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U.S. Highway 67 marker

U.S. Highway 67
US 67 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by AHTD
Length 279.15 mi (449.25 km)
Major junctions
South end US 67 / US 82 in Texarkana at Texas state line
 
North end US 67 near Corning at Missouri state line
Location
Counties: Miller, Hempstead, Nevada, Clark, Hot Spring, Saline, Pulaski, Lonoke, White, Jackson, Craighead, Lawrence, Randolph, Clay
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways
List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced

Arkansas Highway System
Interstates • US • State
Business • Spurs • Scenic

AR 66 AR 69

U.S. Route 67 (US 67) is a U.S. highway running from Presidio, Texas northeast to Sabula, Iowa. In the U.S. state of Arkansas, the route runs 279.15 miles (449.25 km) from the Texas border in Texarkana northeast to the Missouri border near Corning. The route passes through several cities and towns, including Hope, Benton, Little Rock, Jacksonville, Cabot, Beebe, Walnut Ridge, and Pocahontas.

Route description

Arkansas US 64-67-167
US 67 is concurrent with US 64 and US 167 between Beebe and Bald Knob.

US 67 enters Arkansas from Texas in Texarkana, concurrent with US 82, along the one-way 7th Street; the other half of the one-way couplet, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, carries traffic toward Texarkana, Texas. Upon crossing State Line Avenue, the two routes share a brief concurrency with US 71 before that route turns to the south along Hickory Street. Past this intersection, the one-way couplet merges onto 9th Street. Shortly thereafter, US 67 separates from US 82 and travels to the northeast along Broad Street, crossing Interstate 49 and passing Texarkana Regional Airport.

US 67 then runs parallel to Interstate 30, passing through cities such as Hope, Prescott, Arkadelphia, and Malvern. Near Benton, US 67 merges with I-30. The two routes run concurrently to Little Rock, where the freeway also picks up US 65 and US 167. In North Little Rock, US 67 and US 167 turn to the east, concurrent with Interstate 40 for about 2 miles (3.2 km), before branching off to the northeast as a freeway.

In Beebe, the two routes begin a concurrency with U.S. 64. The three routes part ways in Bald Knob, with US 67 continuing as a freeway to the northeast. Just north of US 412 in Walnut Ridge, the freeway ends at a large, partially-complete interchange, and US 67 becomes a five-lane undivided highway north to Pocahontas. From Pocahontas, the road turns northeasterly and then easterly as a two-lane highway concurrent with US 62. In Corning, US 62 continues to the east while US 67 turns northward again before crossing the Missouri state line.

History

Southwesttrailmap
Original trace of the Southwest Trail, precursor to U.S. Route 67 in the area.

The southwest-northeast bisector of Arkansas has always been an integral motor route. Prior to designation as US 67, the route was known as the Southwest Trail, an old military road around 1803. The Southwest Trail connected St. Louis, Missouri with Texas by steamboat in Fulton, Arkansas. The main railroad was built along the Southwest Trail, which developed many towns along the route. President Andrew Jackson appropriated money for the route in 1831, and designated it as a National Road. Although the route shifted slightly, it always has followed the natural break between the Ozark Mountains and the Ouachita Mountains and the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.

Money for road maintenance was raised individually by county in the early 20th century, which hindered development of the route. In the 1920s, federal money became available, and the route was designated U.S. Route 67. The routing followed the Lakes to Gulf Highway and the Bankhead Highway. Federal designation brought paving to the route, which grew the small towns along the route.

In early 2009, the Arkansas legislature passed a bill naming the portion of US-67 from the Missouri state line to Jackson County "Rock n' Roll U.S. 67" as a tribute to the route that many musicians of the 1950s and 1960s took as they traveled. Governor Mike Beebe stated that he had hopes that the naming would bring tourism to northeast Arkansas. Portions of the route, and also Arkansas Highway 7 between Hope and Hot Springs frequently used by Bill Clinton is designated The Highway of Hope by Arkansas Code § 27-67-220.

