Interstate 40 (I-40) is an east–west Interstate Highway that has a 284.69-mile (458.16 km) section in the U.S. state of Arkansas, connecting Oklahoma to Tennessee. The route enters Arkansas from the west just north of the Arkansas River near Dora. It travels eastward across the northern portion of the state, connecting the cities of Fort Smith, Clarksville, Russellville, Morrilton, Conway, North Little Rock, Forrest City, and West Memphis. I-40 continues into Tennessee, heading through Memphis. The highway has major junctions with I-540 at Van Buren (the main highway connecting to Fort Smith), I-49 at Alma (the main highway connecting to Fayetteville and Bentonville), I-30 and I-57 in North Little Rock, and I-55 to Blytheville.
.svg) Interstate 40 | ||||
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 I-40 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ArDOT | ||||
| Length | 284.69 mi[1] (458.16 km) | |||
| NHS | Entire route | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  I-40 at the Oklahoma state line | |||
  I-540 / US 71 in Van Buren I-49 in Alma I-430 in North Little Rock     I-30 / US 65 / US 67 / US 167 / AR 107 in North Little Rock I-57 / US 67 / US 167 in North Little Rock I-440 in North Little Rock     I-55 / US 61 / US 64 / US 78 / US 79 in West Memphis | ||||
| East end | I-40 at the Tennessee state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Arkansas | |||
| Counties | Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Pope, Conway, Faulkner, Pulaski, Lonoke, Prairie, Monroe, St. Francis, Crittenden | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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For the majority of its routing through Arkansas, I-40 follows the historic alignment of two separate U.S. Highways. From Oklahoma to Little Rock, I-40 generally follows U.S. Highway 64 through the Ozark Mountains. East of Little Rock, the route generally follows the routing of US 70 until the Tennessee state line.
Route description
editOklahoma to North Little Rock
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I-40 enters Arkansas from Oklahoma at Dora in Crawford County.[2] It heads east into Van Buren, giving access to Fort Smith as well across the Arkansas River to the south. Access is primarily via I-540/US 71, which was built as a southern spur to Fort Smith in the 1970s. I-40 overlaps with US 71, forming a concurrency until the alignment of I-49 breaks north to Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, Bentonville, and its northern Arkansas terminus in Bella Vista, with US 71 breaking away shortly afterward at another interchange.[3][4] The route continues to parallel US 64 into the Ozark Mountains by entering Franklin County and providing access to the Pig Trail Scenic Byway in Ozark.[5] I-40 runs through Clarksville (where it has a junction with US 64), passes over part of Lake Dardanelle, and meets Highway 7 (AR 7) in Russellville.[6][7] I-40 continues to the east through Morrilton before turning south to Conway and Faulkner County.[8][9] In Conway, I-40 forms a concurrency with US 65 at exit 125, which continues until exit 153A in North Little Rock. The highway also has another junction with US 64 and U.S. Highway 65 Business (US 65B) in Conway before passing Lake Conway and entering the Little Rock metropolitan area.[9]
North Little Rock to Tennessee
