U.S. Highway 79 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ArDOT | ||||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 79 at the Louisiana state line near Haynesville, LA | |||
| North end |     I-55 / US 61 / US 64 / US 70 at the Tennessee state line in Memphis, TN | |||
| Section 1 | ||||
| Length | 273 mi (439 km) | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Arkansas | |||
| Counties | Columbia, Ouachita, Calhoun, Dallas, Cleveland, Jefferson, Arkansas, Prairie, Monroe, Lee, St. Francis, Crittenden | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Highway 79 (US 79) runs northeast to southwest through southern and eastern Arkansas for about 273 miles (439 km). The route begins at the Louisiana state line north of Haynesville, LA, and ends at the Tennessee state line concurrent with several other routes at the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge.
Route description edit
Louisiana to Pine Bluff edit
US 79 continues north from Louisiana and heads in a northerly direction. The route travels to the city of Magnolia, sharing a short concurrency with US 82 before turning in a more northeasterly direction. The route passes through the cities of McNeil and Stephens, before reaching the city of Camden and forming a short concurrency with US 278. The route continues northeast, intersecting multiple highways and passing through several communities such as Bearden, Thornton, Fordyce, and Rison before reaching I-530 in Pine Bluff, forming an overlapping concurrency with both I-530, US 65, and US 63 a few miles later.
Pine Bluff to Memphis edit
After intersecting US 63, both routes share a concurrency for about 38 miles (61 km) before splitting apart in Stuttgart. The route travels through more communities such as Ulm, Clarendon, and Marianna, intersecting US 49 along the way. US 79 shares a very short concurrency with AR 1 in Marianna before continuing towards Memphis. After passing through Hughes, US 79 intersects I-40 (and AR 218) just south of Jennette, and shares a concurrency with I-40 until reaching West Memphis. I-40 and I-55 split immediately before crossing the Mississippi River, and US 79 is concurrent with I-55 at the split, along with US 61 and US 64.
The entire route including concurrencies is about 273 miles (439 km) long.
Major intersections edit
| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Columbia | | 0.0 | 0.0 |  US 79 south – Haynesville, Minden | Continuation from Louisiana | |
| Emerson | 6.0 | 9.7 |  AR 98 – Atlanta, Walkerville | |||
| Magnolia | 15.2 | 24.5 |  AR 980 – Magnolia Municipal Airport | AR 980 southern terminus | ||
| 16.6 | 26.7 |    US 79B to AR 19 south – Magnolia | ||||
| 18.3 | 29.5 |    US 82 east / US 82B – Magnolia, El Dorado | Southern end of US 82 concurrency | |||
| 20.5 | 33.0 |   US 82 west to US 371 – Lewisville, Texarkana | Northern end of US 82 concurrency | |||
| McNeil | 23.9 | 38.5 | AR 98 west – McNeil, Waldo | Southern end of AR 98 concurrency | ||
| 24.1 | 38.8 |  CR 47 (Unsigned AR 600) – Logoly State Park | ||||
| 24.3 | 39.1 |  AR 98B – McNeil | ||||
| | 23.9 | 38.5 | AR 98 east – Village | Northern end of AR 98 concurrency | ||
| Ouachita | Stephens | 34.1 | 54.9 |  AR 57 south – Mount Holly | Southern end of AR 57 concurrency | |
| 35.2 | 56.6 |  AR 57 north – Chidester | Northern end of AR 57 concurrency | |||
