Arkansas Highway 56

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Highway 56

AR 56 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by AHTD
Length42.44 mi[1] (68.30 km)
Existed1926–present
Major junctions
West end AR 5 – Calico Rock
Major intersections AR 9 – Brockwell
US 167
East end AR 58 – Poughkeepsie
Location
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountiesIzard, Sharp
Highway system
I-55 Future I-57

Arkansas Highway 56 (AR 56 and Hwy. 56) is an east–west state highway in Sharp and Izard Counties. The route runs 42.44 miles (68.30 km) from Arkansas Highway 5 in Calico Rock east and south to Poughkeepsie.[2]

Route description

AR 56 begins in Calico Rock at Arkansas Highway 5, running north to Pineville. In Pineville, AR 56 serves as the southern terminus for AR 223, which runs north to Missouri.[3] The route continues to run east through rural country to meet AR 9 in Brockwell near the historic Pine Ridge School Building and AR 289 in Franklin south of Horseshoe Bend. After Franklin, the route enters Sharp County, and a concurrency begins south with US 167 south of Ash Flat. AR 56 follows US 167 south for 11.4 miles (18.3 km) until Evening Shade, when AR 56 turns east.[2] The highway continues east to AR 58 in Poughkeepsie, where the route terminates near the Poughkeepsie School Building on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

Arkansas 56 1926.svg

Arkansas Highway 56 was one of the original 1926 Arkansas state highways.[4] The route ran from Calico Rock to Ash Flat, terminating at AR 11. The modern alignment follows this alignment very closely, with one exception. The Evening Shade – Poughkeepsie segment was added to the state highway system in 1965 as an unpaved route, which was paved in 1986. US 167 was extended north in 1938, replacing AR 11 in the area. Most of the western segment was repaved around 2002.[1]

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at concurrencies.

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
IzardCalico Rock0.000.00 AR 5 – Mountain View, Mountain Home, Ozark Folk Center, Blanchard Springs Caverns
2.84.5
AR 223 north – Pineville, Bexar
Brockwell14.323.0 AR 9 – Salem, Batesville, Melbourne
Franklin24.739.8
AR 289 north – Horseshoe Bend
SharpAsh Flat34.5355.57

US 167 north to US 62 – Hardy
West end of US 167 overlap
Evening Shade0.000.00
US 167 south – Batesville
East end of US 167 overlap
Poughkeepsie7.9112.73 AR 58
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ 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 January 27, 2011.
  2. ^ a b General Highway Map - Sharp County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (4/27/07 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  3. ^ General Highway Map - Izard County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (1/8/02 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  4. ^ "Map of State of Arkansas showing System of State Highways." Arkansas State Highway Department. 1926.Map. Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 15, 2011.

External links

Media related to Arkansas Highway 56 at Wikimedia Commons