Jonesboro, eliminating the concurrencies with I-55 and I-555, and part of the concurrency with I-40. [5] The rerouting took effect in 2021. [6] However, a small section of US 63 in Jonesboro was redesignated as I-555 on November 23 of the same year, making US 63 partly concurrent with I-555 again. [7]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmExitDestinationsNotes
Union Junction City 0.00.0South plate.svg
US 63.svg
South plate.svg
US 167.svg
US 63 south / US 167 south Ruston
Louisiana state line
10.416.7South plate.svg
Arkansas 7.svg
AR 7 south Lockhart, LA
South end of AR 7 overlap
El Dorado 14.122.7US 82 (AR).svgSouth plate.svg
Arkansas 15.svg
Airport Sign.svg US 82  / AR 15 south Magnolia, Crossett, South Arkansas Regional Airport
Interchange; US 82 exit 22
15.024.115US 82B (AR).svgNorth plate.svg
US 167B (AR).svg
US 82B  / US 167B north (Hillsboro Street)
Interchange
16.226.1North plate.svg
US 167 (AR).svg
US 167 north / Main Street Fordyce, Camden
Interchange; North end of US 167 / AR 7 overlap; US 63 north follows exit 16
Old Union 22.536.2South plate.svg
Arkansas 129.svg
AR 129 south (Lawson Road) Lawson
33.253.4South plate.svg
Arkansas 275.svg
AR 275 south Strong
Bradley 36.458.6Arkansas 600.svg AR 600  Moro Bay State Park
48.978.7West plate.svg
Arkansas 160.svg
AR 160 west Jersey
South end of AR 160 overlap
Hermitage 52.784.8North plate.svg
US 63B (AR).svg
East plate.svg
Arkansas 160.svg
US 63B north / AR 160 east Hermitage, Ingalls
North end of AR 160 overlap
53.485.9South plate.svg
US 63B (AR).svg
US 63B south Hermitage
Carmel 62.2100.1East plate.svg
Arkansas 8.svg
AR 8 east Johnsville
South end of AR 8 overlap
64.1103.2Arkansas 980(Airport).svg AR 980  Warren Municipal Airport
Warren 65.4105.3US 278 (AR).svg US 278  Hampton, Monticello
65.9106.1North plate.svg
US 63B (AR).svg
US 63B north
66.9107.7US 278B (AR).svg US 278B
68.4110.1West plate.svg
Arkansas 8.svg
AR 8 west Fordyce
North end of AR 8 overlap
69.0111.0South plate.svg
US 63B (AR).svg
South plate.svg
Arkansas 189.svg
US 63B south / AR 189 south Monticello
Cleveland Rye 74.8120.4South plate.svg
Arkansas 35.svg
AR 35 south Monticello, Lake Monticello
South end of AR 35 overlap
Pansy North plate.svg
Arkansas 11.svg
North plate.svg
Arkansas 35.svg
AR 11 north / AR 35 north Rison, Star City
North end of AR 35 overlap
Calmer West plate.svg
Arkansas 114.svg
AR 114 west Rison
South end of AR 114 overlap
East plate.svg
Arkansas 114.svg
AR 114 east Star City
North end of AR 114 overlap
Jefferson East plate.svg
Arkansas 54.svg
AR 54 east Glendale
South end of AR 54 overlap
Pinebergen West plate.svg
Arkansas 54.svg
AR 54 west
North end of AR 54 overlap
Pine Bluff 107.106172.370North plate blue.svg
I-530.svg
South plate.svg
US 79 (AR).svg
North plate.svg
Arkansas 463.svg
I-530 north / US 79 south (US 65 north) / AR 463 north Little Rock
South end of I-530 / US 65 / US 79 overlap; US 63 south follows exit 43
44South plate.svg
Arkansas 530.svg
AR 530 south Star City, Monticello
Future I-530 south
Pine Bluff 46South plate.svg
US 65 (AR).svg
West plate.svg
Arkansas 190.svg
US 65 south (US 425 south) / AR 190 west (Harding Avenue) Dumas, McGehee, Lake Village
End plate blue.svg
I-530.svg
I-530 ends
Southern terminus of I-530: north end of US 65 overlap; south end of US 65B overlap; US 63 north follows exit 46
North plate.svg
US 65B (AR).svg
US 65B north / Harding Street / Market Street
North end of US 65B overlap
South plate.svg
Arkansas 81.svg
AR 81 south
Altheimer US 79B (AR).svgTo plate.svg
North plate.svg
US 65 (AR).svg
US 79B to US 65 north Pine Bluff, UAPB
South plate.svg
US 79B (AR).svg
To plate.svg
Arkansas 88.svg
US 79B south to AR 88  Reydell, Altheimer Business District
