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U.S. Highway 412 (US 412) runs east-to-west through northern Arkansas for about 290 miles (470 km). The route begins at the Oklahoma state line near Siloam Springs, and ends at the Missouri state line east of Paragould.
 U.S. Highway 412 | ||||
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 US 412 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ArDOT | ||||
| Length | 290 mi (470 km) | |||
| Existed | 1988[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 412 at the Oklahoma state line | |||
| East end | US 412 at the Missouri state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Arkansas | |||
| Counties | Benton, Washington, Madison, Carroll, Boone, Marion, Baxter, Fulton, Sharp, Lawrence, Randolph, Greene | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editOklahoma to Alpena
editUS 412 continues from Oklahoma, and heads directly towards the east. The route travels through the town of Siloam Springs, intersecting AR 16 and AR 59 along the way. The route continues to head east into the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan area, mainly traveling through the city of Springdale. The route intersects I-49, and US 71B, sharing a short concurrency with it. Afterwards, the route travels into the Boston Mountains, intersecting the communities of Hindsville and Huntsville along the way. The route continues through the mountains and is very rural, intersecting almost no other communities and only a couple of signed highways along the way, before reaching US 62 in Alpena.[2] This would be the western end of the concurrency with US 62.
US 62/63 concurrency
editUS 412 shares a concurrency with US 62 for about 142 miles (229 km), beginning in Alpena, and ending in Imboden.[3] During this time, the routes intersect several communities and many highways along the way, traveling through the cities of Harrison, Yellville, Mountain Home, and Cherokee Village. Both routes also share a concurrency with US 65 for about 12.2 miles (19.6 km), beginning north of Harrison, and ending in Bellefonte.[4] US 62/412 also intersect US 63 in Hardy, and also share a concurrency with the route for about 35 miles (56 km).[5] US 412 also shares a concurrency with US 63 beginning in Hardy, and ending just east of Portia. US 62 is still concurrent with both routes during this time, however, the east end of the US 62 concurrency ends at Imboden, about 13 miles (21 km) before the east end of the US 63 concurrency. US 412 splits apart from US 63 just east of Portia, and continues to head east towards Walnut Ridge.
Portia to Missouri
editUS 412 continues directly east, intersecting the communities of Walnut Ridge and Paragould, and several highways along the way, including I-57/US 67 in Walnut Ridge, and US 49 in Paragould. The route continues into the Missouri Bootheel just east of Paragould.[6] The entire route in Arkansas, including concurrencies, is about 290 miles (470 km) long.[7]
History
editUS Route 412 was initially built in 1987, as a route that spanned from Jackson, Tennessee, to Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. In 1988, US 412 was extended all the way to Oklahoma, following numerous other highways that have previously been built.[1]
Arkansas Highway 68
edit Highway 68 | |
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| Location | Siloam Springs–Alpena |
| Length | 88 mi (142 km) |
| Existed | 1926–1988 |
US 412 between the Oklahoma state line and Alpena was formerly known as Arkansas Highway 68 until 1988 when US 412 was extended to Oklahoma. The route began at OK 33 at the Oklahoma state line near Siloam Springs (now US 412), and ended at US 62 in Alpena.
