U.S. Route 67 (US 67) is a U.S. highway running from Presidio, Texas northeast to Sabula, Iowa. In the U.S. state of Arkansas, the route runs 279.15 miles (449.25 km) from the Texas border in Texarkana northeast to the Missouri border near Corning.[1] The route passes through several cities and towns, including Hope, Benton, Little Rock, Jacksonville, Cabot, Beebe, Walnut Ridge, and Pocahontas.
 U.S. Highway 67 | ||||
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 US 67 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ArDOT | ||||
| Length | 279.15 mi[1] (449.25 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   US 67 / US 82 at the Texas state line | |||
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| North end | US 67 at the Missouri state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Arkansas | |||
| Counties | Miller, Hempstead, Nevada, Clark, Hot Spring, Saline, Pulaski, Lonoke, White, Jackson, Craighead, Lawrence, Randolph, Clay | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
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US 67 enters Arkansas from Texas in Texarkana, concurrent with US 82, along the one-way 7th Street; the other half of the one-way couplet, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, carries traffic toward Texarkana, Texas. Upon crossing State Line Avenue, the two routes share a brief concurrency with US 71 before that route turns to the south along Hickory Street. Past this intersection, the one-way couplet merges onto 9th Street. Shortly thereafter, US 67 separates from US 82 and travels to the northeast along Broad Street, crossing Interstate 49 (I-49) and passing Texarkana Regional Airport.[2]
US 67 then runs parallel to I-30, passing through cities such as Hope, Prescott, Arkadelphia, and Malvern. Near Benton, US 67 merges with I-30.[3] The two routes run concurrently to Little Rock, where the freeway also picks up US 65 and US 167. In North Little Rock, US 67 and US 167 turn to the east, concurrent with I-40 for about 2 miles (3.2 km), before branching off to the northeast with I-57.[4]
In Beebe, the three routes begin a concurrency with US 64. The four routes part ways in Bald Knob, with I-57/US 67 continuing as a freeway to the northeast. Just north of US 412 in Walnut Ridge, I-57 ends at a large, partially-complete interchange, and US 67 becomes a five-lane undivided highway north to Pocahontas. From Pocahontas, the road turns northeasterly and then easterly as the original two-lane highway concurrent with US 62. In Corning, US 62 continues to the east while US 67 turns northward again before crossing the Missouri state line.[5]
History
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The southwest-northeast bisector of Arkansas has always been an integral motor route.[6] Prior to designation as US 67, the route was known as the Southwest Trail, an old military road around 1803.[6] The Southwest Trail connected St. Louis, Missouri with Texas by steamboat in Fulton, Arkansas.[7] The main railroad was built along the Southwest Trail, which developed many towns along the route. President Andrew Jackson appropriated money for the route in 1831, and designated it as a National Road. Although the route shifted slightly, it always has followed the natural break between the Ozark Mountains and the Ouachita Mountains and the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
Money for road maintenance was raised individually by county in the early 20th century, which hindered development of the route.[6] In the 1920s, federal money became available, and the route was designated U.S. Route 67. The routing followed the Lakes to Gulf Highway and the Bankhead Highway. Federal designation brought paving to the route, which grew the small towns along the route.
In early 2009, the Arkansas legislature passed a bill naming the portion of US-67 from the Missouri state line to Jackson County "Rock n' Roll U.S. 67" as a tribute to the route that many musicians of the 1950s and 1960s took as they traveled. Governor Mike Beebe stated that he had hopes that the naming would bring tourism to northeast Arkansas. Portions of the route, and also Arkansas Highway 7 between Hope and Hot Springs frequently used by Bill Clinton is designated The Highway of Hope by Arkansas Code § 27-67-220.
