U.S. Route 63 in Arkansas facts for kids

Quick facts for kids U.S. Highway 63
Route information
Maintained by AHTD
Major junctions
South end	US 63 / US 167 in Junction City at Louisiana state line
	I-530 / US 65 / US 79 in Pine Bluff US 70 in Hazen I-40 north of Hazen I-55 / I-555 in West Memphis US 64 in Marion I-55 in Turrell I-555 / US 49 in Jonesboro Future I-57 / US 67 in Hoxie US 412 near Walnut Ridge US 62 in Imboden
North end	US 63 in Mammoth Spring at Missouri state line
Location
Counties:	Union, Bradley, Cleveland, Jefferson, Arkansas, Prairie, Monroe, St. Francis, Crittenden, Poinsett, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Sharp, Fulton
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced Arkansas Highway System Interstates • US • State Business • Spurs • Scenic ← US 62 US 64 →

U.S. Route 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 zigzags through the state serving the major cities of Pine Bluff, West Memphis and Jonesboro. The highway exits the state at Mammoth Spring traveling into Missouri.

US 63 shares many overlaps with other highways in Arkansas. This includes I-40 and I-55. Once the freeway section was extended further south to I-55 at Turrell, US 63 from there to Jonesboro became I-555.

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.

US 63 along with I-555 and US 49 in Jonesboro

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 West Memphis. In West Memphis, US 63 runs north with I-55.

U.S. 63 runs with I-55 until Turrell, where it leaves the interstate and runs concurrent with I-555 until Jonesboro, until I-555 terminates. US 49 overlaps the two roadways for two miles in central Jonesboro. US 63/I-555 serves as a by-pass 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.

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.

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; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 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.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Roads intersected	Notes
Union	Junction City				US 63 south / US 167 south – Ruston	Louisiana state line
	​				AR 7 south – Lockhart, LA	South end of AR 7 overlap
	El Dorado				US 82 / AR 15 south – Magnolia, Crossett, South Arkansas Regional Airport	Interchange; US 82 exit 22
				15	US 82B / US 167B north (Hillsboro Street)	Interchange
					US 167 north / Main Street – Fordyce, Camden	Interchange; North end of US 167 / AR 7 overlap; US 63 north follows exit 16
	Old Union				AR 129 south (Lawson Road) – Lawson
	​				AR 275 south – Strong
Bradley	​				AR 600 – Moro Bay State Park
	​				AR 160 west – Jersey	South end of AR 160 overlap
	Hermitage				US 63B north / AR 160 east – Hermitage, Ingalls	North end of AR 160 overlap
					US 63B south – Hermitage
	Carmel				AR 8 east – Johnsville	South end of AR 8 overlap
	​				AR 980 – Warren Municipal Airport
	Warren				US 278 – Hampton, Monticello
					US 63B north
					US 278B
					AR 8 west – Fordyce	North end of AR 8 overlap
					US 63B south / AR 189 south – Monticello
Cleveland	Rye				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 Bluff				I-530 north / US 79 south / 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 Bluff			46	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
Arkansas	Humphrey				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
Crittenden	​				I-40 east / I-55 south (US 61 south / US 64 east / US 79 north) – Memphis	North end of I-40 / US 79 overlap; South end of I-55 / US 61 / US 64 overlap; US 63 north follows exit 277; US 63 south follows exit 8
	see I-55
	Turrell				I-55 north / AR 77 south (US 61 north) / I-555 – Blytheville, St. Louis, MO, Turrell	North end of I-55 / US 61 overlap; US 63 north follows exit 23; US 63 south follows exit 1A; Southern terminus of I-555
	Gilmore			2	AR 77 north – Gilmore
Poinsett	​			7	AR 135 – Lepanto
	Tyronza			8	AR 118 – Tyronza
	Marked Tree			13	US 63B north / AR 149 – Marked Tree, Earle
				14	US 63B south (AR 14 east) / AR 75 – Marked Tree, Lepanto, Parkin	South end of AR 14 overlap
	​			16	AR 14 west – Payneway, Harrisburg	North end of AR 14 overlap
	​			24	AR 463 – Trumann
	Trumann			29	AR 69 – Trumann
Craighead	Bay			35	AR 463 – Bay
	Jonesboro			36	Nestlé Road
				39	AR 18S (Commerce Drive)
				40	US 63B north / AR 463 south
				42	US 49 north / AR 1 (Stadium Boulevard) / Caraway Road	South end of US 49 overlap
				44	AR 1B (Harrisburg Road)
				45	US 49 south / AR 18 east (Southwest Drive)	North end of US 49 overlap; South end of AR 18 overlap;Northern terminus of I-555
				46	AR 226 west (Wood Springs Road) / Strawfloor Road
				47	Washington Avenue
				49	AR 91 (Dan Avenue / AR 18 west) / I-555	Interchange; 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
Greene	No major junctions
Lawrence	Sedgwick				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 to US 67B
					Future I-57 / US 67 north to US 412 – Walnut Ridge, Pocahontas, Paragould	Interchange; South end of US 67 overlap, exit 121.
	Hoxie				Future I-57 / US 67 south / US 67B north – Hoxie, Walnut Ridge, Newport	Interchange; North end of US 67 overlap, exit 121.
	​				US 63B south – Hoxie Business District
	​				US 412 east – Walnut Ridge, Paragould	South end of US 412 overlap
	Black Rock				AR 25 – Black Rock, Powhatan, Davidsonville Historic State Park, Powhatan Courthouse, Lake Charles	Interchange
					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
Randolph	No major junctions
Lawrence	Ravenden				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
Fulton	Mammoth 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