Arkansas Highway 158

Highway 158 marker

Highway 158
Route information
Maintained by AHTD
Existed: 1936 – present
Section 1
Length: 44.24 mi[1] (71.20 km)
South end: AR 1, Greenfield
North end: US 61, Luxora
Section 2
Length: 0.33 mi[1] (0.53 km)
South end: US 49
North end: agricultural facility
Highway system
AR 157AR 159

Arkansas Highway 158 (AR 158, Hwy. 158) is a designation for two state highways in northeast Arkansas. The main segment of 44.24 miles (71.20 km) runs east from Highway 1 to US Route 61 (US 61) in Luxora.[1] A short route of 0.33 miles (0.53 km) runs from U.S. Route 49 across railroad tracks in rural Craighead County.

Route description

Highway 158 serves Black Oak

Greenfield to Luxora

AR 158 begins at AR 1 in Greenfield.[2] The route runs east and begins to concur with AR 163 north. AR 158 then heads east, crossing US 63 and AR 463 near Bay. The route continues east then north to meet AR 18 in Bowman. AR 18/AR 135/AR 158 run together until Black Oak, with AR 135/AR 158 continuing together until Caraway.[3]

The route continues east to meet AR 77 in Lennie.[4] AR 158 runs east to cross Interstate 55 and US 61 before Luxora. The route terminates at US 61 in north Luxora.

Craighead County

The route begins at US 49 and runs briefly east across the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. The route then curves north parallel to US 49, with the roadway terminating at an agricultural facility.

History

The route was first designated AR 158 in 1936. The highways was a gravel/stone road from AR 77 east to Luxora.[5] The route was extended west to the Caraway area in 1952, but remained entirely gravel.[6] A segment of AR 158 was added from Bay to Lunsford around 1960. The short route was added to the state highway system in 1979.[1]

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at concurrencies.

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
PoinsettGreenfield00 AR 1Western terminus
 2.94.7 AR 163 southAR 163 concurrency begins
AR 163 concurrency north, 7.0 miles (11.3 km)
Craighead 00 AR 163 northAR 163 concurrency ends
Bay5.48.7 AR 463 northAR 463 concurrency begins
AR 463 concurrency south, 1.4 miles (2.3 km)
00 AR 463 southAR 463 concurrency ends
Lunsford5.69.0 AR 69 south (Trumann Hwy)AR 69 northern terminus
Bowman10.516.9 AR 18 westConcurrency begins
AR 18 / AR 135 concurrency east, 14.8 miles (23.8 km)
Caraway00 AR 135 southConcurrency ends
1.01.6 AR 139 north (N New York Ave)AR 139 southern terminus
MississippiFloodway11.017.7 AR 77 northAR 77 concurrency begins
AR 77 concurrency south, 1.5 miles (2.4 km)
 00 AR 77 southAR 77 concurrency ends
 5.99.5 AR 181
 8.012.9 AR 191 southAR 191 northern terminus
 9.415.1 I-55 Blytheville, Memphis
New Salem11.017.7 AR 325 southAR 325 northern terminus
Luxora13.521.7 US 61
14.823.8 US 61Eastern terminus
AR 158 main segment ends, AR 158 rural segment begins at U.S. Route 49
Poinsett/Craighead line 00 US 49Southern terminus
Craighead 0.30.5Agricultural facilityNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "[Arkansas] State Highways 2009 (Database)." April 2010. AHTD: Planning and Research Division. Database. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  2. General Highway Map - Poinsett County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (11/20/09 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  3. General Highway Map - Craighead County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (11/12/09 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  4. General Highway Map - Mississippi County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (1/11/10 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  5. Official Highway Service Map (Map) (1936 ed.). Arkansas State Highway Commission. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  6. Official Highway Map (Map) (1953 ed.). Arkansas State Highway Commission. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, November 05, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.