U.S. Route 79 in Arkansas
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U.S. Highway 79 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ArDOT | ||||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 79 at the Louisiana state line near Haynesville, LA | |||
| North end |     I-55 / US 61 / US 64 / US 70 at the Tennessee state line in Memphis, TN | |||
| Section 1 | ||||
| Length | 273 mi (439 km) | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Arkansas | |||
| Counties | Columbia, Ouachita, Calhoun, Dallas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Arkansas, Prairie, Monroe, Lee, St. Francis, Crittenden | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Highway 79 (US 79) runs northeast to southwest through southern and eastern Arkansas for about 273 miles (439 km). The route begins at the Louisiana state line north of Haynesville, LA, and ends at the Tennessee state line concurrent with several other routes at the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge.
Route description
Louisiana to Pine Bluff
US 79 continues north from Louisiana and heads in a northerly direction. The route travels to the city of Magnolia, sharing a short concurrency with US 82 before turning in a more northeasterly direction. The route passes through the cities of McNeil and Stephens, before reaching the city of Camden and forming a short concurrency with US 278. The route continues northeast, intersecting multiple highways and passing through several communities such as Bearden, Thornton, Fordyce, and Rison before reaching I-530 in Pine Bluff, forming an overlapping concurrency with both I-530, US 65, and US 63 a few miles later.
Pine Bluff to Memphis
After intersecting US 63, both routes share a concurrency for about 38 miles (61 km) before splitting apart in Stuttgart. The route travels through more communities such as Ulm, Clarendon, and Marianna, intersecting US 49 along the way. US 79 shares a very short concurrency with AR 1 in Marianna before continuing towards Memphis. After passing through Hughes, US 79 intersects I-40 (and AR 218) just south of Jennette, and shares a concurrency with I-40 until reaching West Memphis. I-40 and I-55 split immediately before crossing the Mississippi River, and US 79 is concurrent with I-55 at the split along with US 61, US 64, US 70, and as of late 2023, US 78.
The entire route including concurrencies is about 273 miles (439 km) long.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Columbia | | 0.0 | 0.0 |  US 79 south – Haynesville, Minden | Continuation from Louisiana | |
| Emerson | 6.0 | 9.7 |  AR 98 – Atlanta, Walkerville | |||
| Magnolia | 15.2 | 24.5 |  AR 980 – Magnolia Municipal Airport | AR 980 southern terminus | ||
| 16.6 | 26.7 |    US 79B to AR 19 south – Magnolia | ||||
| 18.3 | 29.5 |    US 82 east / US 82B – Magnolia, El Dorado | Southern end of US 82 concurrency | |||
| 20.5 | 33.0 |   US 82 west to US 371 – Lewisville, Texarkana | Northern end of US 82 concurrency | |||
| McNeil | 23.9 | 38.5 | AR 98 west – McNeil, Waldo | Southern end of AR 98 concurrency | ||
| 24.1 | 38.8 |  CR 47 (Unsigned AR 600) – Logoly State Park | ||||
| 24.3 | 39.1 |  AR 98B – McNeil | ||||
| | 23.9 | 38.5 | AR 98 east – Village | Northern end of AR 98 concurrency | ||
| Ouachita | Stephens | 34.1 | 54.9 |  AR 57 south – Mount Holly | Southern end of AR 57 concurrency | |
| 35.2 | 56.6 |  AR 57 north – Chidester | Northern end of AR 57 concurrency | |||
