U.S. Route 412 in Arkansas
U.S. Highway 412 | ||||
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US 412 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ArDOT | ||||
| Length | 293.3 mi (472.0 km) | |||
| Existed | 1988[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 412 at the Oklahoma state line near Siloam Springs | |||
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| East end | US 412 at the Missouri state line near Paragould | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Arkansas | |||
| Counties | Benton, Washington, Madison, Carroll, Boone, Marion, Baxter, Fulton, Sharp, Lawrence, Randolph, Greene | |||
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U.S. Highway 412 (US 412) runs east-to-west through northern Arkansas for about 290 miles (470 km). The route begins at the Oklahoma state line near Siloam Springs, and ends at the Missouri state line east of Paragould.
Route description
Oklahoma to Alpena
US 412 continues from Oklahoma, and heads directly towards the east. The route travels through the town of Siloam Springs, intersecting AR 16 and AR 59 along the way. The route continues to head east into the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan area, mainly traveling through the city of Springdale. The route intersects I-49, and US 71B, sharing a short concurrency with it. Afterwards, the route travels into the Boston Mountains, intersecting the communities of Hindsville and Huntsville along the way. The route continues through the mountains and is very rural, intersecting almost no other communities and only a couple of signed highways along the way, before reaching US 62 in Alpena.[2] This would be the western end of the concurrency with US 62.
US 62/63 concurrency
US 412 shares a concurrency with US 62 for about 142 miles (229 km), beginning in Alpena, and ending in Imboden.[3] During this time, the routes intersect several communities and many highways along the way, traveling through the cities of Harrison, Yellville, Mountain Home, and Cherokee Village. Both routes also share a concurrency with US 65 for about 12.2 miles (19.6 km), beginning north of Harrison, and ending in Bellefonte.[4] US 62/412 also intersect US 63 in Hardy, and also share a concurrency with the route for about 35 miles (56 km).[5] US 412 also shares a concurrency with US 63 beginning in Hardy, and ending just east of Portia. US 62 is still concurrent with both routes during this time, however, the east end of the US 62 concurrency ends at Imboden, about 20 miles (32 km)[6] before the east end of the US 63 concurrency. US 412B (was US 412 until 2023) heads east from US 63/US 412 just east of Portia towards Walnut Ridge. The US 63/US 412 concurrency continues to now end at the US 67 (Future I-57) interchange on the southeast side of Hoxie.
Portia to Missouri
US 412 continues directly east, intersecting the communities of Walnut Ridge and Paragould, and several highways along the way, including US 67/Future I-57 in Walnut Ridge, and US 49 in Paragould. The route continues into the Missouri Bootheel just east of Paragould.[7] The entire route in Arkansas, including concurrencies, is about 290 miles (470 km) long.[8]
History
US Route 412 was initially built in 1987, as a route that spanned from Jackson, Tennessee, to Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. In 1988, US 412 was extended all the way to Oklahoma, following numerous other highways that have previously been built.[1]
At the Fall 2023 AASHTO Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering Meeting, US 412 was realigned to follow US 63 and US 67 (Future I-57) in the Walnut Ridge area; the former route through Walnut Ridge became US 412B.[9]
Arkansas Highway 68
Highway 68 | |
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| Location | Siloam Springs–Alpena |
| Length | 88 mi (142 km) |
| Existed | 1926–1988 |
US 412 between the Oklahoma state line and Alpena was formerly known as Arkansas Highway 68 until 1988 when US 412 was extended to Oklahoma. The route began at OK 33 at the Oklahoma state line near Siloam Springs (now US 412), and ended at US 62 in Alpena.
