Arkansas Highway 25 is a northeast–southwest state highway in north central Arkansas. The route runs 85.66 miles (137.86 km) from US 64 in Conway to US 63/412 in Black Rock through Heber Springs, Batesville, and the foothills of The Ozarks.[2][3][4][5]
Highway 25 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ArDOT | ||||
| Length | 127.352 mi (204.953 km) | |||
| Existed | April 1, 1926–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 64 in Conway | |||
 I-40 in Conway US 65 in Greenbrier AR 5 from Heber Springs to Wolf Bayou US 167 in Batesville | ||||
| North end |   US 63 / US 412 in Black Rock | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Arkansas | |||
| Counties | Faulkner, Cleburne, Independence, Lawrence | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description edit
AR 25 begins in Conway at US 64. The route runs north to a junction with Interstate 40. A I-40 exit west of AR 25 is marked as AR 25 North, but the road serving it is officially called US 64 Spur; its junction with US 64 is 0.7 mile west of AR 25.[2][6]
From Conway, the road runs north to Wooster, where it turns northeast, meeting US 65 in Greenbrier. The route overlaps US 65 for several miles north of Greenbrier, then continues northeast, meeting AR 107 and AR 225 before entering Quitman. AR 25 continues diagonally northeast, meeting AR 16 and Little Rock Road near Heber Springs. A business loop and two spur routes both serve Heber Springs. AR 25 continues north with AR 5, a partnership named Heber Springs Road, until AR 5 departs at Wolf Bayou. AR 87 joins AR 25 in nearby Concord.
Entering Independence County, AR 25 meets AR 14 in Locust Grove. The route meets US 167 just north of the Batesville Municipal Airport in south Batesville. In central Batesville, AR 25 (here concurrent with US 167) meets AR 69 before exiting town headed due east. AR 122 meets AR 25 near Cord, after which it begins heading north. AR 25 runs north until AR 230 in Strawberry, followed by a meeting and concurrency with AR 361 from Lynn to Black Rock. In Black Rock, AR 25 ends at US 63 and US 412.
Except where it coincides with U.S. 65 at Greenbrier and U.S. Highway 167 at Batesville (both undivided four-lane segments), and certain passing lanes, (mostly between Greenbrier and Heber Springs), it is entirely a two-lane highway. This hilly, curvy road is useful for those seeking the towns and recreational areas along it, mainly in the Greers Ferry Lake area.
History edit
The segment between Conway and Wooster is a former route of U.S. 65.
Before 1982 it included an east–west highway between U.S. Highway 63 approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Portia, Arkansas and the Missouri state line, where it continued into Missouri. In 1982 this road was redesignated as the anomalous U.S. Highway 412. Major towns along the road include Walnut Ridge and Paragould. This section through the cotton country of eastern Arkansas was flat and largely straight, except where it passed through Crowley's Ridge west of Paragould. Its eastern terminus was then the Missouri state line at the St. Francis River, where it continued as Missouri Route 25 toward Kennett, Missouri.
Some sources continue to claim that Highway 25 ends at US 67/AR 34 at Walnut Ridge. Though this was the original west end of U.S. 412 when established in 1982 from Highway 25 east of Walnut Ridge, it was later extended west across Arkansas along the former Black Rock-Walnut Ridge segment of Highway 25 (including its concurrency with U.S. 63 from Black Rock to Portia), thus truncating Highway 25 at Black Rock where it meets the present U.S. 63-412 concurrency.[5][7]
Major intersections edit
Mile markers reset at some concurrencies.
