Arkansas Highway 31

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Highway 31 marker

Highway 31

Route information

Maintained by AHTD

Length:

75.34 mi^[1] (121.25 km)

Existed:

1926 – present

Major junctions

South end:

U.S. 79B near Altheimer

Hwy. 15 near Sherrill

U.S. 165, Coy

U.S. 70, Lonoke

I-40, Lonoke

U.S. 64 / U.S. 67 / U.S. 167, Beebe

North end:

Hwy. 5 near Romance

Location

Counties:

Jefferson, Lonoke, White

Highway system

Arkansas Highway System

←

I-30

Hwy. 32

→

Arkansas Highway 31 (AR 31, Hwy. 31) is a north–south state highway in Central Arkansas. The route of 75.34 miles (121.25 km) runs from US Route 79 Business (US 79B) near Pine Bluff^[2] north across US 165, US 70, Interstate 40 (I-40)^[3] and US 64/US 67/US 167 before terminating at Highway 5 near Romance.^[4]

Route description

The highway begins north of Pine Bluff at US 78B and runs north to intersect Highway 15 near Sherrill.^[2] Continuing north of this junction Highway 31 passes the Tucker Unit and passes through farm fields before it enters Lonoke County. The route passes the Walls Farm Barn and Corn Crib, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) north of Tomberlin before it has a short concurrency with US 165 through Coy (a rare officially designated exception^[5]).^[3] Highway 31 continues north through farmland, intersecting Highway 232 at Blakemore before forming a concurrency with US 70 south of Lonoke.

The US 70/AR 31 overlap continues into downtown Lonoke, ending when Highway 31 turns north along Center Street near the Rock Island Depot and Joe P. Eagle and D. R. Boone Building.^[6] Highway 31 serves as the western border of the county courthouse square containing the Lonoke Confederate Monument and Lonoke County Courthouse.^[6] The highway continues north to a junction with Highway 89S (3rd Street) before an interchange with Interstate 40 in north Lonoke.^[3]

Now running as a major collector of rural routes Highway 31 has a junction with Highway 236 near Woodlawn and the Woodlawn School Building on the NRHP. Minor rural intersections with Highway 321S, Highway 38, and Highway 267 are also south of Beebe.^[3]^[4] Once the route enters Beebe a concurrency forms with US 67B as Main Street, an officially designated exception.^[7]^[8] US 67B/AR 31 passes NRPHP-listed properties Beebe Theater, Staggs-Huffaker Building, Powell Clothing Store, Laws-Jarvis House, and the Smith-Moore House as a narrow two-lane undivided road through Beebe.^[1] In north Beebe the concurrency ends at a junction with US 64/US 67/US 167, a fully controlled-access highway.^[4]

Highway 31 exits Beebe to the northwest and has junction with Highway 321, Highway 321S, Highway 267 and Highway 267S before entering Antioch.^[4] Further northwest of Antioch the highway enters Floyd and passes the NRHP-listed Ackins House, Cotton Gin, and L. D. Hutchinson House on its way to Romance. In Romance Highway 31 intersects a road which leads to the Pence-Carmichael Farm, Barn and Root Cellar before terminating at Highway 5.^[4]

History

Highway 31 was one of the original Arkansas state highways when the system was first numbered in 1926.^[9] The route ran from Sherrill north roughly along its current routing, terminating at Beebe.

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at concurrencies.

County	Location	Mile^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Jefferson		0.00	0.00	U.S. 79B	Southern terminus
Jefferson		6.02	9.69	Hwy. 15
Lonoke	Coy	21.38– 21.89	34.41– 35.23	U.S. 165	(officially designated exception^[5])
	Blakemore	26.14	42.07	Hwy. 232 east
		38.35	61.72	U.S. 70 east
	Lonoke	U.S. 70 concurrency north, 2.2 miles (3.5 km)

		0.00	0.00	U.S. 70 west (Front Street)
		0.16	0.26	Hwy. 89S west (3rd Street)
	1.64	2.64	I-40 – Memphis, Little Rock
		6.51	10.48	Hwy. 236 west
		9.16	14.74	Hwy. 236 east
		11.15	17.94	Hwy. 321S west
	14.20	22.85	Hwy. 38
White		18.21	29.31	Hwy. 267 south
	Beebe	20.51– 22.19	33.01– 35.71	U.S. 67B	(officially designated exception^[8])
	Beebe	22.19	35.71	U.S. 64 / U.S. 67 / U.S. 167 / U.S. 67B south
		22.91	36.87	Hwy. 321 east
		24.30	39.11	Hwy. 321S east
		24.80	39.91	Hwy. 267S north
		25.54	41.10	Hwy. 267 north
		31.57	50.81	Hwy. 305 north
	Romance	39.18	63.05	Hwy. 5
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Planning and Research Division (2010). "Arkansas Road Log Database" (Database). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (2011) (PDF). General Highway Map, Jefferson County, Arkansas (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/JeffersonCounty.pdf. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (2010) (PDF). General Highway Map, Lonoke County, Arkansas (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/LonokeCounty.pdf. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (2009) (PDF). General Highway Map, White County, Arkansas (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/WhiteCounty.pdf. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
↑ 5.0 5.1 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (PDF). State Highway Route and Section Map: Lonoke County, Arkansas (Map). Cartography by Planning and Research Division. http://www.arkansashighways.com/Maps/Counties/County%20RAS/RAS%20Maps%20PDF/mlono_ras.pdf. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
↑ 6.0 6.1 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (2005) (PDF). Lonoke, Arkansas (Map). ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/geostor_raster_02/AHTD_MAP_SERIES/CURRENT/lonoke_city.PDF. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
↑ Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (2007) (PDF). Lonoke, Arkansas (Map). ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/geostor_raster_02/AHTD_MAP_SERIES/CURRENT/beebe_city.PDF. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
↑ 8.0 8.1 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (PDF). State Highway Route and Section Map: White County, Arkansas (Map). Cartography by Planning and Research Division. http://www.arkansashighways.com/Maps/Counties/County%20RAS/RAS%20Maps%20PDF/mwhit_ras.pdf. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
↑ "Map of State of Arkansas showing System of State Highways". Arkansas State Highway Department. 1926. Retrieved March 12, 2011.

v t e Roads of Pine Bluff

Interstate Highways	I-69 (Future) I-530 Scenic Byway

U.S. Highways	US 63 US 65 US 79 US 167 US 425 US 63B US 65B US 79B

Arkansas State Highways	AR 8 AR 11 AR 13 AR 15 AR 31 AR 35 AR 46 AR 54 AR 81 AR 83 AR 88 AR 97 AR 104 AR 114 AR 133 AR 189 AR 190 AR 199 AR 212 AR 256 AR 293 AR 365 AR 365 spur AR 388 AR 600 AR 831 AR 832 AR 833 AR 878 AR 884 AR 935 AR 980

v t e Roads of Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway

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

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

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