Highway 337 (AR 337, Ark. 337, and Hwy. 337) is a designation for two state highways in the Ozarks. One segment connects Sugar Loaf Mountain Use Area to Highway 92, and the second connects Highway 5/Highway 25 and Highway 16 southeast of Heber Springs. Both routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
 Highway 337 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ArDOT | ||||
| Existed | June 23, 1965[1]–present | |||
| Section 1 | ||||
| Length | 1.40 mi[2] (2.25 km) | |||
| South end |  AR 92 | |||
| North end | Sugar Loaf Use Area | |||
| Section 2 | ||||
| Length | 7.89 mi[2] (12.70 km) | |||
| South end |  AR 16 | |||
| North end |   AR 5 / AR 25 | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Arkansas | |||
| Counties | Cleburne, Van Buren | |||
| Highway system | ||||
| ||||
Route description
editVan Buren County
editHighway 337 begins near the Van Buren/Cleburne county line in the Ozark Mountains. The southern terminus is an intersection with Highway 92, and runs almost due west, but is signed north-south due to Arkansas's signing convention for odd-numbered routes. The highway terminates at the border of the Sugar Loaf Use Area on Greers Ferry Lake, which is owned and maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE, or "the Corps").[3] The campground has 57 RV/tent sites, two boat ramps, and the Sugar Loaf Mountain Nature Trail.[4]
As of 2016, the route had an annual average daily traffic (AADT) of 280 vehicles per day (VPD), earning a classification as a very low volume local road by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), meaning fewer than 400 vehicles per day.[5]
Cleburne County
edit
Highway 337 begins at Highway 5/Highway 25 southeast of Heber Springs. It runs southeast to an industrial area before paralleling the Little Red River. The route turns south and intersects Highway 16, where it terminates.[6]
Near the eastern terminus, the AADT was measured as 1,600 VPD in 2016.[7]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Buren | | 0.00 | 0.00 | AR 92 – Greers Ferry | Southern terminus | ||
| | 1.40 | 2.25 | Sugar Loaf Use Area | Northern terminus | |||
| Gap in route | |||||||
| Cleburne | | 0.00 | 0.00 | AR 16 – Pangburn, Searcy, Heber Springs | Southern terminus | ||
| | 7.89 | 12.70 | AR 5 / AR 25 | Northern terminus | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
History
editHighway 337 was first created on June 23, 1965 from Sugar Loaf Mountain to Highway 92.[1] Two months later, the route was swapped with a county road to the current routing.[8] The second route was created on June 28, 1973 from Highway 110 toward an industrial park and Highway 912.[9] This route was extended over the gap between Highway 337 and Highway 912, and replaced Highway 912 to the Highway 16 intersection.[10] Following a realignment project in 1991, Highway 337 was truncated at Highway 5/Highway 25.[11]
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ a b "Minutes" (1953–69), p. 673.
- ^ a b c System Information and Research Division (2015). "Arkansas Road Log Database". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original (MDB) on August 29, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Policy Division (September 16, 2014) [September 30, 2013]. General Highway Map, Van Buren County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (Revised ed.). 1:62,500. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. OCLC 919621384. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
{{cite map}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Staff of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism (2017). Arkansas Adventure Guide. Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. p. 40.
- ^ System Information & Research Division (2016) [September 16, 2014]. Annual Average Daily Traffic Estimates, Van Buren County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (ADT Year ed.). No scale given. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. p. 71. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
- ^ Transportation Planning and Policy Division (November 19, 2014). General Highway Map, Cleburne County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62,500. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. OCLC 910671512. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
{{cite map}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ System Information & Research Division (April 1, 2017) [December 31, 2015]. Annual Average Daily Traffic Estimates, Cleburne County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (Prepared ed.). No scale given. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. p. 12. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ^ "Minutes" (1953–69), pp. 710–711.
- ^ "Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission" (PDF). Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1970–1979. p. 1186. OCLC 21798861. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2011. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ^ "Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission" (PDF). Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1980–1989. p. 108. OCLC 21798861. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- ^ "Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission" (PDF). Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1990–1999. p. 173. OCLC 21798861. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
- "Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission" (PDF). Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1953–1969. OCLC 21798861. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2018.