Future
In Springdale, a bypass will be constructed to serve as a bypass for US 412. A portion between I-49 and AR 112 opened April 30, 2018, and is currently designated as AR 612.[10]
On May 20, 2021, Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma introduced legislation to designate the portion of US-412 between I-35 in Noble County, Oklahoma, and I-49 in Springdale as a future Interstate. The bill, titled the "Future Interstate in Oklahoma and Arkansas Act" (S. 1766), was cosponsored by senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, both from Arkansas. The senators' stated reasons for seeking an Interstate designation along US-412 included encouraging economic development, expanding opportunities for employment in the region, making travel safer and shipping easier, attracting new businesses, and better connecting rural and urban communities. Other supporters of the measure include the mayor of Tulsa, G. T. Bynum, and the heads of both ArDOT and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT).[11] In the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, part of the route is designated as a future interstate. The bill says “the route that generally follows United States Route 412 from its intersection with Interstate Route 35 in Noble County, Oklahoma, passing through Tulsa, Oklahoma, to its intersection with Interstate Route 49 in Springdale, Arkansas.”[12]
The Interstate 42 number has been assigned to this future interstate.[13]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[14] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Benton | Siloam Springs | 0.0 | 0.0 |  US 412 west – Tulsa | Continuation from Oklahoma |
| 2.1 | 3.4 |   AR 59 south – Summers, Lincoln | Western end of AR 59 concurrency | ||
| 3.2 | 5.1 |   AR 16 east – Fayetteville | AR 16 western terminus | ||
| 4.2 | 6.8 |  AR 59 north – Gentry, Gravette | Eastern end of AR 59 concurrency | ||
| Washington | Tontitown | 20.2 | 32.5 |  AR 112 – Fayetteville, Elm Springs, Cave Springs | |
| Springdale | 22.1 | 35.6 |    I-49 / US 62 / US 71 – Fayetteville, Bentonville, Fort Smith | I-49 exit 72 | |
| 24.7 | 39.8 |  US 71B north – Rogers | Northern end of US 71B concurrency | ||
| 25.1 | 40.4 | US 71B south – Fayetteville | Southern end of US 71B concurrency | ||
| 24.7 | 39.8 |  AR 265 – Fayetteville, Lowell | |||
| Spring Valley | 37.2 | 59.9 |  AR 303 south – Mayfield | Western end of AR 303 concurrency | |
| | 38.1 | 61.3 | AR 303 north | Eastern end of AR 303 concurrency | |
| Madison | | 40.2 | 64.7 |  AR 295 south – Wesley | AR 295 northern terminus |
| Hindsville | 41.7 | 67.1 |   US 412B / AR 45 – Hindsville, Goshen, Clifty | ||
| 43.2 | 69.5 | US 412B – Hindsville | |||
| Huntsville | 48.7 | 78.4 | US 412B – Huntsville | ||
| 50.8 | 81.8 |  AR 23 – Huntsville, Eureka Springs | Interchange | ||
| 52.5 | 84.5 | US 412B – Huntsville | |||
| | 54.6 | 87.9 |  AR 127 north – Alabam | AR 127 southern terminus | |
| Madison–Carroll county line | | 62.8 | 101.1 |  AR 21 south – Kingston, Ponca | Western end of AR 21 concurrency |
| Carroll | | 63.1 | 101.5 | AR 21 north – Berryville | Eastern end of AR 21 concurrency |
| Gobbler | 70.0 | 112.7 |  AR 103 north – Rudd, Green Forest | Western end of AR 103 concurrency | |
| Osage | 73.2 | 117.8 | AR 103 south – Osage, Compton | Eastern end of AR 103 concurrency | |
| Carroll–Boone county line | Alpena | 84.0 | 135.2 | US 62 west – Berryville, Eureka Springs | Eastern end of US 62 concurrency |
| Boone | | 92.1 | 148.2 |  AR 392 east – Batavia, Capps | Western terminus of AR 392 |
| Bear Creek Springs | 95.1 | 153.0 |  US 65 north – Branson, MO, Springfield, MO | Interchange; northern end of US 65 concurrency | |
| Harrison | 98.3 | 158.2 |  AR 980 – Boone County Regional Airport | AR 980 northern terminus | |
| 100.1 | 161.1 |  AR 43 east | AR 43 western terminus | ||
| 100.6 | 161.9 |  US 65B – Harrison | |||
