Arkansas Highway 27

Highway 27
Route information
Maintained by AHTD
Length:	193.14 mi[1] (310.83 km)
Existed:	April 1, 1926[2] – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 59 / US 71 near Ben Lomond
	US 278 in Nashville US 371 / AR 24, Nashville US 70 / AR 84 at Kirby US 270 in Mt. Ida AR 7 in Dardanelle US 64 in Russellville I-40 in Russellville US 65 / AR 74 in Marshall
North end:	AR 14 at Harriet
Highway system
Arkansas Highway System Interstate US State Business Spurs Suffixed Scenic Heritage ← AR 26 AR 28 →

Arkansas Highway 27 (AR 27, Ark. 27, and Hwy. 27) is a designation for two north–south state highways in Arkansas. One route begins at US Highway 59 (US 59) and US 71 near Ben Lomond north to Highway 7 in Dardanelle. A second segment begins at Highway 7 in Dover and runs north to Highway 14 at Harriet. An original Arkansas state highway, Highway 27 was created as one continuous route in 1926, but was split around Russellville in 1961.

The designation also includes Highway 27 Business, a business route in Nashville, and Highway 27N, a former alternate route near Ben Lomond deleted in the 1990s. All highways are maintained by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).

Route description

US 59/US 71 serves as the southern terminus of Highway 27 near Ben Lomond.

Ben Lomond to Dardanelle

AR 27 begins at US 59/US 71 near Ben Lomond. The route runs east, meeting AR 317 before meeting AR 355 in Mineral Springs. The route continues to Nashville where it meets US 278 and US 371/AR 24. North of Nashville, AR 27 meets AR 26 until Murfreesboro, when it picks up AR 19.

The route winds north to meet US 70/AR 84 in Kirby. AR 27 follows US 70 until Glenwood, when it meets AR 8 and enters the Ouachita National Forest. The two routes run together until Norman. AR 27 continues northeast to US 270 in Mt. Ida, and then to Washita where it meets AR 298. The route eventually leaves the forest near Rover, which contains a junction with AR 28.

AR 27 meets AR 10 in Danville and continues north to Dardanelle. The route meets AR 7/AR 22/AR 247 on the south edge of town. It then crosses the Arkansas River into Russellville, where it meets US 64 in downtown, and Interstate 40 north of town.

Dover to Harriet

A concurrency with AR 7 ends in Dover, with AR 27 turning right at Market Street.

The route winds northward for a stretch, eventually meeting AR 16 and AR 333 in rural Searcy County. AR 27 continues northeast to meet US 65/AR 74 in Marshall. After Marshall, the route trails north to Harriet, where it terminates at AR 14.

History

Highway 27 was created during the 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering as an original state highway between Ben Lomond and Harriet.^[2] The segment between Highway 28 at Rover and Highway 10 in Danville was deleted in 1929, but it was restored in 1931.^[3][4]

Following construction of new terrain routes for Highway 7 and Highway 22, Highway 27 was truncated at the new alignment of Highway 7 in Dardanelle.^[5] This action separated the highway into its two present-day sections.

The highway was in Marshall on March 11, 1954,^[6] in Mt. Ida on June 27, 1962.,^[7] between Hector and Tilly (approximately 20 miles [32 km]) on March 24, 1971,^[8] and between Ben Lomond and Mineral Springs on September 29, 1976.^[9]

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at some concurrencies.

