U.S. Route 63 in Arkansas

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This article is about the section of U.S. Route 63 in Arkansas. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 63.

U.S. Highway 63

US 63 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ArDOT
Length340.0 mi (547.2 km)
Major junctions
South end US 63 / US 167 at Junction City
Major intersections
North end US 63 in Mammoth Spring
Location
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountiesUnion, Bradley, Cleveland, Jefferson, Arkansas, Prairie, Monroe, Woodruff, Cross, Poinsett, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Sharp, Fulton
Highway system
← US 62→ US 64

U.S. Highway 63 (US 63) is a north-south U.S. highway that begins in Ruston, LA. In the US state of Arkansas the highway enters the state from Louisiana concurrent with US 167 in Junction City. The highway runs north through the eastern part of the state, serving rural areas of South Arkansas and the Arkansas Delta, as well as Pine Bluff and Jonesboro. The highway exits the state at Mammoth Spring traveling into Missouri.

Route description

U.S. 63 enters into Arkansas from Louisiana concurrent with US 167 in Junction City. Just a few miles into the state, the two highways run on the eastern edge of El Dorado as an expressway. US 167 splits here, traveling towards Hampton. US 63 bypasses the town of Warren, crossing US 270. US 63 passes through the rural Cleveland County, then enters into Jefferson County.[1]

US 63 at the southern terminus of I-530 in Pine Bluff

In Jefferson County, US 63 serves the city of Pine Bluff. US 63 bypasses the city, running on the last 3 miles of I-530. Also in Pine Bluff, the highway overlaps with US 65 and US 79. US 63 runs northeast with US 79 until Stuttgart, where the highway runs north to Hazen. Just north of Hazen, US 63 overlaps with I-40 to Brinkley. In Brinkley, US 63 begins an overlap with US 49 north to Jonesboro. On the outskirts of Jonesboro, both US 49 and US 63 pick up a short concurrency with US 78. US 63 leaves US 49/US 78 and follows I-555 until I-555 terminates, together serving as a bypass for southern Jonesboro. In Hoxie, US 63 intersects with US 67 (Future I-57). Northwest of here near Portia the highway overlaps with US 412.[1]

In Imboden, US 62 joins this overlap. In Hardy, US 63 leaves the two highways. In Mammoth Spring, US 63 crosses into Missouri, traveling to West Plains.[1]

US Highway 62 joins US 63 and 412 in Imboden

History

Portions of U.S. 63 in northern Arkansas have their origins in the work of the Ozark Trails Association, which established a network of roads in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri beginning in the 1910s. A portion of roadway was mapped out in Arkansas between Mammoth Spring and Memphis, Tennessee, and built c. 1918-22. This roadway was eventually designated Highway A-7, and was later designated U.S. 63. Some of the original infrastructure of this early construction has survived the 1927 Mississippi flood and the realignment of U.S. 63 in 1967. Northwest of Tyronza, Old U.S. 63 runs for about 1-1/4 miles of original concrete pavement;[2] it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[3] Four bridges built in the 1920s (three before the 1927 flood and one after, are also on the National Register; three southeast of Marked Tree, and one southeast of Tyronza.[4][5]

In April 2019, ArDOT submitted an application to AASHTO to reroute US 63 concurrent with US 49 between Brinkley and Jonesboro, eliminating the concurrencies with I-55 and I-555, and part of the concurrency with I-40.[6] The rerouting took effect in 2021.[7] However, a small section of US 63 in Jonesboro was redesignated as I-555 on November 23 of the same year, making US 63 partly concurrent with I-555 again.[8]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmExitDestinationsNotes
UnionJunction City0.00.0

 US 63 south / US 167 south – Ruston		Louisiana state line
​10.416.7
 AR 7 south – Lockhart, LA		South end of AR 7 overlap
El Dorado14.122.7
 US 82 / AR 15 south – Magnolia, Crossett, South Arkansas Regional Airport		Interchange; US 82 exit 22
15.024.115
 US 82B / US 167B north (Hillsboro Street)		Interchange
16.226.1
 US 167 north / Main Street – Fordyce, Camden		Interchange; North end of US 167 / AR 7 overlap; US 63 north follows exit 16
Old Union22.536.2
 AR 129 south (Lawson Road) – Lawson
​33.253.4
 AR 275 south – Strong
Bradley​36.458.6 AR 600 – Moro Bay State Park
​48.978.7
 AR 160 west – Jersey		South end of AR 160 overlap
Hermitage52.784.8

 US 63B north / AR 160 east – Hermitage, Ingalls		North end of AR 160 overlap
53.485.9
 US 63B south – Hermitage
Carmel62.2100.1
 AR 8 east – Johnsville		South end of AR 8 overlap
​64.1103.2 AR 980 – Warren Municipal Airport
Warren65.4105.3 US 278 – Hampton, Monticello
65.9106.1
 US 63B north
66.9107.7 US 278B
68.4110.1
 AR 8 west – Fordyce		North end of AR 8 overlap
69.0111.0

 US 63B south / AR 189 south – Monticello
ClevelandRye74.8120.4
 AR 35 south – Monticello, Lake Monticello		South end of AR 35 overlap
Pansy

