Arkansas Highway 60

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Highway 60

AR 60 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ArDOT
ExistedApril 1, 1926–present
Main segment
Length54.193 mi[1][2][3] (87.215 km)
West end AR 28 in Plainview
East end US 65B / AR 365 in Conway
Sebastian / Franklin counties
Length10.590 mi[4][5] (17.043 km)
West end AR 252
East end AR 41 at Peter Pender
Logan County
Length2.599 mi[6] (4.183 km)
West endOld AR 10 at the Sebastian County line
East end AR 10 near Booneville
Section 4
Length1.313 mi[7] (2.113 km)
West end AR 282
East end US 64 / US 71B near Van Buren
Section 5
Length2.404 mi[8] (3.869 km)
West endOld 88 Road near Rudy
East end AR 282 from Rudy
Location
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
Highway system
← AR 59→ US 61

Highway 60 (AR 60) is a state highway that exists in five separate sections in Arkansas. The longest and most traveled segment runs from Highway 28 in Plainview east to U.S. Route 65B (US 65B) in Conway. The remaining routes are rural routes providing connectivity in the Arkansas River Valley region.

The main segment was created during the initial 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering. Additional segments were created in 1953 and the 1970s. A portion of the highway in Sebastian County is part of the Arkansas Heritage Trails system, designated as both the Butterfield Overland Mail Trail and the Trail of Tears (Chicasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole routes). Highway 60 Spur (AR 60S) was a spur route in Conway between 1997 and 2015.

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

Route description

The ArDOT maintains AR 60 like all other parts of the state highway system. As a part of these responsibilities, the department tracks the volume of traffic using its roads in surveys using a metric called average annual daily traffic (AADT). ArDOT estimates the traffic level for a segment of roadway for any average day of the year in these surveys. As of 2023, traffic ranged from 34,000 VPD in Conway, 5,900 VPD at Toad Suck, to 1,900 VPD at Sweet Home and 580 VPD near Lake Nimrod along the main segment. Other segments included counts of 220 VPD near Peter Pender, 630 VPD near Glendale, 750 VPD north of I-40, and 2,100 VPD north of Rudy.[9] For reference, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), classifies roads with fewer than 400 vehicles per day as a very low volume local road.[10]

No segment of AR 60 is part of the National Highway System (NHS),[11] a network of roads important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.[12]

Main segment

Highway 60 and Highway 7 intersection at Fourche Junction

AR 60 begins at an intersection with AR 28 (Spring Avenue/Main Street) in the small town of Plainview in the Ouachita Mountains. The route runs south as Spring Avenue, exiting city limits to the southeast and serving a rural area.[13] AR 60 passes between Ola Mountain to the north and Nimrod Lake to the south for 7.0 miles (11.3 km) before reaching the Perry County line.[14] AR 60 serves several campgrounds and recreation areas on the east side of the lake prior to a junction with AR 7 at Fourche Junction.[15]

The highway begins to run parallel with the Fourche La Fave River, itself the northern boundary of the Ouachita National Forest, passing through the unincorporated community of Nimrod and Aplin, where it passes the historic Camp House[16] and serves as the northern terminus of AR 155. Continuing east, AR 60 passes through Cherry Hill before entering Perryville, the small-town county seat of Perry County. Now named Aplin Avenue, AR 60 passes the Perry County Fairgrounds, crosses Cedar Creek, and serves as the northern boundary of the Perryville Commercial Historic District,[a 1] which includes the Perry County Courthouse.[18] Continuing east, AR 60 intersects AR 9/AR 10 (Fourche Street); the three route form a seven-block concurrency before AR 60 turns onto Houston Street. AR 60 passes Perryville High School before exiting the town eastbound toward Houston.[19]

In Houston, AR 60 turns to parallel the Little Rock and Western Railway tracks before a junction with AR 113 (Rose Street). The two routes form a concurrency, serving as the eastern terminus of AR 216 one block east and passing the Houston Methodist Episcopal Church, South[20] before exiting the town eastbound.[21][22]

State Highway 60 in Conway, Arkansas, after crossing the Arkansas River

AR 60/AR 113 run concurrent for about 3.8 miles (6.1 km), when AR 113 turns south toward Bigelow. AR 60 curves northeast after splitting from AR 113 and passes through the unincorporated communities of Little Dixie and Nogal before crossing over the Arkansas River via the Toad Suck Ferry Dam and entering Faulkner County. The highway turns at Prince Street (a former alignment of AR 60) and enters Conway. It runs east as Dave Ward Drive, a divided highway with partially controlled access, passing the entrance to the University of Central Arkansas at Donaghey Avenue (former AR 60S) before a junction with U.S. Route 65 Business (US 65B), where it terminates.[23]

Logan County

The section of AR 60 in Logan County begins at a county road (Old Hwy 10) at the Sebastian County line east of Booneville Lake. The route runs east through the unincorporated community of Glendale to a junction with AR 10 west of Booneville, where it terminates.[24]

Sebastian / Franklin counties

AR 60 begins at a junction with AR 252 and Military Road in eastern Sebastian County north of the unincorporated community of Ursula.[25] The highway runs east as Military Road into Franklin County, where it becomes a section line road. North of Charleston, AR 60 junctions with AR 217 at the Cherokee Prairie Natural Area. Between AR 252 and AR 217, the route is part of the Arkansas Heritage Trails system.[26][27]

After continuing east, AR 60 turns north at a junction with Bradbury Street (former AR 288). The route winds northeast to terminate at AR 41 at Peter Pender.[28]