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Now in Pulaski County, I-40 heads toward the south-southeast as it heads to the town of Maumelle. It continues toward this direction until it reaches I-430, which provides access along the westside of Little Rock.[10] Further southeast near the Arkansas River, the route has a high volume interchange as the northern terminus of I-30 as well as concurrent routes with US 67/US 167; US 65 turns south at this intersection, breaking the concurrency formed in Conway.[10] I-40 (now concurrent with US 67 and US 167) continues east for 1.5 miles (2.4 km) before the latter two routes branch off to the northeast with I-57. From this point onward, I-40 begins to parallel US 70 rather than US 64, which was a more or less a parallel route until Conway. The Interstate continues to the east to intersect I-440 before entering Lonoke County.[10] Passing through Lonoke, the route runs through rural Arkansas with straight alignments and relatively few junctions, forming an overlap with US 63 in Hazen until meeting US 49/AR 17 in Brinkley.[11][12][13] Upon entering St. Francis County, I-40 runs northeast to Forrest City, where it intersects with AR 1.[14] Continuing northeast, I-40 enters Crittenden County, where it intersects with US 79 at Shearerville and enters West Memphis.[15]
The highway continues to the northeast to an interchange with I-55, and the two routes form a concurrency east for 3.1 miles (5.0 km). I-40 continues east onto the Hernando de Soto Bridge over the Mississippi River. The Tennessee border is at the midpoint of the river, and Memphis, Tennessee, begins at the eastside of the bridge.[15]
History
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Exit list
edit| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Crawford | Dora | 0.00 | 0.00 |  I-40 west – Oklahoma City | Continuation into Oklahoma | |
| 0.03– 0.70 | 0.048– 1.13 | 1 | Dora, Fort Smith | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; access via Dora Road | ||
| Van Buren | 3.12 | 5.02 | 3 | Lee Creek Road | ||
| 5.26 | 8.47 | 5 |  AR 59 – Van Buren, Siloam Springs | |||
| 7.35 | 11.83 | 7 |   I-540 south / US 71 south – Van Buren, Fort Smith | Western end of US 71 concurrency; tri-stack interchange; northern terminus and exits 1B-A on I-540 | ||
| Alma | 12.26 | 19.73 | 12 |  I-49 north – Fayetteville | Current southern terminus and exit 20 on I-49; former I-540 | |
| 13.25 | 21.32 | 13 |   US 71 north / US 71B south – Alma | Eastern end of US 71 concurrency; US 71B not signed | ||
| Mulberry | 20.00 | 32.19 | 20 | Dyer, Mulberry | Access via Georgia Ridge Drive | |
| 23.95 | 38.54 | 24 |  AR 215 – Mulberry | |||
| Franklin | Ozark | 34.52 | 55.55 | 35 |  AR 23 – Ozark, Huntsville | |
| 37.26 | 59.96 | 37 |  AR 219 – Ozark | |||
| Wiederkehr Village | 40.83 | 65.71 | 41 |  AR 186 – Altus | ||
| Johnson | | 46.40 | 74.67 | 47 |  AR 164 – Hartman, Coal Hill | |
| Clarksville | 54.70 | 88.03 | 55 |   US 64 to AR 109 – Hartman, Scranton, Clarksville | ||
| 57.01 | 91.75 | 57 | Crawford Street | |||
| 58.05 | 93.42 | 58 |   AR 103 to AR 21 north – Clarksville | |||
| Lamar | 63.68 | 102.48 | 64 | US 64 – Lamar | ||
| Knoxville | 66.47 | 106.97 | 67 |  AR 315 – Knoxville | ||
| Pope | London | 73.84 | 118.83 | 74 |  AR 333 – London | |
| 77.61 | 124.90 | 78 | US 64 – Russellville | |||
| Russellville | 80.90 | 130.20 | 81 |    AR 7 (Arkansas Avenue) / AR 326 west – Russellville | AR 326 not signed | |
| 82.99 | 133.56 | 83 |  AR 124 (Weir Road) | Former AR 326 | ||
| 83.97 | 135.14 | 84 |  AR 331 south to US 64 – Russellville | Northern terminus of AR 331 | ||
| Pottsville | 87.99 | 141.61 | 88 |   US 64 / AR 247 south / AR 363 north – Pottsville | US 64/AR 247 not signed | |
| Atkins | 93.71 | 150.81 | 94 |  AR 105 / AR 363 west – Atkins | AR 363 not signed | |
| Conway | | 100.53 | 161.79 | 101 | Blackwell | Access via US 64 |
| Morrilton | 106.33 | 171.12 | 107 |  AR 95 – Morrilton | ||