National Register of Historic Places
editSeveral portions of the original late 1920s alignment of US 67 have survived, some of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. One listed segment is in Lawrence County, which is about 11.25 miles (18.11 km) in length, and runs north from Alicia to Hoxie, most of this being sandwiched between the present Arkansas Highway 367 and US 67, and the adjacent railroad tracks. Near the village of Village Creek Relief it briefly turns west, crossing Village Creek, and then rejoining the railroad tracks near the town of Relief.[8] A second listed segment, also about 11 miles (18 km) in length, extends from Biggers in central eastern Randolph County, northeast to Datto in Clay County, and then straight north to a junction with Arkansas Highway 211.[9]
Mandeville
editListed on the NRHP as Old US 67, Mandeville, a historic roadway section of US 67 is preserved in Miller County, Arkansas. It travels parallel to railroad tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad for 5.5 miles (8.9 km) from an intersection with Highway 237, just north of the Texarkana Airport, northeast to Miller County Road 63. The southern portion of this road is called Mandeville Road, and is designated Arkansas Highway 296. It is eventually redesignated Miller County Road 138, and is an unnamed side road of the current alignment of U.S. Route 67 (US 67) in its northernmost stretch. Built in 1929 out of concrete, it is the longest stretch of original pavement on the Old US 67 alignment in Miller County.[10]
The roadway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[11]
Future
editArkansas is upgrading US 67 to Interstate standards from Little Rock to the Missouri state line, and the corridor is slated to become an extension of Interstate 57.[12] The freeway currently runs from Little Rock to Walnut Ridge. New freeway is in active planning from Walnut Ridge to Missouri, on a path generally southeast of the current US-67 highway, except where it will pass northwest of Corning[13] ArDOT has announced that construction will begin in 2024 for the short segment that will bypass Corning, and tentatively in 2026 for the segment from the northern Corning interchange to the Missouri state line. It is unknown when the remaining segments between Walnut Ridge and Corning will be funded and built. [14]
On November 7, 2024, the section of U.S. 67 between North Little Rock and Walnut Ridge previously updated to interstate standards was officially designated as Interstate 57 by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Miller | Texarkana | 0.0 | 0.0 |   US 67 south / US 82 west (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) | Continuation into Texas | ||
  US 71 north (State Line Avenue) | Southern end of US 71 concurrency northbound; Texas state line | ||||||
| 0.1 | 0.16 | US 71 north (Hazel Street) – Texarkana Business District | Southern end of US 71 concurrency southbound | ||||
| 0.5 | 0.80 | US 71 south (Hickory Street) | Northern end of US 71 concurrency | ||||
| 1.0 | 1.6 |   US 82 east (East 9th Street) | Northern end of US 82 concurrency | ||||
 AR 245 (now part of I-49) | Closed interchange | ||||||
| 3.6 | 5.8 |  Arkansas Boulevard / Airport Drive – Airport | |||||
| 4.3 | 6.9 |   AR 237 south / AR 296 east – Mandeville | Northern terminus of AR 237; western terminus of AR 296 | ||||
| Mandeville | 6.4 | 10.3 |    AR 296 west to I-30 / US 71 | Eastern terminus of AR 296 | |||
| | 8.2 | 13.2 |  AR 108 west to I-30 | Eastern terminus of AR 108 | |||
| | 13.2 | 21.2 |  I-30 west – Texarkana | Exit 12 on I-30 | |||
| Red River | Bridge | ||||||
