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Arkansas Department of Transportation
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The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department is a government department in the U. S. state of Arkansas. Its mission is to provide a safe, efficient, aesthetically pleasing and it manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems within the state such as with aid to individual county road systems. Its headquarters are in Little Rock. S, many people in Arkansas continue to call it the Highway Department to this day. As a state agency, its offices are located in Little Rock. U. S. Department of Transportation State highways in Arkansas Arkansas Transit Association Arkansas Highways Official website
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U.S. Route 64 in Arkansas
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U. S. Route 64 is a U. S. highway running from Teec Nos Pos, Arizona east to Nags Head, North Carolina. In the U. S. state of Arkansas, the route runs 246.35 miles from the Oklahoma border in Fort Smith east to the Tennessee border in Memphis. The route passes through cities and towns, including Fort Smith, Clarksville, Russellville, Conway, Searcy. US64 runs parallel to Interstate 40 until Conway, when I-40 takes a southerly route. US64 crosses Arkansas western border over the Arkansas River, heading southeast into downtown Ft. Smith, the highway turns northwest near the New Theatre, following the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad and concurring with US71 Business onto 10th and 11th Streets. Westbound traffic runs on 10th St and eastbound traffic on 11th St past the Fort Smith Masonic Temple, US64 crosses the Arkansas River again near the American Doughboy Monument as it enters Van Buren on Broadway. US64 passes the Van Buren Post Office before turning east onto Main Street, US64 passes a former alignment, now designated as Oak St. After Oak St, US64 crosses I-540 and continues east to Alma, US64 closely follows Interstate 40 until Conway, while also closely following the Arkansas River, the Union Pacific Railroad, and the southern edge of the Ozark National Forest. US64 continues through mountainous Franklin County, intersecting the Pig Trail Scenic Byway in Ozark, the route passes the Franklin County Courthouse, and the Ozark Courthouse Square Historic District in Ozark before exiting town continuing east. Route 64 passes a historically significant connector road in Wiederkehr Village before entering Altus, US64 runs through Coal Hill and Hartman before curving northeast and crossing over I-40. The route continues to Clarksville, home of the University of the Ozarks, the route passes the Johnson County Courthouse, historic American Legion Hut, Clarksville Municipal Airport, and Lake Dardanelle before again crossing over I-40 and entering Pope County. US64 then parallels Interstate 40, through, Russellville, and it briefly converges with U. S. Route 65B through Conway heading south before diverging from US65 Business and Interstate 40 by turning east onto Oak Street. US64 then travels east to Beebe where it originally entered town via Center Street and joined with US67 and this former route has since been resigned Arkansas Highway 367, as all three US highways have been relocated to a concurrent divided highway northwest of Beebe. US64 runs along divided highway past Searcy where its original route took it north along Main Street. This former route is now signed US67 Business, later, US64,67, and 167 were rerouted southeast of Searcy along Eastline Road, which is now signed Arkansas Highway 367. Currently, all three continue to run northeast along a divided highway running parallel to Eastline Road. US64 diverges from US67 &167 on the northeast side of Bald Knob where its former route took it downtown along Highway Avenue, US64 turns east, while the divided US67 diverges northeast, and US167 diverges north. US64 continues east through Augusta and McCrory bypassing Wynne through Earle and Crawfordsville until joining with Interstate 55 at Marion
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Clarksville, Arkansas
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Clarksville is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. The 2011 population estimate was 9,251, the city is the county seat of Johnson County. Clarksville is nestled between the Arkansas River and the hills of the Ozark Mountains and Interstate 40 and US Hwy 64 intersect within the city limits. Clarksville-Johnson County is widely known for its peaches, scenic byways, Clarksville is located at 35°27′50″N 93°28′38″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 18.8 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 7,719 people,2,960 households, the population density was 429.3 people per square mile. There were 3,240 housing units at a density of 180.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 87. 60% White,3. 46% Black or African American,0. 44% Native American,0. 47% Asian,0. 