| 107.83 | 173.54 | 108 |    AR 9 / AR 287 east – Morrilton | AR 287 not signed | ||
| Plumerville | 112.33 | 180.78 | 112 |  US 64 / AR 92 north – Plumerville | US 64 not signed; southern terminus of AR 92 | |
| Menifee | 117.37 | 188.89 | 117 | Menifee | Access via Harding A. Byrd Road | |
| Faulkner | Conway | 123.40 | 198.59 | 124 |  US 64 / AR 25 north (Salem Road) – Conway, Wooster | Signed as exits 124B (US 64) and 124A (AR 25) westbound; southern terminus of AR 25 |
| 124.94 | 201.07 | 125 |  US 65 north / US 65B south – Greenbrier, Harrison, Conway | Western end of US 65 concurrency; northern terminus of US 65B | ||
| 126.59 | 203.73 | 127 | US 64 – Vilonia, Conway, Beebe | |||
| 128.53 | 206.85 | 129 |   US 65B north / AR 286 east (Dave Ward Drive) to AR 60 west | Signed as exits 129A (east) and 129B (north) westbound; southern terminus of US 65B; western terminus of AR 286 | ||
| Gold Creek | 132.14 | 212.66 | 132 |  AR 365 / Baker-Wills Parkway | AR 365 not signed | |
| Mayflower | 135.27 | 217.70 | 135 |  AR 89 / AR 365 – Mayflower | ||
| Pulaski | | 142.17 | 228.80 | 142 | AR 365 – Morgan, Maumelle | Former routing of US 65 |
| 145.95 | 234.88 | 146 | White Oak Crossing | |||
| North Little Rock | 147.18– 147.42 | 236.86– 237.25 | 147 | I-430 south – Texarkana | Northern terminus and exits 13A-B on I-430 | |
| 148.01 | 238.20 | 148 |  AR 100 west (Crystal Hill Road) | Eastern terminus of AR 100 | ||
| 150.16 | 241.66 | 150 | Burns Park | Access via Military Road | ||
| 151.85 | 244.38 | 152B |  AR 176 east / AR 365 (MacArthur Drive) to Pike Avenue – Levy | No eastbound entrance; AR 176 not signed; signed as exit 152 eastbound | ||
| 151.91 | 244.48 | 152A | Camp Robinson Road to AR 176 east – Levy | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; access via Pike Avenue | ||
| 152.70– 153.02 | 245.75– 246.26 | 153A | AR 107 north (JFK Boulevard) | Southern terminus of AR 107 | ||
| 153B | I-30 west / US 65 south / US 67 south / US 167 south – Little Rock | Eastern end of US 65 concurrency; western end of US 67/US 167 concurrency; US 67/US 167 not signed eastbound; eastern terminus of I-30 | ||||
| 154.11 | 248.02 | 154 | North Hills Boulevard | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| 154.61 | 248.82 | 155 | I-57 north / US 67 north / US 167 north – St. Louis, Jacksonville, Little Rock AFB | Eastern end of US 67/US 167 concurrency; southern terminus of I-57 | ||
| 155.55 | 250.33 | 156 | Springhill Drive — Baptist Health Medical Center-NLR | |||
| 156.32 | 251.57 | 157 | Protho Junction | Access via Jacksonville Highway; former AR 161 | ||
| 158.73 | 255.45 | 159 | I-440 – Jacksonville, Texarkana | Signed as exits 159A (west) and 159B (east) eastbound; exits 11A-B on I-440 | ||
| 160.60 | 258.46 | 161 |  AR 391 south – Galloway | Northern terminus of AR 391 | ||
| Lonoke | | 164.58 | 264.87 | 165 | Kerr Road | |
| | 168.35 | 270.93 | 169 |  AR 15 (Remington Road) | ||
| Lonoke | 172.87 | 278.21 | 173 | AR 89 – Lonoke | ||
| 174.35 | 280.59 | 175 |  AR 31 – Lonoke, Beebe | |||
| Carlisle | 182.25 | 293.30 | 183 |  AR 13 – Carlisle | ||
| Prairie | Hazen | 192.93 | 310.49 | 193 |   US 63 south / AR 11 north – Hazen, Des Arc | Western end of US 63 concurrency; southern terminus of AR 11 |
| | 201.91 | 324.94 | 202 |  AR 33 – Biscoe, De Valls Bluff | ||
| Monroe | Brinkley | 215.42 | 346.68 | 216 |   US 49 / US 63 north to AR 17 north – Brinkley, Cotton Plant | Eastern end of US 63 concurrency |
| St. Francis | Wheatley | 220.70 | 355.18 | 221 |  AR 78 – Wheatley, Marianna | |
| Palestine | 232.88 | 374.78 | 233 |  AR 261 – Palestine | ||
| | 238.72 | 384.18 | 239 |  AR 1 – Wynne, Marianna | ||
