U.S. Highway 70 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by ArDOT | ||||
Length | 286.9 mi[1][2][3][4] (461.7 km) | |||
Existed | 1926[5]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | US 70 at the Oklahoma state line near De Queen | |||
East end | I-55 / US 61 / US 64 / US 70 / US 79 / SR 1 at the Tennessee state line at Memphis, TN | |||
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 286.9 miles (461.7 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, 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
County | Location | mi[1][2][3][4] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Sevier | | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 70 west – Broken Bow, Hugo | Continuation into Oklahoma | |||
| 5.3 | 8.5 | US 70B east – De Queen Business District | Western terminus of US 70B; Business District signed eastbound only | ||||
De Queen | 6.5 | 10.5 | AR 399 south (College Drive) – Cossatot Community College | Northern terminus of AR 399 | ||||
8.6 | 13.8 | US 59 north / US 71 north / US 70B west (North Lakeside Drive) to AR 41 – Foreman, Fort Smith, Mena | 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 | US 59 south / US 71 south / US 371 south – Texarkana | Eastern end of US 59/US 71/US 371 overlap | ||||
Howard | Dierks | 28.5 | 45.9 | US 278 east (East Fourth Street) / West Fourth Street | Western end of US 278 overlap | |||
| 31.8 | 51.2 | US 278 west – Umpire, Wickes | Eastern end of US 278 overlap | ||||
Pike | Newhope | 40.8 | 65.7 | AR 369 south | Western end of AR 369 overlap | |||
| 45.0 | 72.4 | AR 369 north – Langley | Eastern end of AR 369 overlap | ||||
Kirby | 55.3 | 89.0 | AR 27 south / AR 84 east – Murfreesboro, Amity | Western end of AR 84 overlap; northern terminus of AR 27 | ||||
Salem | 59.9 | 96.4 | AR 84 west / Rock Creek Road – Langley | Eastern end of AR 84 overlap | ||||
Glenwood | 64.0 | 103.0 | AR 8 east – Amity | Western end of AR 8 overlap | ||||
64.2 | 103.3 | US 70B east (Elm Street) / AR 8 west to AR 27 | Eastern end of AR 8 overlap; western terminus of US 70B | |||||
65.2 | 104.9 | US 70B west (East Broadway) / Baker Road – Glenwood Business District | Eastern terminus of US 70B; business district signed westbound only | |||||
Montgomery | | 71.1 | 114.4 | AR 182 east – Amity | Western terminus of AR 182 | |||
Hot Spring |
No major junctions | |||||||
Garland | | 85.5 | 137.6 | AR 227 north (Sunshine Road) / Wolf Street – Sunshine | Southern terminus of AR 227 | |||
| 89.7 | 144.4 | AR 192 east (Marion Anderson Road) / Kinsey Lane | Western terminus of AR 192 | ||||
Hot Springs | 91.0– 91.3 | 146.5– 146.9 | Ouachita River | |||||
91.8 | 147.7 | 2 | US 270 west (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway) / US 70B east (Airport Road) – Mount Ida | Western end of US 270 overlap; western terminus of US 70B; US 270 exit 2 | ||||
91.8 | 147.7 | Begin expressway | ||||||
93.3– 93.8 | 150.2– 151.0 | 3 | McLeod Street | |||||
94.4– 94.9 | 151.9– 152.7 | 4 | AR 88 (Higdon Ferry Road) | |||||
95.2– 95.6 | 153.2– 153.9 | 5 | AR 7 (Central Avenue) | Signed as exits 5A (south) and 5B (north) | ||||
97.5– 98.0 | 156.9– 157.7 | 7 | AR 128 (Carpenter Dam Road) | |||||
99.5– 99.9 | 160.1– 160.8 | 9 | US 270 east / US 270B west (Malvern Avenue) | Eastern end of US 270 overlap | ||||
| 102.0– 102.4 | 164.2– 164.8 | 11B | US 70B west (Grand Avenue) | Eastern terminus of US 70B | |||
| 102.4 | 164.8 | End expressway | |||||
| 112.7 | 181.4 | AR 128 west (Lonsdale Cutoff Road) / Lonsdale Cutoff Road – Fountain Lake | Eastern terminus of AR 128 | ||||