| 102.3 | 164.6 |  AR 7 north – Bergman, Lead Hill | Western end of AR 7 concurrency | ||
| 102.5 | 165.0 | AR 7 south – Harrison, Jasper | Eastern end of AR 7 concurrency | ||
| 104.2 | 167.7 |  US 65B / AR 123 – Harrison, North Arkansas College | |||
| Bellefonte | 106.7 | 171.7 |  AR 206 west | AR 206 eastern terminus | |
| 107.7 | 173.3 | US 65 south – Marshall, Clinton, Little Rock | Southern end of US 65 concurrency | ||
| Marion | Pyatt | 119.6 | 192.5 |  AR 125 south – Eros | Western end of AR 125 concurrency |
| Cedar Grove | 125.8 | 202.5 | AR 125 north – Dodd City, Peel | Eastern end of AR 125 concurrency | |
| Yellville | 128.7 | 207.1 |  AR 202 east – Summit | AR 202 western terminus | |
| 130.4 | 209.9 |  AR 14 west – Lead Hill | Western end of AR 14 concurrency | ||
| 130.7 | 210.3 |   AR 14 east to AR 235 – Big Flat, Mountain View | Eastern end of AR 14 concurrency | ||
| Flippin | 135.6 | 218.2 |  AR 178 east – Flippin, Bull Shoals | AR 178 western terminus | |
| 138.2 | 222.4 |  AR 101 south – Rea Valley | AR 101 northern terminus | ||
| 138.8 | 223.4 |  US 62B – Cotter | |||
| Baxter | Cotter | 141.7 | 228.0 | US 62B – Cotter | |
| Gassville | 143.0 | 230.1 |  AR 345 south – Cotter | Western end of AR 345 concurrency | |
| 143.6 | 231.1 | AR 345 north – Gassville | Eastern end of AR 345 concurrency | ||
| 143.9 | 231.6 |  AR 126 north – Midway | Western end of AR 126 concurrency | ||
| | 146.9 | 236.4 | AR 126 south – Buford, White Buffalo | Eastern end of AR 126 concurrency | |
| Mountain Home | 149.3 | 240.3 | US 62B – Mountain Home | ||
| 149.3 | 240.3 | US 62B – Mountain Home | |||
| 149.8 | 241.1 |  AR 201 – Mountain Home, Norfork | |||
| 152.1 | 244.8 |  AR 5 – Mountain Home, Mountain View, Gainesville, MO | Interchange | ||
| 153.7 | 247.4 | AR 178 – Mountain Home, Buzzard Roost | |||
| 154.9 | 249.3 | US 62B – Mountain Home | |||
| | 159.1 | 256.0 | AR 101 – Gamaliel, Bakersfield, MO | AR 101 southern terminus | |
| Fulton | Gepp | 169.8 | 273.3 |  AR 87 – Elizabeth, Bakersfield, MO | |
| Viola | 177.8 | 286.1 |  AR 223 – Pineville, Calico Rock | ||
| Salem | 186.6 | 300.3 | US 62B – Salem | ||
| 187.2 | 301.3 |  AR 395 south | AR 395 northern terminus | ||
| 187.6 | 301.9 |  AR 9 to AR 395 north – Melbourne, Mammoth Spring, West Plains, MO | |||
| Glencoe | 195.2 | 314.1 |  AR 289 south – Horseshoe Bend | Western end of AR 289 concurrency | |
| | 202.4 | 325.7 | AR 289 north – Cherokee Village, Mammoth Spring | Eastern end of AR 289 concurrency | |
| Sharp | Ash Flat | 204.7 | 329.4 |  US 167 south – Cave City, Batesville | US 167 northern terminus |
| Highland | 208.3 | 335.2 |  AR 175S – Cherokee Village | AR 175S southern terminus | |
| Cherokee Village | 213.4 | 343.4 |  AR 175 – Cherokee Village | AR 175 eastern terminus | |
| Hardy | 214.2 | 344.7 |  AR 342 east | AR 342 western terminus | |
| 214.8 | 345.7 |  US 63B – Hardy | |||
| 215.1 | 346.2 |  US 63 north – Mammoth Spring, Thayer, MO | Northern end of US 63 concurrency | ||
| 216.7 | 348.7 | US 63B – Hardy | |||
| | 218.1 | 351.0 | AR 175 north – Wirth | AR 175 southern terminus | |
| Ozark Acres | 223.2 | 359.2 |  AR 58 west – Williford, Poughkeepsie | AR 58 eastern terminus | |
| | 225.2 | 362.4 |  AR 58E west – Williford | AR 58E eastern terminus | |
| Lawrence | Ravenden | 231.6 | 372.7 |  AR 90 east – Ravenden Springs, Pocahontas | AR 90 western terminus |
| Randolph | No major intersections | ||||
| Lawrence | Imboden | 236.4 | 380.4 |  AR 115 south – Smithville | AR 115 northern terminus |
| 236.9 | 381.3 | US 62 east – Pocahontas, Corning | Eastern end of US 62 concurrency | ||
| Black Rock | 244.1 | 392.8 |  AR 117 south – Smithville | Western end of AR 117 concurrency | |
| 245.3 | 394.8 | AR 117 north – Black Rock | Eastern end of AR 117 concurrency | ||
| 246.2 | 396.2 |  AR 25 south – Black Rock, Strawberry, Batesville | AR 25 northern terminus | ||