National Register of Historic Places

Several portions of the original late 1920s alignment of US 67 have survived, some of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. One listed segment is in Lawrence County, which is about 11.25 miles (18.11 km) in length, and runs north from Alicia to Hoxie, most of this being sandwiched between the present Arkansas Highway 367 and US 67, and the adjacent railroad tracks. Near the village of Village Creek Relief it briefly turns west, crossing Village Creek, and then rejoining the railroad tracks near the town of Relief. A second listed segment, also about 11 miles (18 km) in length, extends from Biggers in central eastern Randolph County, northeast to Datto in Clay County, and then straight north to a junction with Arkansas Highway 211.

Mandeville

Listed on the NRHP as Old US 67, Mandeville, a historic roadway section of US 67 is preserved in Miller County, Arkansas. It travels parallel to railroad tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad for 5.5 miles (8.9 km) from an intersection with Highway 237, just north of the Texarkana Airport, northeast to Miller County Road 63. The southern portion of this road is called Mandeville Road, and is designated Arkansas Highway 296. It is eventually redesignated Miller County Road 138, and is an unnamed side road of the current alignment of U.S. Route 67 (US 67) in its northernmost stretch. Built in 1929 out of concrete, it is the longest stretch of original pavement on the Old US 67 alignment in Miller County.

The roadway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Future

Arkansas is upgrading US 67 to Interstate standards from Little Rock to the Missouri state line, and the corridor is slated to become an extension of Interstate 57. The freeway currently runs from Little Rock to Walnut Ridge, but it is unknown when and where the freeway north of there to the state line will be constructed.