03% Pacific Islander,6. 15% from other races, and 1. 85% from two or more races. 15. 26% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,30. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 15. 6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the family size was 3.01. In the city, the population was out with 23. 9% under the age of 18,12. 5% from 18 to 24,27. 3% from 25 to 44,20. 0% from 45 to 64. The median age was 35 years, for every 100 females there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.2 males, the median income for a household in the city was $24,548, and the median income for a family was $30,758. Males had an income of $22,052 versus $19,764 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,305, about 16. 2% of families and 20. 3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24. 8% of those under age 18 and 13. 4% of those age 65 or over. Clarksville is home to the University of the Ozarks, a private, Clarksville Schools is the citys public school district. The school colors are red and white, the school system is broken up into five different categories, Primary, Elementary, Middle, Junior High, and High School. In 2011 Clarksville became the first school district in the state of Arkansas to issue every student in the 7th through 12th grades their own take home laptop computer, a video documenting the new measure can be seen here
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U.S. Route 62 in Arkansas
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U. S. Route 62 is a U. S. highway running from El Paso, Texas northeast to Niagara Falls, New York. In the U. S. state of Arkansas, the route runs 329.9 miles from the Oklahoma border near Summers east to the Missouri border in St. Francis, serving the northern portion of the state. The route passes through cities and towns, including Fayetteville, Springdale, Bentonville, Harrison, Mountain Home, Pocahontas. U. S. Route 62 enters Arkansas from Oklahoma and runs by the Bean Cemetery near Lincoln, the route then enters the Northwest Arkansas metro area, including the cities of Fayetteville, Rogers, and Bentonville. The route concurs with I-49/US71 through these communities, in Benton County, the route passes Garfield Elementary School near the junction with Arkansas Highway 127 in Garfield before exiting Rogers. The route continues east near the Pea Ridge National Military Park, US62 winds through the Ozarks, passing through sparsely populated scenic country and small towns. US62 passes the Thorncrown Chapel, the Tall Pines Motor Inn, the route begins a concurrency with U. S. Route 412 in Alpena that continues west to Imboden. Also, US 62/US412 meet U. S. Route 65 in Harrison, in Marion County, the route meets US 62S in Pyatt and the US62 Bridge over Crooked Creek outside of town. During this stretch, US62 crosses two of the nine Arkansas Scenic Byways, the Pig Trail and Scenic Highway 7, continuing east, the route passes a former alignment of US62 before entering Yellville. East of Yellville, the route enters Mountain Home in Baxter County, after passing through Fulton County, US 62/US412 enters Sharp County. In Ash Flat, US 62/US412 serves as the terminus of U. S. Route 167. After passing around Cherokee Village, Arkansas, the route enters Hardy, US 62/US412 also meets U. S. Route 63, which is mostly a patchwork of concurrencies throughout the state. In Randolph County, US62 passes by cotton fields until Pocahontas, the route concurs with US67 east until Corning in Clay County. The route runs east to Piggott and enters Missouri near St. Francis, the route was originally a trail known as the Ozark Trail, which was the main series of routes in the area prior to the construction of U. S. Route 66. The Ozark Trails Association was responsible for maintaining and marking the routes, Harvey wanted an auto trail from Oklahoma to his resort town Monte Ne, which he established after retiring from the railroad business. He had grand visions of trails connecting Monte Ne with St. Louis, Kansas City, Wichita, Kansas, and Oklahoma City, and points west. U. S. Route 62 from Gateway to Eureka Springs was also designated part of The Jefferson Highway, although the highway was not really marked and frequently shifted. The highway was listed as a Proposed Primary Federal Aid Road on a map in the first issue of Arkansas Highways Magazine
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Berryville, Arkansas
