U.S. Route 70 in Arkansas
US 70 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by ArDOT | ||||
Length | 287.2 mi[1][2][3][4] (462.2 km) | |||
Existed | 1926[5]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | ![]() | |||
East end | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Arkansas | |||
Counties | Sevier, Howard, Pike, Montgomery, Hot Spring, Garland, Saline, Pulaski, Lonoke, Prairie, Monroe, St. Francis, Crittenden | |||
Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Highway 70 (US 70) runs east–west through across the heart of Arkansas for 287.2 miles (462.2 km). US 70 enters the state from Oklahoma west of De Queen, and exits to Tennessee at Memphis, running concurrently with Interstate 55 (I-55), US 61, US 64, US 78, and US 79. The highway passes through the major cities of Hot Springs, Little Rock, North Little Rock, and West Memphis.
Between Oklahoma and Hot Springs National Park, US 70 is largely rural and two-lane. The route bypasses much of the city to the south and then serves as the arterial road between Hot Springs National Park and Little Rock. The highway runs concurrently with I-30 between a place north of Haskell to southwestern Little Rock, where it splits to traverse through downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock. Between North Little Rock and its merge into I-55 at West Memphis, the route is principally two-lane and has been supplanted by I-40, which always runs within a few miles of the highway.
Major intersections
[edit]County | Location | mi[1][2][3][4] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Sevier | | 0.0 | 0.0 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Oklahoma | |||
| 5.3 | 8.5 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of US 70B; Business District not signed westbound | ||||
De Queen | 6.5 | 10.5 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 399 | ||||
8.6 | 13.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 59/US 71/US 371 overlap; northern terminus of US 371; eastern terminus of US 70B; Mena signed eastbound only | |||||
| 16.6 | 26.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 59/US 71/US 371 overlap | ||||
Howard | Dierks | 28.5 | 45.9 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 278 overlap | |||
| 31.8 | 51.2 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 278 overlap | ||||
Pike | Newhope | 40.8 | 65.7 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of AR 369 overlap | |||
| 45.0 | 72.4 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of AR 369 overlap | ||||
Kirby | 55.3 | 89.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of AR 84 overlap; northern terminus of AR 27 | ||||
Salem | 59.9 | 96.4 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of AR 84 overlap | ||||
Glenwood | 64.0 | 103.0 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of AR 8 overlap | ||||
64.2 | 103.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of AR 8 overlap; western terminus of US 70B | |||||
65.2 | 104.9 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of US 70B; business district not signed eastbound | |||||
Montgomery | | 71.1 | 114.4 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of AR 182 | |||
Hot Spring |
No major junctions | |||||||
Garland | | 85.5 | 137.6 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 227 | |||
| 89.7 | 144.4 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of AR 192 | ||||
Hot Springs | 91.0– 91.3 | 146.5– 146.9 | Ouachita River | |||||
91.8 | 147.7 | Western end of freeway section | ||||||
2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 270 overlap; western terminus of US 70B | ||||||
93.3– 93.8 | 150.2– 151.0 | 3 | McLeod Street | |||||
94.4– 94.9 | 151.9– 152.7 | 4 | ![]() | |||||
95.2– 95.6 | 153.2– 153.9 | 5 | ![]() | Signed as exits 5A (south) and 5B (north) | ||||
97.5– 98.0 | 156.9– 157.7 | 7 | ![]() | |||||
99.5– 99.9 | 160.1– 160.8 | 9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 270 overlap | ||||
| 102.0– 102.4 | 164.2– 164.8 | 11 (EB) 6 (WB) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 11B (west) and 11A (north) eastbound, exits 6A (west) and 6B (north) westbound | |||
| 102.4 | 164.8 | Eastern end of freeway section | |||||
| 112.7 | 181.4 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of AR 128 | ||||
Saline | | 114.1 | 183.6 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of AR 88 | |||
| 121.4 | 195.4 | Western end of freeway section | |||||
111 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of I-30 overlap | ||||||
See I-30 (mile 111.0—128.8) See I-430 (mile 0.00—1.25) | ||||||||
Pulaski | Little Rock | 140.5 | 226.1 | 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of I-430 overlap; northern terminus of AR 5 | ||
Eastern end of freeway section | ||||||||
143.2 | 230.5 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of AR 300 | |||||
149.1 | 240.0 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 367 | |||||
149.2 | 240.1 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of AR 365 overlap | |||||
150.2 | 241.7 | ![]() | I-630 exit 1B | |||||
151.0 | 243.0 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; southbound exit only | |||||
Little Rock–North Little Rock line | 151.0– 151.4 | 243.0– 243.7 | Broadway Bridge over Arkansas River | |||||
North Little Rock | 151.4 | 243.7 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of AR 365 overlap | ||||
152.0– 152.1 | 244.6– 244.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-30 exit 141B; signed for Hot Springs/Texarkana westbound, Shorter College eastbound | |||||
154.4 | 248.5 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of US 165 | |||||