| Camden | 47.8 | 76.9 |  AR 376 – Camden | |||
| 52.5 | 84.5 |   US 278 west to AR 24 / US 79B – Camden, Hope, Prescott | Interchange, southern end of US 278 concurrency | |||
| 53.6 | 86.3 |  AR 7 – El Dorado, Arkadelphia | Interchange | |||
| 57.7 | 92.9 |  US 278 east to AR 274 – Hampton, Warren, Monticello | Partial interchange, northern end of US 278 concurrency | |||
| 58.0 | 93.3 | US 79B – Camden | ||||
| | 62.2 | 100.1 |  AR 205 south | AR 205 northern terminus | ||
| Eagle Mills | 64.5 | 103.8 |  AR 9 north – Holly Springs, Princeton, Malvern | AR 9 southern terminus | ||
| Bearden | 69.4 | 111.7 | US 79B – Bearden | |||
| 71.2 | 114.6 |  AR 203 – Bearden, Holly Springs | ||||
| Calhoun | | 73.3 | 118.0 | US 79B – Bearden | ||
| Thornton | 78.7 | 126.7 |  US 79B to US 167B – Thornton | |||
| 79.1 | 127.3 | AR 205 – Thornton | ||||
| | 80.8 | 130.0 | US 79B – Thornton | |||
| | 81.2 | 130.7 |  US 167 south – Hampton, El Dorado | Interchange, southern end of US 167 concurrency, southbound access only. | ||
| Dallas | Fordyce | 82.7 | 133.1 |  US 79B / AR 273 west – Fordyce | AR 273 eastern terminus | |
| 84.3 | 135.7 |  AR 8 – Fordyce, Warren, Arkadelphia | ||||
| 85.3 | 137.3 | US 167 north / US 79B – Sheridan, Little Rock | Northern end of US 167 concurrency | |||
| Cleveland | Kingsland | 92.2 | 148.4 |  AR 189 – Kingsland, Hebron | ||
| 93.2 | 150.0 |  AR 97 south – Kingsland, Marks' Mills State Park | AR 97 northern terminus | |||
| Rison | 101.8 | 163.8 |  AR 35 – Rison, Sheridan, Monticello | |||
| | 108.7 | 174.9 |  AR 212 west – Staves | AR 212 eastern terminus | ||
| Jefferson | | 115.0 | 185.1 |  AR 54 east – Pinebergen | Southern end of AR 54 concurrency | |
| Pine Bluff | 121.0 | 194.7 | AR 54 west | Northern end of AR 54 concurrency | ||
| 121.3 | 195.2 | 39 |    I-530 north / US 65 north / US 79B – Pine Bluff, Little Rock | Southern end of I-530 and US 65 concurrency | ||
| 122.4 | 197.0 | 41 | Old Warren Road | |||
| 123.5 | 198.8 | 42 | South Hazel Street | |||
| 124.6 | 200.5 | 43 |   US 63 south / AR 463 north – Pine Bluff, Warren, El Dorado | Southern end of US 63 concurrency, AR 463 southern terminus | ||
| 125.6 | 202.1 | 44 |  AR 530 south – Star City, Monticello | Interchange, AR 530 northern terminus | ||
| 127.9 | 205.8 | 46 |   US 65 south to US 425 / AR 190 west – Pine Bluff, McGehee, Lake Village | Interchange, southern terminus of I-530, north end of US 65 concurrency | ||
| 128.9 | 207.4 |  US 65B – Pine Bluff | ||||
| 130.7 | 210.3 |  AR 81 south | AR 81 northern terminus | |||
| Arkansas River | 134.0 | 215.7 | Bridge over the Arkansas River | |||
| Altheimer | 139.5 | 224.5 |   US 79B to AR 15 / AR 88 – Altheimer, England, Reydell | |||
| 142.1 | 228.7 | US 79B – Altheimer | ||||
| Arkansas | Humphrey | 152.4 | 245.3 |  AR 13 north – Humnoke | AR 13 southern terminus | |
| | 153.0 | 246.2 |  AR 152 east | AR 152 western terminus | ||
| | 159.0 | 255.9 |  AR 343 south | AR 343 northern terminus | ||
| | 159.7 | 257.0 | US 79B – Stuttgart | |||
| Stuttgart | 162.6 | 261.7 | US 63 north – Hazen | Northern end of US 63 concurrency | ||
| 163.7 | 263.4 |  US 165 south – DeWitt | ||||
| 163.9 | 263.8 | US 165 north – England, North Little Rock | ||||
| | 164.6 | 264.9 |  AR 146 east | AR 146 western terminus | ||
| Roe | 175.6 | 282.6 |  AR 33 south – Casscoe, DeWitt | South end of AR 33 concurrency | ||
| | 178.0 | 286.5 | AR 33 north – De Valls Bluff | North end of AR 33 concurrency | ||
