U.S. Route 70 in Arkansas

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 70 in Arkansas. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 70.

U.S. Highway 70
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Route information
Maintained by AHTD
Length:	286.9 mi (461.7 km)
Existed:	1926 (1926) – present
Major junctions
West end:	US-70 at the Oklahoma state line near De Queen
	US 270 / US 70B in Hot Springs I-30 near Haskell I-430 in Little Rock I-630 in Little Rock I-30 / US 65 / US 67 / US 167 in North Little Rock I-440 in North Little Rock US 63 in Hazen US 49 in Brinkley US 79 at Shearerville I-55 / US 61 / US 63 / US 79 in West Memphis
East end:	I-55 / US 61 / US 63 / US 70 / US 79 / SR 1 at the Tennessee state line at Memphis, TN
Location
Counties:	Sevier, Howard, Pike, Montgomery, Hot Spring, Garland, Saline, Pulaski, Lonoke, Prairie, Monroe, St. Francis, Crittenden
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Arkansas Highway System Interstate US State Business Spurs Scenic Heritage Trails ← AR 69 US 71 →

U.S. Highway 70 (US 70) runs east–west through across the heart of Arkansas for 286.9 miles (461.7 km). US 70 enters the state from Oklahoma west of De Queen, and exits to Tennessee at Memphis, running concurrently with Interstate 55 (I-55), US 61, US 63, and US 79. The highway passes through the major cities of Hot Springs, Little Rock, North Little Rock, and West Memphis.

Between Oklahoma and Hot Springs National Park, US 70 is largely rural and two-lane. The route bypasses much of the city to the south and then serves as the arterial road between Hot Springs National Park and Little Rock. The highway runs concurrently with I-30 between a place north of Haskell to southwestern Little Rock, where it splits to traverse through downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock. Between North Little Rock and its merge into I-55 at West Memphis, the route is principally two-lane and has been supplanted by I-40, which always runs within a few miles of the highway.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Sevier	​	0.0	0.0		US-70 west – Broken Bow, Hugo	Continuation into Oklahoma
	​	5.3	8.5		US 70B east – De Queen Business District	Western terminus of US 70B; Business District signed eastbound only
	De Queen	6.5	10.5		AR 399 south (College Drive) – Cossatot Community College	Northern terminus of AR 399
		8.6	13.8		US 59 north / US 71 north / US 70B west (North Lakeside Drive) to AR 41 – Foreman, Fort Smith, Mena	Western end of US 59/US 71/US 371 overlap; northern terminus of US 371; eastern terminus of US 70B; Mena signed eastbound only
	​	16.6	26.7		US 59 south / US 71 south / US 371 south – Texarkana	Eastern end of US 59/US 71/US 371 overlap
Howard	Dierks	28.5	45.9		US 278 east (East Fourth Street) /	Western end of US 278 overlap
	​	31.8	51.2		US 278 west – Umpire, Wickes	Eastern end of US 278 overlap
Pike	Newhope	40.8	65.7		AR 369 south	Western end of AR 369 overlap
	​	45.0	72.4		AR 369 north – Langley	Eastern end of AR 369 overlap
	Kirby	55.3	89.0		AR 27 south / AR 84 east – Murfreesboro, Amity	Western end of AR 84 overlap; northern terminus of AR 27
	Salem	59.9	96.4		AR 84 west /  – Langley	Eastern end of AR 84 overlap
	Glenwood	64.0	103.0		AR 8 east – Amity	Western end of AR 8 overlap
