Arkansas Highway 22

Highway 22
Route information
Maintained by AHTD
Length:	75.60 mi[1] (121.67 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 64 / US 71B in Fort Smith
	I-540 / US 71 in Fort Smith AR 549 / Future I-49 in Barling AR 23 in Caulksville
East end:	AR 7 in Dardanelle
Location
Counties:	Sebastian, Franklin, Logan, Yell
Highway system
Arkansas Highway System Interstate US State Business Spurs Suffixed Scenic Heritage ← AR 21 AR 23 →

Highway 22 (AR 22, Ark. 22, and Hwy. 22) is an east–west state highway in the Arkansas River Valley. The highway runs 75.60 miles (121.67 km) from US 64/US 71B east to Highway 7 in Dardanelle. The highway is one of the original 1926 state highways, and is maintained by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).

Route description

Highway 22 east of Barling

The route begins in Fort Smith at US 64/US 71B. It runs east, crossing I-540/US 71. AR 22 concurs with AR 255 through Fort Chaffee and intersects AR 96 east of the installation. The route next enters Charleston where it meets AR 217 before crossing AR 41 in Branch.^[2] County Line High School is located on this highway near Branch.

Caulksville brings a junction with AR 23, and meetings with AR 109, AR 288, and AR 309 occur in Paris. AR 22/AR 109/AR 288 run together until Subiaco, when the route loses AR 288 but crosses AR 197.^[3] AR 22 eventually loses AR 109 at Midway, running alone to Dardanelle.^[4] The route terminates at AR 7 after a very brief concurrency with AR 155.^[5]

The road itself is fairly straight and in reasonably good repair. Passing can be safely accomplished in several stretches of Highway 22 despite a lack of constructed passing areas.

History

The route was one of the original 1926 Arkansas state highways. AR 22 ran from Fort Smith to Dardanelle along a routing very similar to the modern-day routing of AR 22. One surviving element of the original alignment survives in Yell County west of Dardanelle; it consists of CR 906, a 0.25-mile (0.40 km) stretch of concrete pavement 18 feet (5.5 m) wide. This segment was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[6] A surviving section built in 1930 is also found in New Blaine.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Sebastian	Fort Smith	0.00	0.00	US 64 / US 71B (Garrison Avenue / Towson Avenue / North 11th Street) – National Historic Site, National Cemetery
		3.67	5.91	I-540 to I-49 / I-40 / US 71 – Van Buren	I-540/I-49 exit 8
	Barling	7.07	11.38	AR 253 south
		8.07	12.99	AR 255 north
		8.38	13.49	AR 59 north – Van Buren, Trimble Lock & Dam, Springhill Park
		8.65	13.92	AR 549 south / Future I-49	Opened to traffic and signed as AR 549, northbound segment into Crawford County unbuilt; future I-49 exit 193
	Central City	11.00	17.70	AR 255 south – Vache Grasse Park
	Diamond Grove	14.04	22.60	AR 96 – Lavaca, Greenwood
	​	16.33	26.28	AR 255 north – Lavaca
	​	20.20	32.51	AR 252 west
Franklin	Charleston	23.58	37.95	AR 217 north (Greenwood Street) – Vesta
		24.33	39.16	AR 217 south (South Rattlesnake Road)
	Branch	29.21– 29.81	47.01– 47.97	AR 41 – Chismville, Cecil	Officially designated exception
Logan	Ratcliff	32.61	52.48	AR 398 west
	Caulksville	33.81	54.41	AR 23 – Ozark, Booneville
	Paris	39.69	63.87	AR 369 south (South Charcoal Plant Road)
				AR 109 south / AR 309 (Elm Street) – Mount Magazine State Park
	Subiaco			AR 197 north – Scranton
	Midway			AR 109 north – Clarksville, Cane Creek Recreation Area, Dublin Recreation Area
	New Blaine			AR 197 north – Shoal Bay Recreation Area
	Delaware			AR 393 north – Delaware Recreation Area
Yell	Dardanelle			AR 155 west – Mount Nebo State Park
				AR 7 to AR 27 south – Ola, Danville, Russellville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

See also

• Arkansas portal
• U.S. Roads portal
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Yell County, Arkansas

References

Route map: Google