155.9 | 250.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 161 | |||||
158.0– 158.2 | 254.3– 254.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | I-440 exit 10 | |||||
Galloway | 160.2 | 257.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Lonoke | | 167.5 | 269.6 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 172.4– 172.6 | 277.5– 277.8 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of AR 31 overlap | ||||
Lonoke | 173.0 | 278.4 | Fish Hatchery Road (AR 943 east) | Western terminus of AR 943 | ||||
173.8 | 279.7 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 89 | |||||
174.8 | 281.3 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of AR 31 overlap | |||||
| 180.1 | 289.8 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 381 | ||||
Carlisle | 183.2 | 294.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Prairie | | 187.5 | 301.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of AR 86 | |||
| 189.5 | 305.0 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 980 | ||||
Hazen | 192.5 | 309.8 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 249 | ||||
193.7 | 311.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 63 overlap | |||||
194.5– 194.8 | 313.0– 313.5 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 63 overlap | |||||
De Valls Bluff | 199.8 | 321.5 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of AR 33 overlap | ||||
201.2 | 323.8 | Glover-Roberts Bridge over the White River | ||||||
Biscoe | 203.9 | 328.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of AR 33 overlap | ||||
Monroe | | 213.8 | 344.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 17; Pine Bluff not signed eastbound | |||
Brinkley | 216.7 | 348.7 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 49 overlap | ||||
217.4 | 349.9 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of AR 238 | |||||
218.3 | 351.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 49 overlap | |||||
St. Francis | Wheatley | 223.7 | 360.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
| 230.4 | 370.8 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 259 | ||||
Palestine | 235.8 | 379.5 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Forrest City | 241.0– 241.3 | 387.9– 388.3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange | ||||
243.5 | 391.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed for I-40 eastbound, Wynne/Jonesboro westbound | |||||
Madison | 247.1 | 397.7 | ![]() | |||||
| 250.4 | 403.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Hicks Station | 255.7 | 411.5 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of AR 75 overlap | ||||
| 259.7 | 417.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of AR 75 overlap | ||||
Shell Lake | 263.2 | 423.6 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of AR 149 overlap | ||||
263.4 | 423.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of AR 149 overlap | |||||
| 264.7 | 426.0 | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of AR 357 | ||||
St. Francis–Crittenden county line | Shearerville | 268.5 | 432.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of AR 218 | |||
Crittenden | | 273.6 | 440.3 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 50 | |||
Lehi | 274.5 | 441.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of GRR overlap; signed for US 64/Hughes westbound, Horseshoe Lake eastbound | ||||
274.8 | 442.2 | ![]() ![]() | Eastbound exit only | |||||
West Memphis | 278.4 | 448.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 118 | ||||
280.7 | 451.7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of GRR overlap; southern terminus of AR 77 | |||||
281.2 | 452.5 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 191 | |||||
283.2 | 455.8 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of AR 38; I-55 not signed westbound | |||||
283.5– 284.2 | 456.2– 457.4 | Western end of freeway section | ||||||
3B | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; western end of I-55/US 61/US 64/US 78/US 79 overlap | ||||||
| 285.8– 286.0 | 460.0– 460.3 | 1 | Bridgeport Road | ||||
Mississippi River | 286.4– 287.2 | 460.9– 462.2 | Memphis & Arkansas Bridge | |||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Tennessee | |||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "County Maps". Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ a b "Segment 1" (Map). Google Maps. Google. July 19, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ^ a b "Segment 2" (Map). Google Maps. Google. July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ a b "Segment 3" (Map). Google Maps. Google. July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ^ Babyak, Joe; et al. (January 22, 2020). "End of US highway 70". USEnds.com. Retrieved July 21, 2020.[self-published source]
External links
[edit]Media related to U.S. Route 70 in Arkansas at Wikimedia Commons
- U.S. Route 70
- Transportation in Sevier County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Howard County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Pike County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Montgomery County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Hot Spring County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Garland County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Saline County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Pulaski County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Lonoke County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Prairie County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Monroe County, Arkansas
- Transportation in St. Francis County, Arkansas
- Transportation in Crittenden County, Arkansas
- U.S. Highways in Arkansas