		64.2	103.3		US 70B east (Elm Street) / AR 8 west to AR 27	Eastern end of AR 8 overlap; western terminus of US 70B
		65.2	104.9		US 70B west (East Broadway) /  – Glenwood Business District	Eastern terminus of US 70B; business district signed westbound only
Montgomery	​	71.1	114.4		AR 182 east – Amity	Western terminus of AR 182
Hot Spring	No major junctions
Garland	​	85.5	137.6		AR 227 north (Sunshine Road) /  – Sunshine	Southern terminus of AR 227
	​	89.7	144.4		AR 192 east (Marion Anderson Road) /	Western terminus of AR 192
	Hot Springs	91.0– 91.3	146.5– 146.9	Ouachita River
		91.8	147.7	2	US 270 west (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway) / US 70B east (Airport Road) – Mount Ida	Western end of US 270 overlap; western terminus of US 70B; US 270 exit 2
		91.8	147.7	Begin expressway
		93.3– 93.8	150.2– 151.0	3	McLeod Street
		94.4– 94.9	151.9– 152.7	4	AR 88 (Higdon Ferry Road)
		95.2– 95.6	153.2– 153.9	5	AR 7 (Central Avenue)	Signed as exits 5A (south) and 5B (north)
		97.5– 98.0	156.9– 157.7	7	AR 128 (Carpenter Dam Road)
		99.5– 99.9	160.1– 160.8	9	US 270 east / US 270B west (Malvern Avenue)	Eastern end of US 270 overlap
	​	102.0– 102.4	164.2– 164.8	11B	US 70B west (Grand Avenue)	Eastern terminus of US 70B
	​	102.4	164.8	End expressway
	​	112.7	181.4		AR 128 west (Lonsdale Cutoff Road) /  – Fountain Lake	Eastern terminus of AR 128
Saline	​	114.1	183.6		AR 88 west – Lonsdale	Eastern terminus of AR 88
	​	120.7– 121.4	194.2– 195.4		I-30 west – Texarkana	Western end of I-30 overlap; I-30 exit 111
See I-30 (mile 111.0—131.9)
Pulaski	Little Rock	142.0– 142.7	228.5– 229.7		I-30 east (US 67 north) /	Eastern end of I-30/US 67 overlap; I-30 exit 132
		145.1– 145.2	233.5– 233.7		AR 5 south (Colonel Glenn Road) /	Northern terminus of AR 5
		148.8	239.5		AR 367 south (South Arch Street) /	Northern terminus of AR 367
		148.9	239.6		AR 365 south (West Roosevelt Road) /	Western end of AR 365 overlap
		149.9	241.2		To I-630 /	Access to/from I-630 east via 12th Street, access to/from I-630 west via 11th Street
		150.7	242.5		AR 10 west	Southbound exit only
	Little Rock–North Little Rock line	150.7– 151.1	242.5– 243.2	Broadway Bridge over Arkansas River
	North Little Rock	151.1	243.2		AR 365 north (West Broadway Street) /	Eastern end of AR 365 overlap
		151.7– 151.8	244.1– 244.3		I-30 (US 65/US 67) to I-40 /  – Little Rock, Hot Springs, Texarkana, Shorter College	I-30 east exit 141B; access to I-30 east via Locust Street, access from I-30 west via Cypress Street; Hot Springs, Texarkana signed westbound only; Shorter College signed eastbound only
		152.1	244.8		Riverfront Drive (AR 100 west)	Eastern terminus of AR 100
		154.1	248.0		US 165 south (Baucum Pike) /  – England, Stuttgart	Northern terminus of US 165
		155.6	250.4		AR 161 north (Jacksonville Highway) to I-40	Southern terminus of AR 161
		157.7– 157.9	253.8– 254.1		I-440 to I-40 – Little Rock	I-440 exit 10
	Galloway	159.9	257.3		AR 391 to I-40
Lonoke	​	167.2	269.1		AR 15 to I-40 – England, Cabot
	​	172.1– 172.3	277.0– 277.3		AR 31 south – Pettus	Western end of AR 31 overlap
	Lonoke	172.7	277.9		Fish Hatchery Road (AR 943 east)	Western terminus of AR 943
		173.5	279.2		AR 89 north	Southern terminus of AR 89
		174.5	280.8		AR 31 north (North Center Street) /	Eastern end of AR 31 overlap
	​	179.8	289.4		AR 381 south – Culler	Northern terminus of AR 381
	Carlisle	182.9	294.3		AR 13 to I-40 – Humnoke