Future
edit.svg){kind=small} Future Interstate 42 | |
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| Location | Interstate 35 to Springdale, Arkansas |
| Length | 190 mi (310 km) |
In Springdale, a bypass will be constructed to serve as a bypass for US 412. A portion between I-49 and AR 112 opened April 30, 2018, and is currently designated as AR 612.[8]
On May 20, 2021, Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma introduced legislation to designate the portion of US-412 between I-35 in Noble County, Oklahoma, and I-49 in Springdale as a future Interstate. The bill, titled the "Future Interstate in Oklahoma and Arkansas Act" (S. 1766), was cosponsored by senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, both from Arkansas. The senators' stated reasons for seeking an Interstate designation along US-412 included encouraging economic development, expanding opportunities for employment in the region, making travel safer and shipping easier, attracting new businesses, and better connecting rural and urban communities. Other supporters of the measure include the mayor of Tulsa, G. T. Bynum, and the heads of both ArDOT and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT).[9] In the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, part of the route is designated as a future interstate. The bill says “the route that generally follows United States Route 412 from its intersection with Interstate Route 35 in Noble County, Oklahoma, passing through Tulsa, Oklahoma, to its intersection with Interstate Route 49 in Springdale, Arkansas.”[10] Interstate 42 (I-42) was the proposed designation but was withdrawn.[11] However, ArDOT and ODOT later resubmitted the application to the Spring 2024 meeting; AASHTO approved the route as Interstate 42, conditional on it being upgraded to Interstate standards.[12]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[13] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Benton | Siloam Springs | 0.0 | 0.0 |  US 412 west – Tulsa | Continuation into Oklahoma | |||
| 2.1 | 3.4 |   AR 59 south – Summers, Lincoln | Western end of AR 59 concurrency | |||||
| 3.2 | 5.1 |   AR 16 east – Fayetteville | Western terminus of AR 16 | |||||
| 4.2 | 6.8 |  AR 59 north – Gentry, Gravette | Eastern end of AR 59 concurrency | |||||
| Washington | Tontitown | 20.2 | 32.5 |  AR 112 – Fayetteville, Elm Springs, Cave Springs | ||||
| Springdale | 22.1 | 35.6 |  I-49 (US 62 / US 71) – Fayetteville, Bentonville, Fort Smith | Exit 72 on I-49; former I-540 | ||||
| 24.7 | 39.8 |  US 71B north – Rogers | Western end of US 71B concurrency | |||||
| 25.1 | 40.4 | US 71B south – Fayetteville | Eastern end of US 71B concurrency | |||||
| 24.7 | 39.8 |  AR 265 – Fayetteville, Lowell | ||||||
| Spring Valley | 37.2 | 59.9 |  AR 303 south – Mayfield | Western end of AR 303 concurrency | ||||
| | 38.1 | 61.3 | AR 303 north | Eastern end of AR 303 concurrency | ||||
| Madison | | 40.2 | 64.7 |  AR 295 south – Wesley | Northern terminus of AR 295 | |||
| Hindsville | 41.7 | 67.1 |   US 412B / AR 45 – Hindsville, Goshen, Clifty | |||||
| 43.2 | 69.5 | US 412B – Hindsville | ||||||
| Huntsville | 48.7 | 78.4 | US 412B – Huntsville | |||||
| 50.8 | 81.8 |  AR 23 – Huntsville, Eureka Springs | Interchange | |||||
| 52.5 | 84.5 | US 412B – Huntsville | ||||||
| | 54.6 | 87.9 |  AR 127 north – Alabam | Southern terminus of AR 127 | ||||
| Madison–Carroll county line | | 62.8 | 101.1 |  AR 21 south – Kingston, Ponca | Western end of AR 21 concurrency | |||
| Carroll | | 63.1 | 101.5 | AR 21 north – Berryville | Eastern end of AR 21 concurrency | |||
| Gobbler | 70.0 | 112.7 |  AR 103 north – Rudd, Green Forest | Western end of AR 103 concurrency | ||||
| Osage | 73.2 | 117.8 | AR 103 south – Osage, Compton | Eastern end of AR 103 concurrency | ||||
| Carroll–Boone county line | Alpena | 84.0 | 135.2 |  US 62 west – Berryville, Eureka Springs | Western end of US 62 concurrency | |||