| Hempstead | Fulton | 18.9 | 30.4 |  AR 355 north – Fulton, Millwood Dam | Southern terminus of AR 355 | ||
| | 19.5 | 31.4 | I-30 – Little Rock, Texarkana | Access via CR 1; exit 18 on I-30 | |||
| Guernsey | 27.0 | 43.5 |  AR 353 north – Guernsey | Southern terminus of AR 353 | |||
| Hope | 31.7 | 51.0 |  AR 174 east (Fulton Street) | Western terminus of AR 174 | |||
| 32.0 | 51.5 |  US 278B west (Hervey Street) to I-30 | Southern end of US 278B concurrency | ||||
| 32.3 | 52.0 |  AR 29B south (Main Street) | Southern end of AR 29B concurrency | ||||
| 32.4 | 52.1 | AR 29B north (Hazel Street) | Northern end of AR 29B concurrency | ||||
| 33.2 | 53.4 |   US 278 / AR 29 (Bill Clinton Drive) to I-30 US 278B ends | Eastern terminus of US 278B | ||||
| 33.5 | 53.9 |  AR 73 south | Northern terminus of AR 73 | ||||
| | 35.3 | 56.8 | AR 174 west | Eastern terminus of AR 174 | |||
| Nevada | Emmet | 40.5 | 65.2 |  AR 299 north to I-30 | Southern end of AR 299 concurrency | ||
| 40.7 | 65.5 |  AR 299 south to AR 53 | Northern end of AR 299 concurrency | ||||
| Prescott | 47.7 | 76.8 |  AR 332 west (Washington Road) – De Ann | Eastern terminus of AR 332 | |||
| 48.0 | 77.2 |  US 371 south – Magnolia | Southern end of US 371 concurrency | ||||
| 48.4 | 77.9 |  US 371 north / AR 24 east to I-30 – Nashville, Bluff City | Northern end of US 371 concurrency; western terminus of AR 24 | ||||
| Clark | | 58.9 | 94.8 |  AR 51 north to I-30 – Okolona | Southern end of AR 51 concurrency | ||
| | 61.4 | 98.8 | AR 51 south – Beirne | Northern end of AR 51 concurrency | |||
| Gurdon | 64.8 | 104.3 | AR 53 south – Whelen Springs, White Oak Lake State Park | Southern end of AR 53 concurrency | |||
| 65.2 | 104.9 |  AR 182 west – Okolona | Eastern terminus of AR 182 | ||||
| | 65.7 | 105.7 | AR 53 north to I-30 / AR 51 | Northern end of AR 53 concurrency | |||
| | 74.4 | 119.7 |  AR 26S north – Clark County Industrial Park | Southern terminus of AR 26S | |||
| Gum Springs | 75.1 | 120.9 |  AR 26 (Reynolds Road) to I-30 | ||||
| Arkadelphia | 80.3 | 129.2 |   AR 7 south / AR 8 east / AR 51 north (Caddo Street) | Southern end of AR 7/AR 8/AR 51 concurrency | |||
| 80.6 | 129.7 | AR 8 west / AR 51 south (Pine Street) to I-30 – Antoine, Amity | Northern end of AR 8/AR 51 concurrency | ||||
| Caddo Valley | 85.7 | 137.9 | I-30 / AR 7 north – Hot Springs, DeGray Dam | Northern end of AR 7 concurrency; exit 78 on I-30 | |||
| Hot Spring | Friendship | 89.9 | 144.7 |  AR 283 north to I-30 | Southern terminus of AR 283 | ||
| Donaldson | 94.6 | 152.2 |   AR 51Y south to AR 51 south / AR 222 – Donaldson Business District | Northern terminus of AR 51Y | |||
| | 95.2 | 153.2 | AR 51 south to AR 222 – Donaldson Business District | Northern terminus of AR 51 | |||
| Malvern | 106.0 | 170.6 |   US 270B west / AR 9 south (South Main Street) to I-30 | Southern end of US 270B concurrency | |||
| | 108.7 | 174.9 |  US 270 to I-30 – Hot Springs, Sheridan US 270B ends | Northern terminus of US 270B | |||
| | 110.7 | 178.2 |  AR 171 south | Northern terminus of AR 171 | |||
| Saline | | 117.7 | 189.4 | I-30 – Texarkana, Little Rock | Exit 106 on I-30 | ||
| Haskell | 123.2 | 198.3 |  AR 229 south – Haskell, Traskwood | Southern end of AR 229 concurrency | |||
| | 124.7 | 200.7 | Southern end of freeway section | ||||
| 114 | I-30 west (US 70 west) / AR 229 north – Texarkana | Northern end of AR 229 concurrency; southern end of I-30/US 70 concurrency | |||||
| See I-30 | |||||||
| Pulaski | North Little Rock | 153.4 | 246.9 | 143A (NB) 153 (SB) |    I-40 west / US 65 north / AR 107 north (JFK Boulevard) – Conway, Fort Smith I-30 ends | Signed as exits 153A (AR 107) and 153B (I-40) southbound; northern end of US 65 concurrency; southern end of I-40 concurrency; eastern terminus of I-30 | |