| County | Location | mi[8] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Faulkner | Conway | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 64 – Conway, Morrilton | |
| 0.07 | 0.11 | I-40 – Fort Smith, Little Rock | |||
| Wooster | 6.64 | 10.69 |   AR 285 north – Shady Grove | AR 285 southern terminus | |
| Greenbrier | 11.325 | 18.226 |  US 65 south – Conway | South end of US 65 overlap | |
 AR 225 (Main Street) | |||||
| | AR 285 – Woolly Hollow State Park | ||||
| | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 65 north – Harrison, Buffalo National River | North end of US 65 overlap | |
| Quitman | 12.47 | 20.07 |  AR 107 south – Enola | ||
| Cleburne | 13.98 | 22.50 |    AR 124 west to US 65 – Gravesville | South end of AR 124 overlap | |
| 14.38 | 23.14 |  AR 356 west to AR 225 – Greers Ferry, Morganton | |||
| 14.61 | 23.51 |  AR 124 east – Rose Bud | North end of AR 124 overlap | ||
| | 20.35 | 32.75 | AR 107 south to AR 124 – Rose Bud | ||
| | 21.29 | 34.26 |  AR 16 west – Higden, Fairfield Bay, Greers Ferry | South end of AR 16 overlap | |
| | 22.70 | 36.53 |  AR 107 north to AR 110 – Eden Isle | ||
| | 25.62 | 41.23 | AR 5 south – Rose Bud | South end of AR 5 overlap | |
| | 26.460 | 42.583 | AR 16 east – Pangburn, Searcy | North end of AR 16 overlap | |
| | 27.65 | 44.50 |  AR 25B north (Heber Springs Road) – Heber Springs Business District | ||
| | 29.41 | 47.33 |  AR 337 south | ||
| Heber Springs | 30.74 | 49.47 | AR 110 (Wilburn Rd) – Heber Springs Business District, Wilburn, ASU-Heber Springs | ||
| | 32.60 | 52.46 | AR 25B south (Heber Springs Road) – Heber Springs Business District | ||
| | 32.89 | 52.93 | Greers Ferry Dam across the Little Red River | ||
| Tumbling Shoals | 35.51 | 57.15 |  AR 25S (Old Highway 25) | ||
| Drasco | 43.45 | 69.93 |  AR 92 west – Greers Ferry | ||
| Wolf Bayou | 45.69 | 73.53 | AR 5 north – Mountain View | North end of AR 5 overlap | |
| Concord | 50.80 | 81.75 |  AR 87 south | ||
| Independence | Locust Grove | 59.26 | 95.37 |  AR 14 west – Mountain View, Ozark Folk Center, Blanchard Springs Caverns | South end of AR 14 overlap |
| 59.62 | 95.95 |  AR 230 east | |||
| Dennison Heights | 66.342 | 106.767 | US 167 south / AR 14 east – Newport, Bald Knob | North end of AR 14 overlap; south end of US 167 overlap | |
| Batesville |   AR 69 south / AR 69B north (East Harrison Street) – Business District | South end of AR 69 overlap | |||
 AR 233 north (East Main Street) – Lyon College, Batesville Business District, Historical District | |||||
| AR 69 north (Barnett Drive) – Cushman, Melbourne | North end of AR 69 overlap | ||||
| 0.000 | 0.000 |  US 167 north (North St. Louis Street) / AR 69S north (White Drive) – Cave City, Melbourne | North end of US 167 overlap | ||
| 0.87 | 1.40 | AR 233 – Cave City, Batesville | |||
| | 3.81 | 6.13 | AR 233 south (Mack Street) – Moorefield | ||
| | 12.78 | 20.57 | AR 25S south – Charlotte | ||
| | 18.56 | 29.87 |  AR 122 west – Cord | ||
| Lawrence | Saffell | 27.70 | 44.58 |  AR 361 north | |
| Strawberry | 31.58 | 50.82 |  AR 117 north / AR 230 west – Jesup, Cave City | ||
| Lynn | 36.376 | 58.541 | AR 361 south – Saffell, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake WMA | ||
| | 43.81 | 70.51 | Lake Charles State Park (AR 600) | ||
| Powhatan | 47.36 | 76.22 |  AR 117S – Smithville | ||
| Black Rock | 49.51 | 79.68 | AR 117 south – Black Rock, Davidsonville Historic State Park | ||
| | 49.685 | 79.960 | US 63 / US 412 – Hoxie, Imboden | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Special routes edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "[Arkansas] State Highways 2009 (Database)." April 2010. AHTD: Planning and Research Division. Database. Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved May 18, 2011.
- ^ a b General Highway Map - Faulkner County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (12/08/11 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- ^ General Highway Map - Cleburne County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (4/23/07 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
- ^ General Highway Map - Independence County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (10/6/06 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
- ^ a b General Highway Map - Lawrence County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (1/18/08 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- ^ Conway, Faulkner County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. August 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- ^ Black Rock, Portia, and Powhatan, Lawrence County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. April 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
- ^ Arkansas Centerline File (GIS Map) (Map) (Updated ed.). Arkansas Department of Transformation and Shared Services. May 31, 2023 [September 29, 2014]. Retrieved July 22, 2023 – via GIS Office.
External links edit
Media related to Arkansas Highway 25 at Wikimedia Commons