Interstate 440 (Arkansas)

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Interstate 440

Route information

Maintained by AHTD

Length:

14.16 mi^[1]^[2] (22.79 km)

Existed:

last completed:2003 – present

Major junctions

South end:

I-30 / I-530 / U.S. 65 / U.S. 167 near Little Rock

U.S. 165 in North Little Rock

U.S. 70in North Little Rock

I-40 in North Little Rock

North end:

U.S. 67 / U.S. 167 in Jacksonville

Highway system

Interstate Highway System

Arkansas Highway System

←

I-430

Hwy. 463

→

Interstate 440 (abbreviated I-440) in Arkansas is a partial loop of 9.96 miles (16.03 km) connecting Interstate 40 with Interstate 30 and Interstate 530 near Little Rock. The route, known as the East Belt Freeway during planning and construction, travels through much of the area's industrial core in the eastern part of the metropolitan area and near Little Rock National Airport and the Port of Little Rock. The route is mostly a six-lane freeway.^[3]

North of I-40, the route continues as Arkansas Highway 440 (Hwy. 440) until it reaches U.S. Route 67 in Jacksonville. This section of Hwy. 440 is known as the North Belt Freeway. Highway 440 is proposed to eventually extend back to I-40 at Interstate 430 between Maumelle and Little Rock. Once this segment is completed, Highway 440 will be redesignated as Interstate 440.

Route description

The route begins at Interstate 30 and runs east to a large interchange ith US 65/US 167. After this interchange, I-440 intersects Springer Boulevard and Bankhead Drive near Little Rock National Airport. The highway continues across Lindsey Road northeast to cross the Arkansas River. I-440 has interchanges with US 165 and US 70 before terminating at Interstate 40. On the north side of I-40, Arkansas Highway 440 is an extension of I-440 built to interstate standards. The route runs north to Jacksonville, connecting Little Rock with US 67/US 167.

To avoid repeating the disturbance of the Fourche Creek floodplain by a causeway section of I-30 (including what is now the I-30/I-440/I-530 interchange), most of I-440 between I-30 and the exit leading to the airport is an extended bridge through the floodplain, crossing Fourche Creek several times.

History

The idea of Interstate 440 was first proposed in 1941.

I-440 is part of a planned full loop around the metropolitan area, together with Arkansas's Interstate 430. Part of that effort, an extended route from I-440's north end at Interstate 40 to US Highway 67, opened in 2003 as Highway 440 and is also known as part of the North Belt Freeway project.

Exit list

The entire route is in Pulaski County.

State	Location	Mile^[3]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Arkansas	Little Rock	0.00	0.00	–	I-30 west – Hot Springs, Texarkana	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		0.00	0.00	138B	I-530 south / U.S. 65 south / U.S. 167 south – Pine Bluff	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance, exit no. corresponds to I-30
		0.00	0.00	138A	I-30 east / U.S. 65 north / U.S. 167 north	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance, exit no. corresponds to I-30
		1.28	2.06	1	Hwy. 365 (Springer Boulevard)
		3.44	5.54	3	Bankhead Drive – Little Rock National Airport
		3.80	6.12	4	Lindsey Road
		5.16	8.30	5	Fourche Dam Pike – Little Rock River Port
	North Little Rock	6.97	11.22	7	U.S. 165 – England, Scott
		7.91	12.73	8	CR 82 (Faulkner Lake Road)
		9.55	15.37	10	U.S. 70
		9.96	16.03	11	I-40 – Fort Smith, Memphis	Signed as exits 11A (west) and 11B (east); I-440 ends and Hwy. 440 begins
		13.26	21.34	12	Hwy. 161 – Rixey
	Jacksonville	14.16	22.79	13	U.S. 67 / U.S. 167 – Sherwood, North Little Rock, Jacksonville	Freeway ends
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Google / Bing

KML file (edit)

↑ Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Route and Section Map (Map). Pulaski County supplemental. http://www.arkansashighways.com/Maps/Counties/County%20RAS/RAS%20Maps%20PDF/mpula_minset_ras.pdf. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
↑ Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Route and Section Map (Map). Pulaski County. http://www.arkansashighways.com/Maps/Counties/County%20RAS/RAS%20Maps%20PDF/mpula2_ras.pdf. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "[Arkansas] State Highways 2009 (Database)." April 2010. AHTD: Planning and Research Division. Database. Retrieved May 7, 2011.

v t e Auxiliary routes of Interstate 40

Oklahoma 240 Arkansas 440 540 Tennessee 140 240 440 640 North Carolina 140 240 440 540 840

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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