| White River | 182.8 | 294.2 | Bridge over the White River | |||
| Monroe | Clarendon | 183.2 | 294.8 |  US 79B to AR 302 – Clarendon | ||
| 183.6 | 295.5 | US 79B – Clarendon | ||||
| 184.5 | 296.9 |  AR 86 west | West end of AR 86 concurrency | |||
| 184.6 | 297.1 | AR 86 east – Holly Grove | East end of AR 86 concurrency | |||
| | 186.5 | 300.1 |  AR 17 north – Brinkley | West end of AR 17 concurrency | ||
| | 189.5 | 305.0 | AR 17 south – Holly Grove | East end of AR 17 concurrency | ||
| | 192.5 | 309.8 |  US 49 – Helena-West Helena, Brinkley | |||
| Monroe | 195.8 | 315.1 |  AR 39 – Rich, Blackton | |||
| Lee | | 204.0 | 328.3 |  AR 238 west – Moro | AR 238 eastern terminus | |
| | 205.2 | 330.2 |  AR 78 west – Moro, Wheatley | AR 78 eastern terminus | ||
| Smith Corner | 208.5 | 335.5 |  AR 121 north – Palestine | West end of AR 121 concurrency | ||
| | 209.0 | 336.4 | AR 121 south – Aubrey, Rondo | East end of AR 121 concurrency | ||
| Marianna | 215.0 | 346.0 |  AR 243 north | AR 243 southern terminus | ||
| 216.2 | 347.9 |   AR 1 south / AR 1B – Marianna, Helena-West Helena | South end of AR 1 concurrency | |||
| 216.5 | 348.4 | AR 1 north – Forrest City | North end of AR 1 concurrency | |||
| L'Anguille River | 219.7 | 353.6 | Bridge over the L'Anguille River | |||
| | 220.0 | 354.1 | AR 121 south – W.G. Huxtable Pumping Station | AR 121 northern terminus | ||
| St. Francis River | 225.8 | 363.4 | Bridge over the St. Francis River | |||
| Brickeys | 227.9 | 366.8 |  AR 131 south – Brickeys | AR 131 northern terminus | ||
| Lee–St. Francis county line | Winona | 233.4 | 375.6 |  AR 334 east – Council | AR 334 western terminus | |
| St. Francis | Hughes | 237.4 | 382.1 |  AR 38 – Hughes, Widener | ||
| | 239.5 | 385.4 |  AR 149 – Hughes, Greasy Corner | |||
| Chatfield | 243.5 | 391.9 |  AR 50 – Widener, Simsboro | |||
| St. Francis–Crittenden county line | Shearerville | 253.3 | 407.6 |  US 70 – West Memphis, Forrest City | ||
| Crittenden | 253.5 | 408.0 |   I-40 / AR 218 east – Little Rock, Memphis, Jennette | West end of I-40 concurrency | ||
| Lehi | 259.3 | 417.3 | 271 |  AR 147 – Lehi | ||
| West Memphis | 263.1 | 423.4 | 275 |  AR 118 – West Memphis, Marion | ||
| 264.6 | 425.8 | 276 |  To AR 77 (Missouri Street) / Rich Road | Eastbound exit only, signed as exit 278 westbound. | ||
| 265.0 | 426.5 | 277 |    I-55 north / US 61 north / US 64 west / US 78 west – Blytheville, St. Louis | West end of I-55, US 61, US 64, and US 78 concurrencies. | ||
| 266.3 | 428.6 | 278 |  AR 191 / 7th Street | Solely signed as AR 191 eastbound, includes AR 77 westbound. | ||
| 267.2 | 430.0 | 279A | Ingram Boulevard | Signed as exit 5 westbound | ||
| 268.0 | 431.3 | 279B |  I-40 east – Memphis, Nashville | Eastbound exit only, east end of I-40 concurrency | ||
| 268.5 | 432.1 | 4 | AR 38 to US 70 / Martin Luther King Jr. Drive | |||
| 269.6 | 433.9 | 3B | US 70 west / Broadway Avenue | Northbound exit only, north end of US 70 concurrency | ||
| 269.9 | 434.4 | 3A | AR 131 / Mound City Road | Northbound exit only | ||
| 271.5 | 436.9 | 1 | Bridgeport Road / Mississippi River Turnaround | |||
| Mississippi River | 272.8 | 439.0 | Memphis & Arkansas Bridge Arkansas–Tennessee line | |||
  I-55 south / US 61 south / US 64 east / US 70 east / US 78 east / US 79 north – Memphis | Continuation into Tennessee | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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