Saline | | 114.1 | 183.6 | AR 88 west – Lonsdale | Eastern terminus of AR 88 | |||
| 120.7– 121.4 | 194.2– 195.4 | I-30 west – Texarkana | Western end of I-30 overlap; I-30 exit 111 | ||||
See I-30 (mile 111.0—131.9) | ||||||||
Pulaski | Little Rock | 142.0– 142.7 | 228.5– 229.7 | I-30 east (US 67 north) / To Chicot Road | Eastern end of I-30/US 67 overlap; I-30 exit 132 | |||
145.1– 145.2 | 233.5– 233.7 | AR 5 south (Colonel Glenn Road) / University Avenue | Northern terminus of AR 5 | |||||
148.8 | 239.5 | AR 367 south (South Arch Street) / South Arch Street | Northern terminus of AR 367 | |||||
148.9 | 239.6 | AR 365 south (West Roosevelt Road) / South Broadway Street | Western end of AR 365 overlap | |||||
149.9 | 241.2 | To I-630 / East 12th Street/West 11th Street | Access to/from I-630 east via 12th Street, access to/from I-630 west via 11th Street | |||||
150.7 | 242.5 | AR 10 west | Southbound exit only | |||||
Little Rock–North Little Rock line | 150.7– 151.1 | 242.5– 243.2 | Broadway Bridge over Arkansas River | |||||
North Little Rock | 151.1 | 243.2 | AR 365 north (West Broadway Street) / North Broadway Street | Eastern end of AR 365 overlap | ||||
151.7– 151.8 | 244.1– 244.3 | I-30 (US 65/US 67) to I-40 / Cypress Street/Locust Street – Little Rock, Hot Springs, Texarkana, Shorter College | I-30 east exit 141B; access to I-30 east via Locust Street, access from I-30 west via Cypress Street; Hot Springs, Texarkana signed westbound only; Shorter College signed eastbound only | |||||
152.1 | 244.8 | Riverfront Drive (AR 100 west)[6] | Eastern terminus of AR 100 | |||||
154.1 | 248.0 | US 165 south (Baucum Pike) / Washington Avenue – England, Stuttgart | Northern terminus of US 165 | |||||
155.6 | 250.4 | AR 161 north (Jacksonville Highway) to I-40 | Southern terminus of AR 161 | |||||
157.7– 157.9 | 253.8– 254.1 | I-440 to I-40 – Little Rock | I-440 exit 10 | |||||
Galloway | 159.9 | 257.3 | AR 391 to I-40 | |||||
Lonoke | | 167.2 | 269.1 | AR 15 to I-40 – England, Cabot | ||||
| 172.1– 172.3 | 277.0– 277.3 | AR 31 south – Pettus | Western end of AR 31 overlap | ||||
Lonoke | 172.7 | 277.9 | Fish Hatchery Road (AR 943 east) | Western terminus of AR 943 | ||||
173.5 | 279.2 | AR 89 north | Southern terminus of AR 89 | |||||
174.5 | 280.8 | AR 31 north (North Center Street) / South Center Street | Eastern end of AR 31 overlap | |||||
| 179.8 | 289.4 | AR 381 south – Culler | Northern terminus of AR 381 | ||||
Carlisle | 182.9 | 294.3 | AR 13 to I-40 – Humnoke | |||||
Prairie | | 187.2 | 301.3 | AR 86 east to AR 343 / South Halijan Road – Slovak | Western terminus of AR 86 | |||
| 189.2 | 304.5 | AR 980 south / North Anderson Road | Northern terminus of AR 980 | ||||
Hazen | 192.2 | 309.3 | AR 249 north / Old Highway 11 South | Southern terminus of AR 249 | ||||
193.4 | 311.2 | US 63 to I-40 – Des Arc | Western end of US 63 overlap | |||||
194.2– 194.5 | 312.5– 313.0 | US 63 south – Stuttgart | Eastern end of US 63 overlap | |||||
De Valls Bluff | 199.5 | 321.1 | AR 33 south – Roe, Clarendon | Western end of AR 33 overlap | ||||
200.9 | 323.3 | Glover-Roberts Bridge over the White River | ||||||
Biscoe | 203.6 | 327.7 | AR 33 north to I-40 | Eastern end of AR 33 overlap | ||||
Monroe | | 213.5 | 343.6 | AR 17 south to US 79 – Clarendon, Pine Bluff | Northern terminus of AR 17; Pine Bluff signed westbound only | |||
Brinkley | 216.4 | 348.3 | US 49 south – Helena–West Helena | Western end of US 49 overlap | ||||
217.1 | 349.4 | AR 238 east (West Sycamore Street) | Western terminus of AR 238 | |||||