Arkansas Humphrey North plate.svg
Arkansas 13.svg
AR 13 north Humnoke, Carlisle
East plate.svg
Arkansas 152.svg
AR 152 east Bayou Meto WMA
South plate.svg
Arkansas 343.svg
AR 343 south
North plate.svg
US 79B (AR).svg
US 79B north De Witt, Phillips Community College
Stuttgart North plate.svg
US 79 (AR).svg
US 79 north (West Michigan Street) Clarendon, Arkansas County Agricultural Museum
North end of US 79 overlap
US 165 (AR).svg US 165  England, Little Rock, De Witt, Clarendon
Prairie Arkansas 980(Airport).svg AR 980  Stuttgart Municipal Airport
West plate.svg
Arkansas 86.svg
AR 86 west Slovak
South end of AR 86 overlap
Siedenstricker East plate.svg
Arkansas 86.svg
AR 86 east Tollville
North end of AR 86 overlap
Hazen East plate.svg
US 70 (AR).svg
US 70 east DeValls Bluff, Brinkley
South end of US 70 overlap
West plate.svg
US 70 (AR).svg
US 70 west Hazen Business District
North end of US 70 overlap
West plate blue.svg
I-40.svg
North plate.svg
Arkansas 11.svg
I-40 west / AR 11 north Little Rock, Des Arc, Lower White River Museum State Park
South end of I-40 overlap; US 63 south follows exit 193
See I-40 (Exit 193 - 216)
See US 49 (Arkansas milepost 54.97 to 125.53)
See I-555 (Exit 45 to 49)
Craighead Jonesboro 49Arkansas 91.svgI-555.svg AR 91 (Dan Avenue / AR 18 west) / I-555 Interchange; North end of freeway; North end of AR 18 overlap; northern terminus of I-555
North plate.svg
US 63B (AR).svg
US 63B north Bono Business District
Arkansas 230.svgTo plate.svg
Arkansas 91.svg
AR 230 to AR 91  Alicia, Bono
South plate.svg
US 63B (AR).svg
US 63B south Bono Business District
Greene
No major junctions
Lawrence Sedgwick East plate.svg
Arkansas 228.svg
AR 228 east Light
South end of AR 228 overlap
West plate.svg
Arkansas 228.svg
To plate.svg
Arkansas 349.svg
AR 228 west to AR 349
North end of AR 228 overlap
Walnut Ridge Arkansas 91.svg AR 91  Egypt
North plate.svg
US 63B (AR).svg
US 63B north Hoxie
I-57.svgUS 67 (AR).svgEast plate.svg
US 412 (AR).svg
I-57  / US 67  / US 412 east Walnut Ridge, Pocahontas, Paragould, Little Rock
Interchange; South end of US 412 overlap, I-57 exits 121A-B
Hoxie Arkansas 367.svg AR 367  Walnut Ridge, Tuckerman Interchange; former US 67
South plate.svg
US 63B (AR).svg
US 63B south Hoxie Business District
East plate.svg
US 412B.svg
US 412B east Walnut Ridge
Black Rock Arkansas 25.svg AR 25  Black Rock, Powhatan, Davidsonville Historic State Park, Powhatan Courthouse, Lake Charles Interchange
North plate.svg
Arkansas 117.svg
AR 117 north Davidsonville Historic State Park
South end of AR 117 overlap
South plate.svg
Arkansas 117.svg
AR 117 south Smithville
North end of AR 117 overlap
Imboden East plate.svg
US 62 (AR).svg
US 62 east Pocahontas, Business District
South end of US 62 overlap
South plate.svg
Arkansas 115.svg
AR 115 south Smithville, Cave City
Randolph
No major junctions
Lawrence Ravenden East plate.svg
Arkansas 90.svg
AR 90 east Ravenden Springs
Sharp West plate.svg
Arkansas 58E.svg
AR 58E west Williford
West plate.svg
Arkansas 58.svg
AR 58 west Williford
Hardy North plate.svg
Arkansas 175.svg
AR 175 north Wirth
South end of AR 175 overlap
North plate.svg
US 63B (AR).svg
US 63B north Hardy, Historic District
West plate.svg
US 62 (AR).svg
West plate.svg
US 412 (AR).svg
South plate.svg
US 63B (AR).svg
To plate.svg
US 167 (AR).svg
US 62 west / US 412 west / US 63B south (AR 175 south) to US 167  Hardy, Ash Flat, Batesville, Mountain Home
North end of US 62 / US 412 / AR 175 overlap
Fulton Mammoth Spring South plate.svg
Arkansas 9.svg
AR 9 south Salem, Business District
North plate.svg
US 63.svg
US 63 north Thayer
Missouri state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
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