 AR 11 north / AR 35 north – Rison, Star City		North end of AR 35 overlap
Calmer
 AR 114 west – Rison		South end of AR 114 overlap

 AR 114 east – Star City		North end of AR 114 overlap
Jefferson​
 AR 54 east – Glendale		South end of AR 54 overlap
Pinebergen
 AR 54 west		North end of AR 54 overlap
Pine Bluff107.106172.370


 I-530 north / US 79 south (US 65 north) / US 63B north – Little Rock		South end of I-530 / US 65 / US 79 overlap; US 63 south follows exit 43
​44
 AR 530 south – Star City, Monticello
Pine Bluff46
 US 65 south / AR 190 (Harding Avenue) – Dumas, McGehee, Lake Village		North end of I-530 / US 65 overlap; South end of US 65B overlap; US 63 north follows exit 46

 US 65B north / Harding Street / Market Street		North end of US 65B overlap
​
 AR 81 south
Altheimer

 US 79B to US 65 north – Pine Bluff, UAPB


 US 79B south to AR 88 – Reydell, Altheimer Business District
ArkansasHumphrey
 AR 13 north – Humnoke, Carlisle
​
 AR 152 east – Bayou Meto WMA
​
 AR 343 south
​
 US 79B north – De Witt, Phillips Community College
Stuttgart
 US 79 north (West Michigan Street) – Clarendon, Arkansas County Agricultural Museum		North end of US 79 overlap
​ US 165 – England, Little Rock, De Witt, Clarendon
Prairie​ AR 980 – Stuttgart Municipal Airport
​
 AR 86 west – Slovak		South end of AR 86 overlap
Siedenstricker
 AR 86 east – Tollville		North end of AR 86 overlap
Hazen
 US 70 east – DeValls Bluff, Brinkley		South end of US 70 overlap

 US 70 west – Hazen Business District		North end of US 70 overlap


 I-40 west / AR 11 north – Little Rock, Des Arc, Lower White River Museum State Park		South end of I-40 overlap; US 63 south follows exit 193
See I-40 (Exit 193 - 216)
See US 49 (Arkansas milepost 54.97 to 125.53)
See I-555 (Exit 45 to 49)
CraigheadJonesboro49 AR 91 (Dan Avenue / AR 18 west) / I-555Interchange; North end of freeway; North end of AR 18 overlap; northern terminus of I-555
​
 US 63B north – Bono Business District
​
 AR 230 to AR 91 – Alicia, Bono
​
 US 63B south – Bono Business District
GreeneNo major intersections
LawrenceSedgwick
 AR 228 east – Light		South end of AR 228 overlap


 AR 228 west to AR 349		North end of AR 228 overlap
Walnut Ridge AR 91 – Egypt

 US 63B north

 I-57 / US 67 / US 412 east – Walnut Ridge, Pocahontas, Paragould, Little Rock		Interchange; South end of US 412 overlap, I-57/US 67 Exit 121
Hoxie AR 367 – Hoxie, Walnut Ridge, NewportInterchange; Former southern terminus of US 67B
​
 US 63B south – Hoxie Business District
Portia
 US 412B east – Walnut Ridge		Former south end of US 412 overlap until 2023
Black Rock AR 25 – Black Rock, Powhatan, Davidsonville Historic State Park, Powhatan Courthouse, Lake CharlesInterchange

 AR 117 north – Davidsonville Historic State Park		South end of AR 117 overlap

 AR 117 south – Smithville		North end of AR 117 overlap
Imboden
 US 62 east – Pocahontas, Business District		South end of US 62 overlap

 AR 115 south – Smithville, Cave City
RandolphNo major intersections
LawrenceRavenden
 AR 90 east – Ravenden Springs
Sharp​
 AR 58E west – Williford
​
 AR 58 west – Williford
Hardy
 AR 175 north – Wirth		South end of AR 175 overlap

 US 63B north – Hardy, Historic District




 US 62 west / US 412 west / US 63B south (AR 175 south) to US 167 – Hardy, Ash Flat, Batesville, Mountain Home		North end of US 62 / US 412 / AR 175 overlap
FultonMammoth Spring
 AR 9 south – Salem, Business District
​
 US 63 north – Thayer		Missouri state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Google (January 9, 2024). "Overview Map of US 63 in Arkansas" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Highway A-7, Tyronza Segment" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. ^ "NRHP nomination for Highway A-7, Bridges Historic District" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  5. ^ "NRHP nomination for Highway A7, Ditch No. 6 Bridge" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  6. ^ "Application from ArDOT to AASHTO Highways Special Committee on U. S. Route Number" (PDF). April 23, 2019.
  7. ^ Inman, Keith. "Arkansas DOT orders rerouting of U.S. 63". The Paragould Daily Press. Paragould, Arkansas. p. 1A. ISSN 1082-8788. OCLC 21942659. Retrieved October 25, 2021 – via NewsBank.
  8. ^ "Highway 63 in Jonesboro redesignated as I-555". Talk Business & Politics. November 23, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2023.

External links

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