| Boone | | 92.1 | 148.2 |  AR 392 east – Batavia, Capps | Western terminus of AR 392 | |||
| Bear Creek Springs | 95.1 | 153.0 |  US 65 north – Branson, MO, Springfield, MO | Western end of US 65 concurrency; interchange | ||||
| Harrison | 98.3 | 158.2 |  AR 980 – Boone County Regional Airport | Nothern terminus of AR 980 | ||||
| 100.1 | 161.1 |  AR 43 east | Western terminus of AR 43 | |||||
| 100.6 | 161.9 |  US 65B – Harrison | ||||||
| 102.3 | 164.6 |  AR 7 north – Bergman, Lead Hill | Western end of AR 7 concurrency | |||||
| 102.5 | 165.0 | AR 7 south – Harrison, Jasper | Eastern end of AR 7 concurrency | |||||
| 104.2 | 167.7 |  US 65B / AR 123 – Harrison, North Arkansas College | ||||||
| Bellefonte | 106.7 | 171.7 |  AR 206 west | Eastern terminus of AR 206 | ||||
| 107.7 | 173.3 | US 65 south – Marshall, Clinton, Little Rock | Eastern end of US 65 concurrency | |||||
| Marion | Pyatt | 119.6 | 192.5 |  AR 125 south – Eros | Western end of AR 125 concurrency | |||
| Cedar Grove | 125.8 | 202.5 | AR 125 north – Dodd City, Peel | Eastern end of AR 125 concurrency | ||||
| Yellville | 128.7 | 207.1 |  AR 202 east – Summit | Western terminus of AR 202 | ||||
| 130.4 | 209.9 |  AR 14 west – Lead Hill | Western end of AR 14 concurrency | |||||
| 130.7 | 210.3 |   AR 14 east to AR 235 – Big Flat, Mountain View | Eastern end of AR 14 concurrency | |||||
| Flippin | 135.6 | 218.2 |  AR 178 east – Flippin, Bull Shoals | Western terminus of AR 178 | ||||
| 138.2 | 222.4 |  AR 101 south – Rea Valley | Northern terminus of AR 101 | |||||
| 138.8 | 223.4 |  US 62B – Cotter | ||||||
| Baxter | Cotter | 141.7 | 228.0 | US 62B – Cotter | ||||
| Gassville | 143.0 | 230.1 |  AR 345 south – Cotter | Western end of AR 345 concurrency | ||||
| 143.6 | 231.1 | AR 345 north – Gassville | Eastern end of AR 345 concurrency | |||||
| 143.9 | 231.6 |  AR 126 north – Midway | Western end of AR 126 concurrency | |||||
| | 146.9 | 236.4 | AR 126 south – Buford, White Buffalo | Eastern end of AR 126 concurrency | ||||
| Mountain Home | 149.3 | 240.3 | US 62B – Mountain Home | |||||
| 149.3 | 240.3 | US 62B – Mountain Home | ||||||
| 149.8 | 241.1 |  AR 201 – Mountain Home, Norfork | ||||||
| 152.1 | 244.8 |  AR 5 – Mountain Home, Mountain View, Gainesville, MO | Interchange | |||||
| 153.7 | 247.4 | AR 178 – Mountain Home, Buzzard Roost | ||||||
| 154.9 | 249.3 | US 62B – Mountain Home | ||||||
| | 159.1 | 256.0 | AR 101 – Gamaliel, Bakersfield, MO | Southern terminus of AR 101 | ||||
| Fulton | Gepp | 169.8 | 273.3 |  AR 87 – Elizabeth, Bakersfield, MO | ||||
| Viola | 177.8 | 286.1 |  AR 223 – Pineville, Calico Rock | |||||
| Salem | 186.6 | 300.3 | US 62B – Salem | |||||
| 187.2 | 301.3 |  AR 395 south | Northern terminus of AR 395 | |||||
| 187.6 | 301.9 |  AR 9 to AR 395 north – Melbourne, Mammoth Spring, West Plains, MO | ||||||
| Glencoe | 195.2 | 314.1 |  AR 289 south – Horseshoe Bend | Western end of AR 289 concurrency | ||||
| | 202.4 | 325.7 | AR 289 north – Cherokee Village, Mammoth Spring | Eastern end of AR 289 concurrency | ||||
| Sharp | Ash Flat | 204.7 | 329.4 |  US 167 south – Cave City, Batesville | Northern terminus of US 167 | |||
| Highland | 208.3 | 335.2 |  AR 175S – Cherokee Village | Southern terminus of AR 175S | ||||
| Cherokee Village | 213.4 | 343.4 |  AR 175 – Cherokee Village | Eastern terminus of AR 175 | ||||
| Hardy | 214.2 | 344.7 |  AR 342 east | Western terminus of AR 342 | ||||
| 214.8 | 345.7 |  US 63B – Hardy | ||||||
| 215.1 | 346.2 |  US 63 north – Mammoth Spring, Thayer, MO | Western end of US 63 concurrency | |||||
| 216.7 | 348.7 | US 63B – Hardy | ||||||
| | 218.1 | 351.0 | AR 175 north – Wirth | Southern terminus of AR 175 | ||||
| Ozark Acres | 223.2 | 359.2 |  AR 58 west – Williford, Poughkeepsie | Eastern terminus of AR 58 | ||||
| | 225.2 | 362.4 |  AR 58E west – Williford | Eastern terminus of AR 58E | ||||