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Berryville is a city in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 5,356 at the 2010 census, making it the largest city in Carroll County, along with Eureka Springs, it is one of the two county seats of Carroll County. Berryville was founded by local settler Blackburn Henderson Berry in 1850, U. S. Route 62 passes through the center of the city, leading east 30 miles to Harrison and west 46 miles to Rogers. Eureka Springs is 12 miles to the west on US62, Arkansas Highway 21 leads north from Berryville 16 miles to the Missouri line. According to the United States Census Bureau, Berryville has an area of 6.1 square miles. As of the census of 2010, there were 5,356 people,1,963 households, the population density was 879.0 people per square mile. There were 2,155 housing units at a density of 353.3 per square mile. 24. 7% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,28. 5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13. 3% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65, and the family size was 3.26. In the city, the population was out with 29. 0% under the age of 18,9. 8% from 18 to 24,25. 5% from 25 to 44,21. 1% from 45 to 64. The median age was 33.5 years, for every 100 females there were 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.0 males, for the period 2008–2012, the estimated median annual income for a household in the city was $30,046, and the median income for a family was $37,717. Male full-time workers had an income of $28,244 versus $24,074 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,924, about 14. 2% of families and 17. 4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17. 5% of those under age 18 and 14. 8% of those age 65 or over. Public education for elementary and secondary students is provided by the Berryville School District. Saunders Museum, which has guns used by such as Pancho Villa, Billy the Kid. Cosmic Cavern is 7 miles north of town on Arkansas Highway 21, little Portion Hermitage, a community founded by Christian musician John Michael Talbot, is located outside of Berryville. S. Senator, 14th governor of Arkansas F. A, pat Teague, former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives, narrowly unseated in 1966 by Republican Danny L
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U.S. Route 412
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U. S. Route 412 is an east–west United States highway, first commissioned in 1982. Its route number is a violation of the usual AASHTO numbering scheme, as it comes nowhere near its implied parent, US12. U. S.412 overlaps expressway-grade Cimarron Turnpike from Tulsa west to Interstate 35, U. S.412 has a special route in eastern Oklahoma named Scenic US412, one of only two such routes in the country. Another curiosity of this highway is that it runs the length of the Oklahoma Panhandle. As of 2004, the eastern terminus is in Columbia, Tennessee at an intersection with Interstate 65. Its western terminus is in Springer, New Mexico at an intersection with Interstate 25. U. S.412 overlaps with U. S.43, U. S.56, US60, U. S.62, U. S.63, U. S.64, U. S.65, I-155, and U. S.270, runs parallel to U. S.62 and U. S.64 in various places and intersects U. S.70. The highway begins at Interstate 25 in Springer and it is concurrent with U. S. Route 56 throughout its entire route in the state at just under 100 miles. Besides Springer, the other town Route 412 passes through is Clayton. Just before entering Oklahoma, the highway touches the northwestern corner of Texas at a road junction. Highway 412 runs across the Panhandle and northern part of the passing through cities such as Boise City, Woodward, Enid. Some major highway junctions include Interstate 35 in Noble County and several others in Tulsa such as I-44,244,444, two sections of this highway are tolled, the Cimarron Turnpike, and the Cherokee Turnpike. The Arkansas section starts at the Oklahoma line, runs through the scenic Ozark Mountains in the part of Arkansas. Cities along the route include Siloam Springs, Springdale, Alpena, Harrison, Cotter, Mountain Home, Salem, Walnut Ridge, in Harrison, U. S. Route 412 is concurrent with both US62 and US65. The route enters Arkansas in the northwest portion of the state, in Benton County, the route serves Siloam Springs as a major route through the southern part of the city. US412 has a concurrency with Highway 59 that ends in east Siloam Springs, US412 becomes four-lane and runs east to enter Washington County. The route enters Tontitown, passes the historic Tontitown School Building, US412 crosses I-49/US 62/US71 in Springdale, where the route is four-lane with a center left-turn lane. Now named Sunset Avenue, the passes through developed parts of Springdale, including many restaurants, hotels
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Arkansas Highway 16
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Highway 16 is an east–west state highway in north Arkansas. The route of 260.77 miles runs from US Route 412/Highway 59 in Siloam Springs east across to US Route 67 Business/Highway 36 in Searcy, with the exception of overlaps of 10 miles through Fayetteville, Highway 16 is a narrow, winding, 2-lane road. AR16 begins at US 412/AR59 in Siloam Springs and it winds south through Ozark National Forest and enters Fayetteville as Wedington Drive. AR turns south at Fulbright Expressway and becomes 15th Street with AR112 in Fayetteville, exiting town, AR16 meets AR74 near Elkins and AR23 in St. Paul. The route continues to run along the edge of Ozark National Forest through unincorporated communities. AR16 meets AR21 in Fallsville and briefly exits the forest, continuing through Ozark National Forest, AR16 meets AR7 and AR123. Exiting the forest, AR16 winds before meeting US 65/AR 9/AR330 north of Clinton, AR16 and AR9 concur until Shirley, when AR16 joins AR110 and begins south to Fairfield Bay. Crossing Greers Ferry Lake and entering Greers Ferry, AR16 and AR110 split, with AR16 adding AR92, AR16 meets AR 25/AR107 southwest of Pearson. The route continues east, becoming Pangburn Road and running to Pangburn, the route runs south where it meets US67 BUS/AR36 and terminates. Highway 16S is an east–west state highway route in Siloam Springs. The route of 0.43 miles runs from US Route 412/Highway 59 east to Highway 16