218.0 | 350.8 | US 49 north (North Main Street) to I-40 / West Cypress Street | Eastern end of US 49 overlap | |||||
St. Francis | Wheatley | 223.4 | 359.5 | AR 78 to I-40 – Moro | ||||
| 230.1 | 370.3 | AR 259 south / Sfc-119 – Moro | Northern terminus of AR 259 | ||||
Palestine | 235.5 | 379.0 | AR 261 to I-40 – Holub | |||||
Forrest City | 240.7– 241.0 | 387.4– 387.9 | AR 1 to I-40 – Haynes, Marianna, Wynne, Jonesboro | Interchange on AR 1 | ||||
243.2 | 391.4 | AR 1B (Washington Street) to I-40 west – Wynne, Jonesboro | To I-40 west signed eastbound only; Wynne, Jonesboro westbound only | |||||
Madison | 246.8 | 397.2 | AR 50 | |||||
| 250.1 | 402.5 | AR 38 to I-40 – Widener | |||||
Hicks Station | 255.4 | 411.0 | AR 75 south – Round Pond | Western end of AR 75 overlap | ||||
| 259.4 | 417.5 | AR 75 north to I-40 / County Road 503 – Parkin | Eastern end of AR 75 overlap | ||||
Shell Lake | 262.9 | 423.1 | AR 149 south – Hughes | Western end of AR 149 overlap | ||||
263.1 | 423.4 | AR 149 north to I-40 / Sfc 225 – Earle | Eastern end of AR 149 overlap | |||||
| 264.6 | 425.8 | AR 357 south | Northern terminus of AR 357 | ||||
St. Francis–Crittenden county line | Shearerville | 268.2 | 431.6 | US 79 south to AR 218 north / I-40 – Hughes | Western end of US 79 overlap | |||
Crittenden | | 273.3 | 439.8 | AR 50 north / Crawfordsville Road – Crawfordsville | Southern terminus of AR 50 | |||
Lehi | 274.2 | 441.3 | AR 147 / Great River Road south to I-40 / US 64 | Western end of GRR overlap; Horseshoe Lake signed eastbound only;To US 64, Hughes signed westbound only | ||||
274.5 | 441.8 | I-40 east – Memphis | Access only from US 70 east to I-40 east; access from I-40 east to US 70 east at mile 274.1 | |||||
West Memphis | 278.1 | 447.6 | AR 118 north (College Boulevard) to I-40 / South Airport Road – West Memphis Airport | Southern terminus of AR 118 | ||||
280.4 | 451.3 | AR 77 north (North Missouri Street) / Great River Road north / South Woods Street – Marion | Eastern end of GRR overlap; southern terminus of AR 77 | |||||
280.9 | 452.1 | AR 191 north (North Seventh Street) / South Seventh Street | Southern terminus of AR 191 | |||||
282.9 | 455.3 | AR 38 north to I-40 / I-55 north / South Loop Drive | Southern terminus of AR 38; To I-55 north signed eastbound only | |||||
283.2– 283.9 | 455.8– 456.9 | I-55 north / US 61 north / US 64 west – West Memphis, St. Louis, MO | No direct access from US 70 east to I-55 north or from I-55 south to US 70 west; western end of I-55/US 61/US 64 overlap; I-55 exit 3B | |||||
| 285.5– 285.7 | 459.5– 459.8 | 1 | Bridgeport Road | Interchange | |||
Mississippi River | 286.1– 286.9 | 460.4– 461.7 | Memphis & Arkansas Bridge; Arkansas–Tennessee state line | |||||
I-55 south / US 61 south / US 64 east / US 70 east / US 79 north – Memphis | Continuation into Tennessee | |||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- 1 2 "County Maps". Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- 1 2 Google (July 19, 2020). "Segment 1" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- 1 2 Google (July 20, 2020). "Segment 2" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- 1 2 Google (July 21, 2020). "Segment 3" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ↑ Babyak, Joe; et al. (January 22, 2020). "End of US highway 70". USEnds.com. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ↑ Google (June 2019). "Riverfront Drive". Google Street View. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
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External links
- Media related to U.S. Route 70 in Arkansas at Wikimedia Commons