Highway 18 marker

Highway 18

Route information
Maintained by ArDOT
Length93.43 mi[1][2][3][4] (150.36 km)
ExistedApril 1, 1926[5]–present
Major junctions
West end AR 69, Jacksonport
Major intersections
East endMississippi River, Tennessee state line
Location
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountiesJackson, Poinsett, Craighead, Mississippi
Highway system
AR 17 AR 19

Highway 18 (AR 18 and Hwy. 18) is an east–west state highway of 93.43 miles (150.36 km) in Northeast Arkansas.[1][2][3][4]

Route description

AR 18 begins at AR 69 near Jacksonport. Brief concurrencies begins with AR 17 and US 67 (Future I-57) in Newport, and Arkansas Highway 18S leads to Newport Municipal Airport as AR 18 continues east. The route runs east to AR 37 in Grubbs before turning north at Uno to AR 226 in Cash. AR 18 joins AR 91 and becomes King's Highway.

AR 18/AR 91 run together with US 63 into Jonesboro. AR 18 breaks and runs as Highland Dr., meeting US 49/AR 1. After Jonesboro, AR 18 meets AR 158 and AR 135 in Lake City. The three routes continue east to Black Oak, when AR 18 turns north. AR 18 briefly runs with AR 139 in Monette before continuing east. AR 18B is created in Manila, and AR 18 meets AR 77.

The route briefly meets AR 181 near Dell before turning northeast to Blytheville. AR 18 meets AR 151 and US 61 in downtown Blytheville. The route continues east to cross over Interstate 55 (exit 67) in a frontage road interchange. AR 18 and AR 312 meet briefly south of the Blytheville Municipal Airport. The route continues to terminate at the Mississippi River at the Tennessee state line.

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at some concurrencies.

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Jackson0.0000.000 AR 69 Newport, Newark
Diaz0.9311.498
AR 17 north
West end of AR 17 overlap

AR 157 north Campbell Station
0.0000.000
AR 17 north / CR 289 (Main Street) Newport
Southern terminus of AR 17; east end of AR 17 overlap
NewportDiaz line AR 367 Hoxie, Walnut Ridge, Newport
Future I-57 / US 67 Jonesboro, Bald Knob, Little RockUS 67 exit 85

AR 267 south (Commerce Boulevard)
Newport
AR 980 east Airport, Arkansas State University-Newport

AR 18S west Newport Airport, Arkansas State University-Newport

AR 384 west / CR 38 Stegall
Grubbs
AR 37 north Tuckerman
West end of AR 37 overlap


AR 37 south to AR 14
East end of AR 37 overlap
PoinsettUno

AR 214 east to US 49 – Bayou DeView WMA
CraigheadCash
AR 226 to US 67 Jonesboro
Three Way30.58249.217
AR 91 north
West end of AR 91 overlap
Herman
AR 349 south – Gibson
Jonesboro

I-555 north / US 63 south / AR 91 Walnut Ridge, Hoxie, Hardy
East end of AR 91 overlap; west end of I-555/US 63 overlap; AR 18 west follows exit 49
Washington AvenueUS 63 exit 47

AR 226 west (Wood Springs Road) / Strawfloor Road
US 63 exit 46
0.0000.000
US 49 (Southwest Drive) / I-555 south / US 63 Memphis, Waldenburg, Brinkley, Craighead Forest Park
East end of I-555/US 63 overlap; AR 18 east follows exit 45
Crowley's Ridge Pkwy. (South Main Street) – Business DistrictFormer US 49B north; west end of CRP overlap


AR 1B south / Crowley's Ridge Pkwy. (Harrisburg Road) to US 63
East end of CRP overlap
South Caraway RoadFormer AR 173
US 49 / AR 1 (Red Wolf Boulevard)



AR 463 south (East Nettleton Avenue) to I-555 / US 63

AR 351 south (Industrial Drive)





AR 18S west (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) to US 49 south / I-555 / US 63
Lake City
AR 158 west – Lunsford

AR 135 north Paragould
West end of AR 135 overlap
Black Oak
AR 135 south Caraway, Lepanto
East end of AR 135 overlap
Monette
AR 139 north (Edmonds Street)
West end of AR 139 overlap

AR 139 south Caraway
East end of AR 139 overlap
MississippiLeachville

AR 119 north to AR 77 Leachville
Manila
AR 18B east (Lake Street) Manila Business District
35.09656.482
AR 77 north Leachville
West end of AR 77 overlap

AR 77 south Athelstan
East end of AR 77 overlap

AR 18B west (Baltimore Street) Manila Business District

AR 181 south Victoria
Dell
AR 181 north Dell Business District

AR 312 east

AR 239 north – Half Moon
Blytheville
AR 151 north Gosnell
West end of AR 151 overlap
53.16085.553
US 61 (Division Street) to West Main Street / I-55 Blytheville Business District

AR 239 south (Ruddle Street)
55.73089.689 I-55 St. Louis, MemphisI-55 exit 67

AR 151 south (South Promise Land Road)
East end of AR 151 overlap
AR 980 Airport

AR 312 east Number Nine

AR 137S north Armorel
Barfield62.249100.180 CR E234End State Maintenance
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

History

Highway 18 was created during the 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering from Diaz to Barfield similar to the present-day alignment.[5] The designation was shifted onto Nettleton Cut-Off Road in Jonesboro on March 9, 1955.[6] The highway was rerouted between Leachville and Manilla on July 10, 1957, with Highway 18 taking over the former alignment of Highway 18 Spur.[7] It was extended to Barfield Landing on April 24, 1963, as part of a major expansion of the state highway system.[8] The western terminus was extended west to Highway 69 in Jacksonport on November 23, 1966.[9]

Auxiliary routes

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Jackson County map Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on August 27, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Poinsett County map Archived 2012-02-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on August 27, 2009.
  3. 1 2 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Craighead County map Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on August 27, 2009.
  4. 1 2 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Mississippi County map Archived 2021-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on August 27, 2009.
  5. 1 2 Arkansas State Highway Department (April 1, 1926). State of Arkansas Showing System of State Highways (TIF) (Map). 1:500,000. Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 23, 2017 via Arkansas GIS Office.
  6. "Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission" (PDF). Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1953–1969. pp. 1964–1965. OCLC 21798861. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  7. "Minutes" (1953–69), p. 1789.
  8. "Minutes" (1953–69), pp. 913–916.
  9. "Minutes" (1953–69), p. 561.
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