| 154.4 | 248.5 | 154 | North Hills Boulevard | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 155.0 | 249.4 | 155 |  I-40 east – Memphis  I-57 begins | Northern end of I-40 concurrency; southern terminus of I-57 | |||
| 155.9– 156.2 | 250.9– 251.4 | 1 | McCain Boulevard | Signed as exits 1A (east) and 1B (west) northbound | |||
| Sherwood | 156.9 | 252.5 | 2 | Trammel Road | Northbound exit only | ||
| 158.2 | 254.6 | 3 | Wildwood Avenue / Trammel Road | No northbound access to Trammel Road | |||
| 158.9 | 255.7 | 4 |  AR 176Y north to Brockington Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; southern terminus of AR 176Y | |||
| 159.3 | 256.4 | 5 |  AR 176 west (Kiehl Avenue) | Eastern terminus of AR 176 | |||
| Jacksonville | 161.0 | 259.1 | 6 |  I-440 west – Memphis, Texarkana | Current eastern terminus and exit 13 on I-440 | ||
| 163.3 | 262.8 | 8 | Redmond Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
| 163.5 | 263.1 | 9 | Main Street | ||||
| 164.2 | 264.3 | 10A | James Street | ||||
| 165.1 | 265.7 | 10B |  AR 161 south / Gregory Street | AR 161 not signed southbound | |||
| 165.6 | 266.5 | 11A | AR 161 south / Vandenberg Boulevard | Signed as exit 11 southbound; AR 161 not signed northbound | |||
| 166.3 | 267.6 | 11B | Air Force Base | Northbound exit and entrance; accsss via T.P. White Drive | |||
| Lonoke | | 170.7– 171.0 | 274.7– 275.2 | 16 |    AR 5 north / AR 321 north / AR 367 north – Heber Springs, Cabot | Signed as exits 16A (AR 321) and exit 16B (AR 5) northbound | |
| Cabot | 173.4 | 279.1 | 19 |  AR 89 – Cabot | |||
| 175.4 | 282.3 | 21 |  AR 38 east – Cabot | Western terminus of AR 38 | |||
| Austin | 176.6 | 284.2 | 22 |  AR 305 – Austin | |||
| Ward | 179.2 | 288.4 | 25 |  AR 319 – Ward | |||
| White | Beebe | 182.8 | 294.2 | 28 |   US 64 west / US 67B north – Beebe, Conway | Southern end of US 64 concurrency; southern terminus of US 67B | |
| 183.8 | 295.8 | 29 |  AR 367S south – Beebe | Northern terminus of AR 367S | |||
| 185.1 | 297.9 | 31 |  US 67B south / AR 31 – Beebe, Antioch | Northern terminus of US 67B | |||
| | 189.6 | 305.1 | 35 |  AR 13 – McRae, Garner | Former AR 371 | ||
| Searcy | 196.6 | 316.4 | 42 | US 67B north / AR 367 south – Searcy, Garner | Southern terminus of US 67B; northern terminus of AR 367 | ||
| 198.2 | 319.0 | 44 | AR 367 – Searcy | ||||
| 199.6 | 321.2 | 45 |  AR 36 west / AR 367 – Searcy | AR 367 not signed; eastern terminus of AR 36 | |||
| 200.8 | 323.2 | 46 | US 67B south / AR 36 east – Searcy, Kensett | Northern terminus of US 67B; western terminus of AR 36 | |||
| | 202.4 | 325.7 | 48 |  AR 385 – Judsonia | |||
| | 205.5 | 330.7 | 51 |  AR 157 – Judsonia | |||
| | 209.0 | 336.4 | 54 | Bald Knob Lake Road | |||
| Bald Knob | 209.9 | 337.8 | 55 |  US 64 east / US 167 north – Bald Knob, Batesville | Northern end of US 64/US 167 concurrency | ||
| | 214.5 | 345.2 | 60 | Russell | Access via SE 3rd Street | ||
| | 219.9 | 353.9 | 65 |  AR 87 – Bradford | |||
| Jackson | | 223.6 | 359.8 | 69 |  CR 315 – Possum Grape | ||
| | Bridge over White River | ||||||
| Ingleside | 228.5 | 367.7 | 74 |  AR 224 east | Western terminus of AR 224 | ||
| | 235.0 | 378.2 | 80 |  AR 14 / AR 224 west – Waldenburg | AR 224 not signed | ||
| | 237.3 | 381.9 | 82 |  AR 17 – Newport | |||
| Newport | 238.4 | 383.7 | 83 |  AR 384 – Newport | |||
| 240.5 | 387.0 | 85 |  AR 18 – Newport, Grubbs | ||||
| | 242.8 | 390.7 | 87 |  CR 43 | |||
| | 251.3 | 404.4 | 95 |  AR 37 – Tuckerman, Grubbs | |||