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Sevier	​	0.00	0.00	US 59 / US 71 – Ashdown, De Queen
	Cowlingsville	4.67	7.52	AR 317 – Lockesburg, Brownstown
Howard	Mineral Springs	13.72	22.08	AR 355 north	South end of AR 355 overlap
		14.21	22.87	AR 355 south – Fulton	North end of AR 355 overlap
	Nashville	18.46	29.71	AR 369 north – Industrial Park
		19.02	30.61	AR 27B north – Business District
		20.70	33.31	US 278 east to AR 27B – Hope, Historic Washington State Park	Interchange; south end of US 278 overlap
		22.15	35.65	US 278 west / US 371 (Isaac C. Perkins Bypass / East Peachtree Street) – Nashville Business District, Cossatot Community College University of Arkansas	North end of US 278 overlap
Hempstead	No major junctions
Pike	​	31.04	49.95	AR 26 west – Highland	South end of AR 26 overlap
	Murfreesboro	34.90	56.17	AR 301 – Billstown, Crater of Diamonds State Park	Junction around Pike County Courthouse
		35.46	57.07	AR 19 north – Narrows Dam, Lake Greeson	South end of AR 19 overlap
		35.93	57.82	AR 19 south / AR 26 east – Delight	South end of AR 19 / AR 26 overlap
	​	39.13	62.97	AR 379 south – Delight
	Kirby	49.84	80.21	US 70 / AR 84 east – Lake Greeson, De Queen, Amity, Daisy State Park	South end of US 70 overlap
	Salem			AR 84 west – Langley, Albert Pike Recreation Area
	Glenwood			AR 8 east – Amity	South end of AR 8 overlap
				US 70 east – Hot Springs	North end of US 70 overlap; south end of US 70B overlap
				US 70B east (East Broadway)	North end of US 70B overlap
				AR 8S (Harmon Circle)
Montgomery	​			AR 240 west – Hopper
	Norman	0.00	0.00	AR 8 west – Black Springs, Mena	North end of AR 8 overlap
	Mount Ida	8.46	13.62	US 270 east – Hot Springs	South end of US 270 overlap
	​	0.00	0.00	US 270 west – "Y" City, Pencil Bluff	North end of US 270 overlap
	​	4.78	7.69	AR 188 east
	Washita	10.08	16.22	AR 88 west – Pencil Bluff
	Story	13.15	21.16	AR 298 east to AR 7
Yell	Onyx	27.62	44.45	AR 314 east – Hollis
	Rover	36.23	58.31	AR 28 west – Briggsville	South end of AR 28 overlap
	​	38.18	61.44	AR 28 east – Plainview, Dardanelle	North end of AR 28 overlap
	Danville	45.08	72.55	AR 80 west – Waltreak
		46.09	74.17	AR 10 east (East 8th Street) – Ola	South end of AR 10 overlap
		0.00	0.00	AR 10 west – Booneville	North end of AR 10 overlap
	​	3.25	5.23	AR 154 east – Mount George, Centerville
	​	9.20	14.81	AR 307 south – Spring Lake
	Dardanelle	18.41	29.63	AR 7 to AR 22 west – Paris, Ola
Gap in route
Pope	Dover	0.00	0.00	AR 7 – Harrison, Russellville
	Scottsville	6.12	9.85	AR 164 east
	​	10.24	16.48	AR 105 south – Atkins
	​	31.35	50.45	AR 16 east – Clinton	South end of AR 16 overlap
	​	0.00	0.00	AR 16 west – Witts Spring	North end of AR 16 overlap
Van Buren	Una	4.79	7.71	AR 254 east – Chimes
Searcy	Canaan	22.60	36.37	AR 333 south	South end of AR 333 overlap
	​	24.94	40.14	AR 333 north	North end of AR 333 overlap
	Marshall	29.97	48.23	US 65 north – Harrison	South end of US 65 overlap
		0.00	0.00	US 65 south – Little Rock	North end of US 65 overlap
		1.00	1.61	AR 74 east – Landis, Mountain View
	Harriet	10.66	17.16	AR 14 – Yellville, Big Flat, Ozark Folk Center State Park, Blanchard Springs Caverns
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Special routes

Arkansas Highway 27 had two auxiliary routes, with AR 27N being removed in the 1990s.

Nashville business route

Arkansas Highway 27B is a business route in Nashville. It is 2.38 miles (3.83 km) in length.

Former route

Arkansas Highway 27N was a short east–west highway in southwest Arkansas. Its eastern terminus was at Arkansas Highway 27 east of Ben Lomond with its western terminus at U.S. Route 71 1-mile (1.6 km) south of Falls Chapel. In the 1990s Highway 27N was replaced by a realigned Highway 27.

See also

• Arkansas portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

Route map: Google