| Forrest City | 240.40 | 386.89 | 241 |  AR 1B – Forrest City, Wynne | Signed as exits 241A (south) and 241B (north) | |
| 241.42 | 388.53 | 242 |  AR 284 (Crowley's Ridge Road) | |||
| | 246.70 | 397.03 | 247 |  AR 38 east – Hughes, Widener | Western terminus of AR 38 | |
| | 255.86 | 411.77 | 256 |  AR 75 (US 70) – Parkin | ||
| | 259.51 | 417.64 | 260 |  AR 149 (US 70) – Earle | ||
| Crittenden | Jennette | 264.67 | 425.95 | 265 |   US 70 / US 79 south / AR 218 east – Jennette, Hughes | Western end of US 79 concurrency; US 70 not signed |
| West Memphis | 270.78 | 435.78 | 271 |  US 70 / AR 147 – LeHi, Horseshoe Lake | US 70 not signed | |
| 274.81 | 442.26 | 275 |  AR 118 (College Boulevard) | |||
| 276.14 | 444.40 | 276 |  Rich Road to AR 77 (Missouri Street) | Eastbound exit only; access to AR 77 via South Service Road | ||
| 276.70 | 445.31 | 277 | I-55 north / US 61 north / US 64 west / US 78 west – Blytheville, Jonesboro, St. Louis | Western end of I-55/US 61/US 64/US 78 concurrency; exit 8 on I-55 | ||
| 277.22 | 446.14 | 278 |  AR 77 (Missouri Street) / AR 191 (7th Street) | AR 77/Missouri Street not signed eastbound | ||
| 279.11 | 449.18 | 5 | Ingram Boulevard | Exit no. corresponds to I-55 | ||
| 279.37 | 449.60 | 279B | I-55 south / US 61 south / US 64 east / US 78 east / US 79 north – Memphis, Jackson MS | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; eastern end of I-55/US 61/US 64/US 78/US 79 concurrency | ||
| 278.97 | 448.96 | 279A | Ingram Boulevard | |||
| 280.18 | 450.91 | 280 | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (AR 38 south) | |||
| 280.68 | 451.71 | 281 |  AR 131 (Mound City Road) | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Mississippi River | 284.03 | 457.10 | Hernando de Soto Bridge | |||
 I-40 east – Memphis, Nashville | Continuation into Tennessee | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ Planning and Research Division (2010). "Arkansas Road Log Database". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original (Database) on June 23, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^ a b General Highway Map, Crawford County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ General Highway Map, Washington County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ General Highway Map, Benton County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ General Highway Map, Franklin County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2010. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ General Highway Map, Johnson County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2010. Retrieved November 15, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ General Highway Map, Pope County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2010. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ General Highway Map, Conway County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ a b General Highway Map, Faulkner County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ a b c General Highway Map, Pulaski County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ General Highway Map, Lonoke County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ General Highway Map, Prairie County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ General Highway Map, Monroe County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 26, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ General Highway Map, St. Francis County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
- ^ a b General Highway Map, Crittenden County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
External links
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