Arkansas Highway 37

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Highway 37

AR 37 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ArDOT
ExistedApril 1, 1926–present
Section 1
Length52.192 mi[1][2] (83.995 km)
South end AR 17 north of McCrory
Major intersections I-57 / US 67 near Tuckerman
North end AR 122 at Cord
Section 2
Length0.61 mi[3] (980 m)
South end US 62 in Gateway
North end Route 37, Missouri state line
Location
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
Highway system
← AR 36→ AR 38
← AR 46AR 47→ AR 48

Highway 37 (AR 37) is a designation for two north–south state highways in Arkansas. The longer segment connects rural communities in the Arkansas Delta; the shorter segment is a connection under one mile in the Ozark Mountains to the Missouri state line.

main segment of 52.40 miles (84.33 km) runs from McCrory to Cord.[3] A short segment of 0.61 miles (0.98 km) runs north in Benton County from U.S. Route 62 to the Missouri state line.[4]

Both routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).

Route description

McCrory to Cord

AR 37 begins north of McCrory near the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge at a junction with AR 17. The highway runs north, roughly paralleling the Cache River through a rural area to a junction with AR 145 before entering Jackson County.[5] AR 37 runs north past junctions with AR 33 and AR 42 near Gourd Neck before passing through the unincorporated community of Beedeville. The route continues north to a junction with AR 14 in the small town of Amagon.[6] The two routes form a concurrency eastbound toward Poinsett County. Just short of the county line, AR 37 turns north and passes through Pennington before a junction with AR 18. The two routes form a concurrency westbound, crossing the Cache River before entering the small town of Grubbs.

The route continues north to AR 18 in and I-57/US 67 in Tuckerman.[7] AR 37 also passes the historic Tuckerman Water Tower in Tuckerman. Arkansas Highway 37 continues northwest to Cord, where the route meets AR 122 and terminates.[8]

Gateway to Missouri

Highway 37 near its southern terminus in Gateway.

The only town on the route, Gateway, is also the southern terminus (at US 62). The northern terminus is at the Missouri state line where the road continues as Route 37.

History

Highway 47

LocationBenton County
Existed1926–1979

Arkansas Highway 37 was first formed in the original 1926 state highway plan as a route from AR 17 near McCrory north to AR 18 near Grubbs.[9] By 1940, the route had been extended north to Tuckerman, existing as a gravel road, and in some portions, an unimproved dirt road.[10] By 1945, the routing was extended to Cord. The highway's routing has remained essentially unchanged since this extension, though the route is now paved.

Highway 47 was the former designation for U.S. Highway 62 between Rogers and Gateway and Highway 37 between Gateway and the Missouri State Line. Running a distance of approximately 18 miles (29 km), its southern terminus was at the intersection of U.S. Route 71 (aka 8th & Walnut Streets) in Rogers then passed through the communities of Avoca and Garfield before it ended at the Missouri state line just north of Gateway. When U.S. 62 was designated in Arkansas in 1930, Highway 47 was truncated to the 1⁄2-mile (0.80 km) segment from Gateway to the Missouri state line where it continued as Route 37. The brief connector segment was renumbered in January 1976 to match the Missouri designation, thus providing continuity for travelers seeking Eureka Springs.[11]

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at concurrencies.

CountyLocationmi[1][2][12][3]kmDestinationsNotes
Woodruff​0.0000.000 AR 17 – McCrory, Tupelo
​0.550.89
 AR 269 south – Morton
​4.377.03

 AR 145 north / CR 320 west
Jackson​6.7010.78
 AR 33 south – Tupelo
​8.8014.16
 AR 42 east – Hickory Ridge
​14.0522.61
 AR 145 north – Blackville
Amagon20.84833.552
 AR 14 west (Amagon Avenue) – Newport		Begin AR 14 overlap
​0.0000.000
 AR 14 east – Waldenburg		End AR 14 overlap, former AR 384
​6.40310.305
 AR 18 east – Jonesboro		Begin AR 18 overlap
Grubbs0.0000.000
 AR 18 west (Darden Street) – Newport		End AR 18 overlap
​6.47510.421 I-57 / US 67 – Little Rock, Jonesboro
Tuckerman12.42419.994
 AR 367 north – Hoxie		south end of AR 367 overlap
0.0000.000
 AR 367 south – Newport		north end of AR 367 overlap
​2.393.85Unknown road nameFormer AR 226
​5.298.51
 AR 17 south – Diaz
IndependenceCord12.51720.144
 AR 122 to AR 25 – Newark
Gap in route
BentonGateway0.0000.000 US 62 – Eureka Springs, Rogers, Fayetteville
​0.60.97
 Route 37 north – Seligman		Missouri state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Planning Division (April 30, 2024). State Highway Route and Section Map, Woodruff County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). Little Rock: Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Planning Division (April 30, 2024). State Highway Route and Section Map, Jackson County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). Little Rock: Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "[Arkansas] State Highways 2009 (Database)." April 2010. AHTD: Planning and Research Division. Database. Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  4. ^ General Highway Map - Benton County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (8/24/10 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  5. ^ General Highway Map - Woodruff County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (9/2/00 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  6. ^ Transportation Planning and Policy Division (February 2015). Map of Amagon, Jackson County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:12,000. Little Rock: Arkansas Department of Transportation. § B3. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  7. ^ General Highway Map - Jackson County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (10/21/2010 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  8. ^ General Highway Map - Independence County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (10/06/2006 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  9. ^ Map of State of Arkansas showing System of State Highways (Map) (Initial 1926 ed.). Arkansas State Highway Department. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  10. ^ Map of the StateHighway System of Arkansas (Map) (1940 ed.). Arkansas State Highway Department. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  11. ^ "Minutes of the Meeting" (PDF). Arkansas State Highway Commission. January 29, 1976. p. 604. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  12. ^ Arkansas Centerline File (GIS Map) (Map) (Updated ed.). Various. Arkansas GIS Office. January 22, 2024 [September 29, 2014]. Retrieved August 4, 2024.

External links

Media related to Arkansas Highway 37 at Wikimedia Commons

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