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Missouri Route 13
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Route 13 is a highway in Missouri which runs almost the entire north–south length of the state. Its northern terminus is at U. S. Route 69/136 in Bethany and its southern terminus is at the Arkansas state line in downtown Blue Eye, Missouri–Arkansas where it continues as Highway 21. It is one of the state highways of Missouri. The road serves as an important corridor between Springfield and Kansas City, two of the three largest cities in the state, heading north from Springfield, Route 13 intersects Route 7 at Clinton which in turn carries traffic to Interstate 49/U. S. I-49/US71 then continues on into downtown Kansas City, Route 13, Route 7, and I-49/US71 now provide a four-lane highway between Springfield and Kansas City since the completion of the final widening project between Collins and Clinton. Several sections from north of Reeds Spring through Branson West have been widened, rebuilt, moved, drivers regularly use these routes to get to many of the lakes in southern Missouri and this has caused a major headache in recent years. One section of road has been renamed Route 413 and travels north to Springfield, in June 2009, the nations first diverging diamond interchange, a style of interchange where traffic crosses to the left-side of the road, opened to traffic. The interchange is located at the I-44/MO-13 junction in Springfield, in 2006 the portion through Caldwell County, Missouri was named the Zack Wheat Memorial Highway in honor of the Baseball Hall of Fame player. Route 13 begins at the Arkansas state line in Blue Eye, after leaving the town, it runs through the rugged countryside of the southwest Missouri Ozarks, part of the Mark Twain National Forest. Route 13 forms a 3 miles concurrency with Route 86 before bridging Table Rock Lake south of the town of Branson West, in Branson West, it leaves the national forest and forms a concurrency with Route 76 and Route 265. North of this, Route 13 runs concurrent with Route 248 for 2 miles, at Reeds Spring Junction is the southern terminus of Route 413, and old alignment of Route 13, changed in the early 2000s. Also at Reeds Spring Junction, U. S. Route 160 joins to form another concurrency with Route 13, at Spokane, the two routes are joined by a third route, Route 176. Route 13 and US160 intersect Route 14 in Nixa, the two roads continue north into Greene County, where they enter Springfield running along Campbell Avenue. At the James River Freeway, Route 13 and US160 turn off Campbell to run along the freeway with U. S. Route 60, Route 13 splits off the freeway at the next exit to turn north along Kansas Expressway. At Sunshine Street is the terminus of Route 413. On the north side of Springfield, Route 13 crosses Route 744 and it then passes near the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds and the Dickerson Park Zoo and leaves the city as a divided highway. A project begun in 2009 and completed on June 21 of that year, turned the existing Route 13 and I-44 interchange into a diverging diamond, which was the first of its kind in the nation. South of Bolivar, the highway splits apart, with the northbound lanes being the older highway
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Missouri
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Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, achieving statehood in 1821. With over six million residents, it is the eighteenth most populous state, the largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia. The capitol is in Jefferson City on the Missouri River, the state is the twenty-first most extensive by area and is geographically diverse. The Northern Plains were once covered by glaciers, then tallgrass prairie, in the South are the Ozarks, a forested highland, providing timber, minerals, and recreation. The Mississippi River forms the border of the state, eventually flowing into the swampy Missouri Bootheel. Humans have inhabited the land now known as Missouri for at least 12,000 years, the Mississippian culture built cities and mounds, before declining in the 1300s. When European explorers arrived in the 1600s they encountered the Osage, the French established Louisiana, a part of New France, and founded