Major intersections

County Location Mile Roads intersected Notes
Miller Texarkana US 67 south / US 82 west (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) to US 71 north / State Line Avenue Texas state line
US 71 north (Hazel Street) – Texarkana Business District South end of US 71 overlap
US 71 south (Hickory Street) North end of US 71 overlap
US 82 east (East 9th Street) North end of US 82 overlap
AR 245 (now part of I-49) Closed interchange
Arkansas Boulevard / Airport Drive - Airport
AR 237 south / AR 296 east – Mandeville
Mandeville AR 296 west to I-30 / US 71
AR 108 west to I-30
I-30 west – Texarkana I-30 exit 12
Red River Bridge
Hempstead Fulton AR 355 north – Fulton, Millwood Dam
To I-30 – Little Rock, Texarkana I-30 exit 18
Guernsey AR 353 north – Guernsey
Hope AR 174 south (Fulton Street)
US 278B west (Hervey Street) to I-30 South end of US 278B overlap
AR 29B south (Main Street) South end of AR 29B overlap
AR 29B north (Hazel Street) North end of AR 29B overlap
US 278 / AR 29 (Bill Clinton Drive) to I-30 north end of US 278B overlap
AR 73 south
AR 174 north
Nevada Emmet AR 299 north to I-30 South end of AR 299 overlap
AR 299 south to AR 53 North end of AR 299 overlap
Prescott AR 332 west (Washington Road) – De Ann
US 371 south – Magnolia south end of US 371 overlap
US 371 north / AR 24 east to I-30 – Nashville, Bluff City north end of US 371 overlap
Clark AR 51 north to I-30 – Okolona South end of AR 51 overlap
AR 51 south – Beirne North end of AR 51 overlap
Gurdon AR 53 south – Whelen Springs, White Oak Lake State Park South end of AR 53 overlap
AR 182 west – Okolona
AR 53 north to I-30 / AR 51 North end of AR 53 overlap
AR 26S – Clark County Industrial Park
Gum Springs AR 26 (Reynolds Road) to I-30
Arkadelphia AR 7 south / AR 8 east / AR 51 north (Caddo Street) South end of AR 7 / AR 8 / AR 51 overlap
AR 8 west / AR 26 – Antoine, Amity North end of AR 8 / AR 51 overlap
Caddo Valley AR 7 north to I-30 – Hot Springs, DeGray Dam North end of AR 7 overlap
Hot Spring Friendship AR 283 north to I-30
Donaldson AR 51Y south to AR 51 south / AR 222 – Donaldson Business District
AR 51 south to AR 222 – Donaldson Business District
Malvern US 270B west / AR 9 south (South Main Street) to I-30 south end of US 270B overlap
US 270 to I-30 – Hot Springs, Sheridan north end of US 270B overlap
AR 171 south
Saline I-30 / Old Military Road – Texarkana, Little Rock I-30 exit 106
Haskell AR 229 south – Haskell, Traskwood
I-30 west / AR 229 north – Texarkana south end of I-30 overlap; US 67 south follows exit 114
see I-30
Pulaski North Little Rock 143A I-40 west / US 65 north / AR 107 north – Conway, Fort Smith North end of I-30/US 65 overlap; south end of I-40 overlap; exit number follows I-30; I-40 exit 153B
154 North Hills Boulevard Northbound exit and southbound entrance; exit number follows I-40
155 I-40 east – Memphis
Future I-57 begins
North end of I-40 overlap; exit number based on I-40's mileposts
1 McCain Boulevard Signed as exits 1A (east) and 1B (west) northbound
Sherwood 2 Trammel Road Southbound access via exit 3
3 Wildwood Avenue / Trammel Road Trammel Rd. not signed northbound; northbound exit includes direct exit ramp to Landers Road north
4 AR 176Y (Brookswood Street) Northbound exit and southbound entrance
5 AR 176 (Kiehl Avenue)
Jacksonville 6 AR 440 – Memphis, Texarkana
8 Redmond Road Northbound exit and southbound entrance
9 Main Street
10A James Street
10B Gregory Street no access across US 67
11 AR 161 – Air Force Base AR 161 is signed northbound at exit 10B
Lonoke 16 AR 5 / AR 321 / AR 367 – Heber Springs, Cabot Signed as exits 16A (AR 321 / AR 367) and exit 16B (AR 5) northbound
Cabot 19 AR 89 – Cabot
Austin 22 AR 305 – Austin
Ward 25 AR 319 – Ward
White Beebe 28 US 64 west / US 67B north – Beebe, Conway South end of US 64 overlap
29 AR 367S – Beebe
31 US 67B south / AR 31 – Beebe, Antioch
35 AR 13 – McRae, Garner
Searcy 42 US 67B north / AR 367 south – Searcy, Garner
44 AR 367 – Searcy
45 AR 36 west – Searcy
46 US 67B south / AR 36 east – Searcy, Kensett
48 AR 385 – Judsonia
51 AR 157 – Judsonia
54 Bald Knob Lake Road
Bald Knob 55 US 64 east / US 167 north – Bald Knob, Batesville North end of US 64 / US 167 overlap
60 Russell
65 AR 87 – Bradford
Jackson 69 CR 315 – Possum Grape
Bridge over White River
Ingleside 74 AR 224
80 AR 14 – Waldenburg
82 AR 17 – Newport
Newport 83 AR 384 – Newport
85 AR 18 – Newport, Grubbs
87 CR 43
95 AR 37 – Tuckerman, Grubbs
Craighead 102 AR 226 east – Jonesboro, Cash, Arkansas State University
Lawrence Alicia 111 AR 230 to AR 367 / AR 91 – Alicia, Bono
Walnut Ridge 121 US 63 south – Hoxie, Jonesboro
US 412 – Paragould, Walnut Ridge North end of freeway
US 67Y to AR 34
US 67B south – Walnut Ridge Business District, truck route to US 412 west
Randolph Shannon AR 90 east – O'Kean
Pocahontas AR 304 east – Sharum, Delaplaine, Black River Technical College
AR 304N east
Black River Bridge over Black River
US 62 west – Imboden South end of US 62 overlap
see US 62 (mile 274.1-300.3)
Clay Corning US 62 east – Business District, Piggott North end of US 62 overlap
AR 328 west – Success
US 67 – St. Louis Missouri state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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