US 64 to Highway 282

The shorter section of AR 60 in Crawford County begins at a junction with US Route 64 (US 64) and US 71B between Van Buren and Alma in the Arkansas River Valley. The route runs north over Interstate 40 (I-40), with no interchange, before turning west. The highway intersects Highway 282, where it terminates.[29]

Rudy

The longer section of AR 60 in Crawford County begins at a junction with AR 282 west of the small town of Rudy on the west side of Frog Bayou in the Arkansas River Valley. The highway runs north across Cedar Creek to serve as the eastern terminus of AR 348, and continues north until state maintenance ends. The roadway continues as a county road named Old 88 Road.[29]

History

AR 60 was created during the 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering from State Road 9 in Perryville to US 65 in Conway, along US 65 through Conway, and east to US 67 in Beebe.[30] On the June 1931 map, US 64 supplanted AR 60 between Conway and Beebe.[31][32] In 1936, the route as extended west to Fourche Junction;[33][34] the following year it replaced AR 76 west to Plainview.[35]

On the 1953 state highway map, a second segment of AR 60 was designated along a former alignment of AR 10 to the Sebastian-Logan County line.[36][37]

On January 6, 1971, the Arkansas State Highway Commission redesignated AR 60 over the Lock & Dam No. 8 (now known as the Toad Suck Ferry Lock and Dam), which had replaced the Toad Suck Ferry crossing on the Arkansas River.[38]

A third segment of AR 60 was created on May 23, 1973 between AR 217 and AR 252[39] At the request of the Franklin County judge, the designation was extended east to Peter Pender in exchange for a partial decommissioning of AR 288 on July 29, 2976.[40]

In 1973, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 9 of 1973. The act directed county judges and legislators to designate up to 12 miles (19 km) of county roads as state highways in each county.[41] Under the act, the Commission created two additional segments of AR 60 on June 28, 1973 in Crawford County: along Shibley Road and/or Jay Neal Loop and along a county road north of Rudy.[42]

On January 26, 1977, the Commission proposed to swap AR 60 and AR 286 in Conway between the dam and Salem Road. The proposal included improvements to Salem Road being Prince Street and the new terminus of AR 60, as well as abandoning former AR 60 east of the intersection Prince Street and Salem Road.[43] The swap was never completed because Salem Road was never improved to state highway standards; AR 60 stayed routed along Prince Street, Locust Street, and Oak Street. On November 13, 1990, the City of Conway requested a rerouting of AR 60 around Conway Middle School from Prince Street and Locust Avenue to Donaghey Avenue and Caldwell Street. The Commission approved the city's request on May 1, 1991.[44] On August 6, 1997, the Commission renumbered AR 286 as AR 60 as proposed in 1977, but deleted Prince Street from the state highway system.[45]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1][2][3][5][4][6][7][8]kmDestinationsNotes
YellPlainview0.0000.000
 AR 28 (Spring Avenue / Main Street) to AR 27 – Ola		Western terminus
PerryFourche Junction8.613.8 AR 7 (Scenic 7 Byway) – Ola, Hot Springs
Aplin18.730.1
 AR 155 south
Perryville29.447.3

 AR 9 south / AR 10 east (Fourche Street) – Williams Junction		West end of AR 9 / AR 10 overlap
29.747.8

 AR 9 north / AR 10 west (Fourche Street) – Perry		East end of AR 9 / AR 10 overlap
Houston36.358.4
 AR 113 north (Rose Street) – Morrilton		West end of AR 113 overlap
36.458.6
 AR 216 west
​40.164.5
 AR 113 south – Bigelow		East end of AR 113 overlap
Arkansas River47.776.8Toad Suck Ferry Lock and Dam
Faulkner​Prince Street - ConwayFormer AR 60 east
Conway52.985.1Donaghey Avenue – University of Central ArkansasFormer AR 60S
54.487.5

 US 65B / AR 365 south to I-40		Interchange
Gap in route
Logan–Sebastian
county line		​0.0000.000Old Hwy 10Former AR 10, western terminus
Logan​2.5994.183 AR 10Eastern terminus
Gap in route
Sebastian​0.0000.000 AR 252 / Military Road
Franklin​3.165.09 AR 217
​6.9611.20Bradbury StreetFormer AR 288
Peter Pender10.59017.043 AR 41
Gap in route
Crawford​0.0000.000Old 88 Road
​1.812.91
 AR 348 west
​2.4043.869
 AR 282 to I-49 – Rudy
Gap in route
​0.0000.000 AR 282
​1.3132.113 US 64 / US 71B – Alma, Van Buren
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Conway spur

Donaghey Avenue

LocationConway
Length1.8 mi (2.9 km)
ExistedAugust 6, 1997[45]–April 22, 2015[46]

Highway 60S (AR 60S and Donaghey Avenue) is a former spur route in Conway.

Route description

AR 60S ran south as a section line road from AR 60 as Donaghey Avenue across Stone Dam Creek. The route curved right to the Arkansas Civil Defense Center.[47]

History

Concomitant with the rerouting of AR 60 and AR 286 in Conway on August 6, 1997, Highway 286S (AR 286S) was renumbered to AR 60S.[45] The spur was later decommissioned by the Arkansas State Highway Commission on April 22, 2015 at the request of Conway. The route was transferred to local maintenance.[46]

Major intersections

The entire route was in Conway, Faulkner County.

mi[47]kmDestinationsNotes
0.00.0 AR 60 (Dave Ward Drive)Northern terminus
1.82.9End state maintenanceSouthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

  1. ^ The National Register of Historic Places nomination form lists Aplin Avenue as the northern boundary of the Perryville Commercial Historic District, but incorrectly lists this as AR 10.[17]

References

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