| Craighead | | 257.7 | 414.7 | 102 |   US 78 east / AR 226 – Jonesboro, Cash, Arkansas State University | Western terminus of US 78; former routing of US 67 | |
| Lawrence | Alicia | 265.1 | 426.6 | 111 |   AR 230 to AR 91 / AR 367 – Alicia, Bono | ||
| Walnut Ridge | 275.0 | 442.6 | 121 |   US 63 / US 412 west – Hoxie, Jonesboro | Signed as exits 121A (north) and 121B (south) southbound; southern end of US 412 concurrency; former routing of US 67 | ||
| 277.8 | 447.1 | 124 |  US 412 east / US 412B west – Paragould, Walnut Ridge I-57 ends | Northern end of US 412 concurrency; current northern terminus of I-57; eastern terminus of US 412B; exit number not signed | |||
| 279.4 | 449.7 | Northern end of freeway section | |||||
  US 67Y south to AR 34 | Northern terminus of US 67Y | ||||||
| 280.6 | 451.6 | US 67B south – Walnut Ridge Business District, truck route to US 412 west | Northern terminus of US 67B | ||||
| Randolph | Shannon | 288.2 | 463.8 |  AR 90 east – O'Kean | Western terminus of AR 90 | ||
| Pocahontas | 290.3 | 467.2 |  AR 304 east – Sharum, Delaplaine, Black River Technical College | Western terminus of AR 304 | |||
| 291.1 | 468.5 |  AR 304N east | Western terminus of AR 304N | ||||
| Black River Bridge over Black River | |||||||
| 292.0 | 469.9 |  US 62 west – Imboden | Southern end of US 62 concurrency | ||||
| see US 62 | |||||||
| Clay | Corning | 318.5 | 512.6 | US 62 east – Business District, Piggott | Northerb end of US 62 concurrency | ||
| | 321.5 | 517.4 |  AR 328 west – Success | Eastern terminus of AR 328 | |||
| | 325.5 | 523.8 | US 67 north – St. Louis | Continuation into Missouri | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Planning and Research Division (2010). "Arkansas Road Log Database". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original (Database) on June 23, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^ General Highway Map, Miller County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. May 20, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ General Highway Map, Saline County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. November 19, 2004. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ General Highway Map, Pulaski County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. May 13, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
- ^ General Highway Map, Clay County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. January 15, 1997. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ a b c Hanley, Ray (1999). "Introduction". A Journey Through Arkansas - Historic U.S. Highway 67. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 0-7385-0052-6. LCCN 99-65712.
- ^ Hanley, Ray (1999). "Saline County to Miller County: Benton to Texarkana". A Journey Through Arkansas - Historic U.S. Highway 67. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 0-7385-0052-6. LCCN 99-65712.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Old US 67, Alicia to Hoxie" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Old US 67, Biggers to Datto" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Old US 67, Mandeville" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Boozman provision in appropriations bill paves way for U.S. 67 to become I-57". April 25, 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
- ^ "Future I-57; Meeting Materials". Arkansas Department of Transportation. January 23, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ^ Savage, Hayden (September 21, 2023). "Work expected to begin on "Future I-57″ in 2024". Jonesboro, Arkansas: KAIT. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