| Portia | 250.0 | 402.3 | US 412B east – Walnut Ridge | Former southern end of US 63 overlap until 2023 | |
| | 252.3 | 406.0 | US 63B south – Hoxie Business District | ||
| Hoxie | 254.9 | 410.2 |  AR 367 – Hoxie, Walnut Ridge, Newport | Interchange; Former southern terminus of US 67B | |
| | 256.5 | 412.8 |    Future I-57 south / US 63 south / US 67 south – Little Rock, Jonesboro | Interchange; South end of US 63 and US 67 overlaps, US 67 Exit 121 | |
| Walnut Ridge | 259.3 | 417.3 |  Future I-57 north / US 67 north / US 412B west | US 67 exit 123, north end of US 67 overlap | |
| Greene | Light | 268.7 | 432.4 | Old US 412 | |
| 269.8 | 434.2 |  AR 228 – Light, Segdwick | |||
| 271.3 | 436.6 | Old US 412 | |||
| | 274.3 | 441.4 |  AR 141 – Walcott, Jonesboro | ||
| | 275.6 | 443.5 |  AR 168 – Crowley's Ridge State Park | AR 168 eastern terminus | |
| Paragould | 279.6 | 450.0 | US 412B east | ||
| 282.8 | 455.1 |  AR 358 | |||
| 284.8 | 458.3 |  US 49 – Jonesboro, Marmaduke | |||
| 285.3 | 459.1 |  AR 69 | |||
| 287.2 | 462.2 | US 412B west / AR 135 north – Walnut Ridge | Western end of AR 135 concurrency | ||
| 287.8 | 463.2 |  AR 135 south – Lake City | Eastern end of AR 135 concurrency | ||
| | 292.5 | 470.7 |  AR 139 north – Piggott | AR 139 southern terminus | |
| | 293.3 | 472.0 | US 412 east – Kennett | Continuation into Missouri | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b Brooks, Robert; Dienhart, Paul; Karner, Karin; Karner, Martin; Nelson, Steven; Patriarca, Chris; Rigsby, David; Sanderson, Dale; Stuve, Eric (May 31, 2020). "End of US Highway 412". USEnds.com. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Google (February 5, 2021). "US Route 412 from Oklahoma to Alpena" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Google (February 5, 2021). "US Routes 62/412 concurrency" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Google (February 5, 2021). "US Routes 62/65/412 concurrency" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Google (February 5, 2021). "US Routes 63/412 concurrency" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Google (August 10, 2024). "US 62 to US 67" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
- ^ Google (February 5, 2021). "US Route 412 from Portia to Missouri" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Google (February 5, 2021). "Overview: US 412 in Arkansas" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (November 2023). "2023 Fall Meeting Report to the Council on Highways and Streets" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 5, 2023.
- ^ Johnson, Brendan (April 30, 2018). "First section of future 412 bypass opens". Fort Smith, Arkansas: KHBS-TV. Retrieved July 28, 2022.
- ^ Della Rosa, Jeff (May 21, 2021). "U.S. legislators look to designate part of Highway 412 as 'future interstate'". Talk Business & Politics. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ^ Wood, Ron (January 31, 2022). "Portion of U.S. 412 in Arkansas, Oklahoma designated a future interstate in infrastructure bill". Arkansas Online. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
- ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (2024). "2024 Spring Meeting Report to the Council on Highways and Streets" (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved June 2, 2024 – via AASHTO Route Numbering Archive.
- ^ "County Maps". Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
External links
Media related to U.S. Route 412 in Arkansas at Wikimedia Commons
- U.S. Route 412
- U.S. Highways in Arkansas
- Benton County, Arkansas
- Washington County, Arkansas
- Madison County, Arkansas
- Carroll County, Arkansas
- Boone County, Arkansas
- Marion County, Arkansas
- Baxter County, Arkansas
- Fulton County, Arkansas
- Sharp County, Arkansas
- Lawrence County, Arkansas
- Randolph County, Arkansas
- Greene County, Arkansas