Arkansas Highway 298

Arkansas Highway 298 (AR 298 and Hwy. 298) is a designation for three state highways in Lower Arkansas. The eastern segment of 3.71 miles (5.97 km) begins at Sims at Arkansas Highway 88 and runs southeast to US Route 270. A middle segment of 28.39 miles (45.69 km) runs from AR 27 at Story east to AR 7.^[1] A segment in Saline County of 13.81 miles (22.23 km) runs east from Arkansas Highway 9 to Arkansas Highway 5 near Benton.^[2]

1 Route description
2 Major intersections
3 References

Route description

Sims to Highway 270

The route begins at a junction with Arkansas Highway 88 at Sims and runs southeast to US 270. This segment does not cross or concur with any other state highways.

Story to Highway 7

The route begins at Arkansas Highway 27 at Story, Arkansas in Montgomery County and runs east through the Ouachita National Forest for almost its entire length.^[3] Highway 298 passes through very wooded area with sparce populations, crossing over many feeder streams for Lake Ouachita. The highway ends at a junction with Arkansas Highway 7 north of Hot Springs.^[4]

Saline County

The Saline County routing begins at Arkansas Highway 9 in unincorporated Saline County and runs southeast through Bland and Grape before terminating at Arkansas Highway 5 approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Benton.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile^[1]	Destinations	Notes
Montgomery	Sims	0.00	Hwy. 88	western terminus
		3.71	U.S. 270	eastern terminus
	Highway 298 begins in Story
	Story	0.00	Hwy. 27	western terminus
Garland		28.39	Hwy. 7	eastern terminus
Highway 298 begins at Highway 5
Saline		0.00	Hwy. 9	eastern terminus
Saline		13.81	Hwy. 5	western terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Planning and Research Division (2010). "Arkansas Road Log Database" (in English) (Database). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/technical_services/databases/Road%20Log%20Database.zip. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
^ Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Route and Section Map (Map) (Saline County ed.). http://www.arkansashighways.com/Maps/Counties/County%20RAS/RAS%20Maps%20PDF/msali_ras.pdf. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
^ Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. General Highway Map (Map) (Montgomery County ed.). http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/MontgomeryCounty.pdf. Retrieved October 8, 2011.
^ Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. General Highway Map (Map) (Garland County ed.). http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/GarlandCounty.pdf. Retrieved October 8, 2011.

Roads of the Hot Springs Metro Area

U.S. Routes	US 70 US 270 US 70 Business US 270 Business

State Highways	AR 5 AR 7 AR 88 AR 128 AR 171 AR 192 AR 227 AR 290 AR 298 AR 600 AR 887

Roads of Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway

Interstate Highways	Interstate 30 Interstate 40 Interstate 430 Interstate 440 (East Belt Freeway) I-530 Scenic Byway Interstate 630 (Wilbur Mills Freeway)

U.S. Routes	US 64 US 65 US 67 US 70 US 165 US 167 US 270 US 65 Business US 70 Business

Arkansas State Highways	AR 5 AR 7 AR 9 AR 10 AR 13 AR 15 AR 25 AR 31 AR 35 AR 36 AR 38 AR 46 AR 60 AR 88 AR 89 AR 100 AR 107 AR 111 AR 113 AR 124 AR 155 AR 161 AR 176 AR 183 AR 190 AR 216 AR 222 AR 225 AR 229 AR 232 AR 236 AR 247 AR 256 AR 266 AR 285 AR 286 AR 287 AR 291 AR 294 AR 298 AR 300 AR 305 AR 310 AR 314 AR 319 AR 321 AR 324 AR 338 AR 365 AR 367 AR 381 AR 386 AR 391 AR 600 AR 801 AR 809 AR 825 AR 830 AR 834 AR 835 AR 839 AR 841 AR 842 AR 845 AR 846 AR 873 AR 876 AR 879 AR 880 AR 885 AR 886 AR 943 AR 980