| Camden | 47.8 | 76.9 |  AR 376 – Camden | |||
| 52.5 | 84.5 |   US 278 west to AR 24 / US 79B – Camden, Hope, Prescott | Interchange, southern end of US 278 concurrency | |||
| 53.6 | 86.3 |  AR 7 – El Dorado, Arkadelphia | Interchange | |||
| 57.7 | 92.9 |  US 278 east to AR 274 – Hampton, Warren, Monticello | Partial interchange, northern end of US 278 concurrency | |||
| 58.0 | 93.3 | US 79B – Camden | ||||
| | 62.2 | 100.1 |  AR 205 south | AR 205 northern terminus | ||
| Eagle Mills | 64.5 | 103.8 |  AR 9 north – Holly Springs, Princeton, Malvern | AR 9 southern terminus | ||
| Bearden | 69.4 | 111.7 | US 79B – Bearden | |||
| 71.2 | 114.6 |  AR 203 – Bearden, Holly Springs | ||||
| Calhoun | | 73.3 | 118.0 | US 79B – Bearden | ||
| Thornton | 78.7 | 126.7 |  US 79B to US 167B – Thornton | |||
| 79.1 | 127.3 | AR 205 – Thornton | ||||
| | 80.8 | 130.0 | US 79B – Thornton | |||
| | 81.2 | 130.7 |  US 167 south – Hampton, El Dorado | Interchange, southern end of US 167 concurrency, southbound access only. | ||
| Dallas | Fordyce | 82.7 | 133.1 |  US 79B / AR 273 west – Fordyce | AR 273 eastern terminus | |
| 84.3 | 135.7 |  AR 8 – Fordyce, Warren, Arkadelphia | ||||
| 85.3 | 137.3 | US 167 north / US 79B – Sheridan, Little Rock | Northern end of US 167 concurrency | |||
| Cleveland | Kingsland | 92.2 | 148.4 |  AR 189 – Kingsland, Hebron | ||
| 93.2 | 150.0 |  AR 97 south – Kingsland, Marks' Mills State Park | AR 97 northern terminus | |||
| Rison | 101.8 | 163.8 |  AR 35 – Rison, Sheridan, Monticello | |||
| | 108.7 | 174.9 |  AR 212 west – Staves | AR 212 eastern terminus | ||
| Jefferson | | 115.0 | 185.1 |  AR 54 east – Pinebergen | Southern end of AR 54 concurrency | |
| Pine Bluff | 121.0 | 194.7 | AR 54 west | Northern end of AR 54 concurrency | ||
| 121.3 | 195.2 | 39 |    I-530 north / US 65 north / US 79B – Pine Bluff, Little Rock | Southern end of I-530 and US 65 concurrency | ||
| 122.4 | 197.0 | 41 | Old Warren Road | |||
| 123.5 | 198.8 | 42 | South Hazel Street | |||
| 124.6 | 200.5 | 43 |   US 63 south / AR 463 north – Pine Bluff, Warren, El Dorado | Southern end of US 63 concurrency, AR 463 southern terminus | ||
| 125.6 | 202.1 | 44 |  AR 530 south – Star City, Monticello | Interchange, AR 530 northern terminus | ||
| 127.9 | 205.8 | 46 |   US 65 south to US 425 / AR 190 west – Pine Bluff, McGehee, Lake Village | Interchange, southern terminus of I-530, north end of US 65 concurrency | ||
| 128.9 | 207.4 |  US 65B – Pine Bluff | ||||
| 130.7 | 210.3 |  AR 81 south | AR 81 northern terminus | |||
| Arkansas River | 134.0 | 215.7 | Bridge over the Arkansas River | |||
| Altheimer | 139.5 | 224.5 |   US 79B to AR 15 / AR 88 – Altheimer, England, Reydell | |||
| 142.1 | 228.7 | US 79B – Altheimer | ||||
| Arkansas | Humphrey | 152.4 | 245.3 |  AR 13 north – Humnoke | AR 13 southern terminus | |
| | 153.0 | 246.2 |  AR 152 east | AR 152 western terminus | ||
| | 159.0 | 255.9 |  AR 343 south | AR 343 northern terminus | ||
| | 159.7 | 257.0 | US 79B – Stuttgart | |||
| Stuttgart | 162.6 | 261.7 | US 63 north – Hazen | Northern end of US 63 concurrency | ||
| 163.7 | 263.4 |  US 165 south – DeWitt | ||||
| 163.9 | 263.8 | US 165 north – England, North Little Rock | ||||
| | 164.6 | 264.9 |  AR 146 east | AR 146 western terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||