Ste. Genevieve in 1735 and St. Louis in 1764, after a brief period of Spanish rule, the United States acquired the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Americans from the Upland South, including enslaved African Americans, rushed into the new Missouri Territory, many from Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee settled in the Boonslick area of Mid-Missouri. Soon after, heavy German immigration formed the Missouri Rhineland, Missouri played a central role in the westward expansion of the United States, as memorialized by the Gateway Arch. The Pony Express, Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, as a border state, Missouris role in the American Civil War was complex and there were many conflicts within. After the war, both Greater St. Louis and the Kansas City metropolitan area became centers of industrialization and business, today, the state is divided into 114 counties and the independent city of St. Louis. Missouris culture blends elements from the Midwestern and Southern United States, the musical styles of ragtime, Kansas City jazz, and St. Louis Blues, developed in Missouri. The well-known Kansas City-style barbecue, and lesser known St. Louis-style barbecue can be found across the state, St. Louis is also a major center of beer brewing, Anheuser-Busch is the largest producer in the world. Missouri wine is produced in the nearby Missouri Rhineland and Ozarks, Missouris alcohol laws are among the most permissive in the United States. Outside of the large cities popular tourist destinations include the Lake of the Ozarks, U. S. President Harry S. Truman is from Missouri. Other well known Missourians include Mark Twain, Walt Disney, Chuck Berry, some of the largest companies based in the state include Express Scripts, Monsanto, Emerson Electric, Edward Jones, and OReilly Auto Parts. Missouri has been called the Mother of the West and the Cave State, however, Missouris most famous nickname is the Show Me State, the state is named for the Missouri River, which was named after the indigenous Missouri Indians, a Siouan-language tribe
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Johnson County, Arkansas
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Johnson County is a county located in the U. S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,540, Johnson County is Arkansass 30th county, formed on November 16,1833, from a portion of Pope County and named for Benjamin Johnson, a Territorial Judge. It is a prohibition or dry county. The Ada Mills Bridge links the Arkansas River between Johnson and Logan counties and it is named for Ada Mills, a former Republican political activist who lobbied for the structure for forty years before its completion. The notorious bandit Bill Doolin, the founder of the Wild Bunch, was born in Johnson County in 1858 and shot to death on capture in Oklahoma in 1896. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has an area of 683 square miles. The population density was 34 people per square mile, there were 9,926 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 93. 69% White,1. 37% Black or African American,0. 62% Native American,0. 25% Asian,0. 01% Pacific Islander,2. 62% from other races, and 1. 43% from two or more races. 6. 70% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race,24. 60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the family size was 3.01. In the county, the population was out with 25. 20% under the age of 18,9. 70% from 18 to 24,27. 60% from 25 to 44,22. 70% from 45 to 64. The median age was 36 years, for every 100 females there were 99.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.40 males, the median income for a household in the county was $27,910, and the median income for a family was $33,630. Males had an income of $25,779 versus $19,924 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,097, about 12. 90% of families and 16. 40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19. 60% of those under age 18 and 15. 30% of those age 65 or over. Clarksville Coal Hill Hartman Knoxville Lamar Gillian Settlement Hickeytown Pittsburg Oark Ozone Hunt Harmony Hagarville Townships in Arkansas are the divisions of a county, each township includes unincorporated areas, some may have incorporated cities or towns within part of their boundaries. Arkansas townships have limited purposes in modern times, however, the United States Census does list Arkansas population based on townships. Townships are also of value for purposes in terms of genealogical research
US 64 in Clarksville
US 62 in Berryville
US 412
AR 16
Route 13, Missouri state line
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AR 164 east (Airport Road)
AR 292 east
AR 818 – University of Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station
AR 16 west to AR 23 – Fayetteville
AR 16 east to AR 7
AR 43 north – Ponca, Jasper
US 62 west (South Main Street) / AR 221 south – Eureka Springs
AR 103 south – Green Forest
AR 311 south
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