| Lawrence | Ravenden | 231.6 | 372.7 |  AR 90 east – Ravenden Springs, Pocahontas | Western terminus of AR 90 | |||
| Randolph |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Lawrence | Imboden | 236.4 | 380.4 |  AR 115 south – Smithville | Northern terminus of AR 115 | |||
| 236.9 | 381.3 | US 62 east – Pocahontas, Corning | Eastern end of US 62 concurrency | |||||
| Black Rock | 244.1 | 392.8 |  AR 117 south – Smithville | Western end of AR 117 concurrency | ||||
| 245.3 | 394.8 | AR 117 north – Black Rock | Eastern end of AR 117 concurrency | |||||
| 246.2 | 396.2 |  AR 25 south – Black Rock, Strawberry, Batesville | Northern terminus of AR 25 | |||||
| Portia | 250.0 | 402.3 | US 412B east – Walnut Ridge | |||||
| Hoxie | 252.3 | 406.0 | US 63B south – Hoxie | |||||
| 254.6 | 409.7 |  AR 367 – Walnut Ridge, Tuckerman | Former US 67 | |||||
| 256.6 | 413.0 |    I-57 south / US 67 south / US 63 south – Jonesboro, Newport, Little Rock | Eastern end of US 63 concurrency; western end of I-57/US 67 concurrency; exits 121A-B on I-57 | |||||
| Walnut Ridge | 259.4 | 417.5 | US 67 north / US 412B west – Walnut Ridge, Pocahontas I-57 ends | Eastern end of US 67 concurrency; current northern terminus and exit 124 on I-57 | ||||
| | 263.0 | 423.3 |   AR 231 north to AR 34 – O'Kean | Southern terminus of AR 231 | ||||
| Greene | Light | 265.6 | 427.4 | US 412B – Light | ||||
| 266.7 | 429.2 |  AR 228 – Light, Sedgwick | ||||||
| 268.2 | 431.6 | US 412B – Light | ||||||
| | 271.2 | 436.5 |  AR 141 – Walcott, Jonesboro | |||||
| | 272.5 | 438.5 |  AR 168 – Crowley's Ridge State Park | Eastern terminus of AR 168 | ||||
| Paragould | 276.5 | 445.0 | US 412B east | |||||
| 279.7 | 450.1 |  AR 358 | ||||||
| 281.7 | 453.4 |  US 49 – Jonesboro, Marmaduke | ||||||
| 282.2 | 454.2 |  AR 69 | ||||||
| 284.1 | 457.2 | US 412B west (AR 135 north) – Walnut Ridge | Western end of AR 135 concurrency | |||||
| 284.7 | 458.2 |  AR 135 south – Lake City | Eastern end of AR 135 concurrency | |||||
| | 289.4 | 465.7 |  AR 139 north – Piggott | Southern terminus of AR 139 | ||||
| | 290.2 | 467.0 | US 412 east – Kennett | Continuation into Missouri | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b Brooks, Robert; Dienhart, Paul; Karner, Karin; Karner, Martin; Nelson, Steven; Patriarca, Chris; Rigsby, David; Sanderson, Dale; Stuve, Eric (May 31, 2020). "End of US Highway 412". USEnds.com. Retrieved February 5, 2021.[self-published source]
- ^ "US Route 412 from Oklahoma to Alpena" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "US Routes 62/412 concurrency" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "US Routes 62/65/412 concurrency" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "US Routes 63/412 concurrency" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "US Route 412 from Portia to Missouri" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "Overview: US 412 in Arkansas" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Johnson, Brendan (April 30, 2018). "First section of future 412 bypass opens". Fort Smith, Arkansas: KHBS-TV. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ Della Rosa, Jeff (May 21, 2021). "U.S. legislators look to designate part of Highway 412 as 'future interstate'". Talk Business & Politics. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ^ Wood, Ron (31 January 2022). "Portion of U.S. 412 in Arkansas, Oklahoma designated a future interstate in infrastructure bill". Arkansas Online. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "Final_Report_USRN_Fall_2023_R_1.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved July 4, 2024.
- ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (2024). "2024 Spring Meeting Report to the Council on Highways and Streets" (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved 2024-06-02 – via AASHTO Route Numbering Archive.
- ^ "County Maps". Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
External links
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