Prairie	​	187.2	301.3		AR 86 east to AR 343 /  – Slovak	Western terminus of AR 86
	​	189.2	304.5		AR 980 south /	Northern terminus of AR 980
	Hazen	192.2	309.3		AR 249 north /	Southern terminus of AR 249
		193.4	311.2		US 63 to I-40 – Des Arc	Western end of US 63 overlap
		194.2– 194.5	312.5– 313.0		US 63 south – Stuttgart	Eastern end of US 63 overlap
	De Valls Bluff	199.5	321.1		AR 33 south – Roe, Clarendon	Western end of AR 33 overlap
		200.9	323.3		Glover-Roberts Bridge over the White River
	Biscoe	203.6	327.7		AR 33 north to I-40	Eastern end of AR 33 overlap
Monroe	​	213.5	343.6		AR 17 south to US 79 – Clarendon, Pine Bluff	Northern terminus of AR 17; Pine Bluff signed westbound only
	Brinkley	216.4	348.3		US 49 south – Helena–West Helena	Western end of US 49 overlap
		217.1	349.4		AR 238 east (West Sycamore Street)	Western terminus of AR 238
		218.0	350.8		US 49 north (North Main Street) to I-40 /	Eastern end of US 49 overlap
St. Francis	Wheatley	223.4	359.5		AR 78 to I-40 – Moro
	​	230.1	370.3		AR 259 south /  – Moro	Northern terminus of AR 259
	Palestine	235.5	379.0		AR 261 to I-40 – Holub
	Forrest City	240.7– 241.0	387.4– 387.9		AR 1 to I-40 – Haynes, Marianna, Wynne, Jonesboro	Interchange on AR 1
		243.2	391.4		AR 1B (Washington Street) to I-40 west – Wynne, Jonesboro	To I-40 west signed eastbound only; Wynne, Jonesboro westbound only
	Madison	246.8	397.2		AR 50
	​	250.1	402.5		AR 38 to I-40 – Widener
	Hicks Station	255.4	411.0		AR 75 south – Round Pond	Western end of AR 75 overlap
	​	259.4	417.5		AR 75 north to I-40 /  – Parkin	Eastern end of AR 75 overlap
	Shell Lake	262.9	423.1		AR 149 south – Hughes	Western end of AR 149 overlap
		263.1	423.4		AR 149 north to I-40 /  – Earle	Eastern end of AR 149 overlap
	​	264.6	425.8		AR 357 south	Northern terminus of AR 357
St. Francis–Crittenden county line	Shearerville	268.2	431.6		US 79 south to AR 218 north / I-40 – Hughes
Crittenden	​	273.3	439.8		AR 50 north /  – Crawfordsville	Southern terminus of AR 50
	Lehi	274.2	441.3		AR 147 / Great River Road south to I-40 / US 64	Western end of GRR overlap; Horseshoe Lake signed eastbound only;To US 64, Hughes signed westbound only
		274.5	441.8		I-40 east – Memphis	Access only from US 70 east to I-40 east; access from I-40 east to US 70 east at mile 274.1
	West Memphis	278.1	447.6		AR 118 north (College Boulevard) to I-40 /  – West Memphis Airport	Southern terminus of AR 118
		280.4	451.3		AR 77 north (North Missouri Street) / Great River Road north /  – Marion	Eastern end of GRR overlap; southern terminus of AR 77
		280.9	452.1		AR 191 north (North Seventh Street) /	Southern terminus of AR 191
		282.9	455.3		AR 38 north to I-40 / I-55 north /	Southern terminus of AR 38; To I-55 north signed eastbound only
		283.2– 283.9	455.8– 456.9		I-55 north (US 61 north/US 64 west)	No direct access from US 70 east to I-55 north or from I-55 south to US 70 west; western end of I-55; western end of I-55/US 61/US 64 overlap; I-55 exit 3B
	​	285.5– 285.7	459.5– 459.8	1	Bridgeport Road	Interchange
Mississippi River		286.1– 286.9	460.4– 461.7	Memphis & Arkansas Bridge; Arkansas–Tennessee state line
					I-55 south (US 61 south/US 64 east/US 70 east/US 79 north/SR 1 east) – Memphis	Continuation into Tennessee
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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