Arkansas Highway 124
Highway 124 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by AHTD | ||||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| Section 1 | ||||
| Length | 72.17 mi[1] (116.15 km) | |||
| West end |  US 64 – Russellville | |||
| East end |  AR 36 – Rose Bud | |||
| Section 2 | ||||
| Length | 9.17 mi[1] (14.76 km) | |||
| West end |  AR 110 – Pangburn | |||
| East end |  AR 157 – Sunnydale | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Arkansas | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Arkansas Highway 124 is a designation for two state highways in Central Arkansas. The western segment of 72.17 miles (116.15 km) runs from Russellville to Rose Bud.[1][2] An eastern segment of 9.17 miles (14.76 km) runs east in White County from Pangburn to AR 157.[3]
Route description[edit]
Russellville to Rose Bud[edit]
The route begins at US 64 in Russellville and runs north to Interstate 40. It continues east to intersect AR 164 in Moreland and AR 105 in Caglesville before entering Conway County.[2] AR 124 winds east and then south in Conway County before forming a concurrency with AR 95.[4] The highway runs east to concur with AR 9 in Center Ridge, becoming AR 92/AR 124 until Springfield. AR 124 briefly enters Faulkner County, where AR 124 intersects and concurs with U.S. Route 65 for 2.2 miles (3.5 km).[5][6] AR 124 enters Cleburne County and has many intersections in Quitman, including AR 25.[7] The highway continues east into White County to AR 36 in Rose Bud, where it terminates.[3] This route is entirely two-lane,[1] and has an officially designated exception of 0.66 miles (1.06 km) over Arkansas Highway 25 in Cleburne County.[8]
Pangburn to Sunnydale[edit]
AR 124 begins at AR 110 in Pangburn and runs east. The highway in intersected by Arkansas Highway 305, and a short concurrency forms. The highway runs further east to intersect AR 157 in Sunnydale, where it terminates. It is entirely two-lane and undivided.[1]
History[edit]
The route was added to the state highway system in 1927, a year after Arkansas first numbered its highways.[9] The route ran from Russellville to Caglesville and was an unimproved road. The following year, AR 124 was extended to Arkansas Highway 95 in Conway County.[10] At this time, AR 124 from Russellville to Caglesville was graded, but the extension was not. In 1933, the route was shortened, running only from Russellville to Appleton (entirely in Pope County).[11] By 1926, the unimproved segment from Appleton to AR 95 was again added to AR 124. The routing remained unchanged until 1953, when the route was extended along its modern alignment.[12]
Formerly, AR 124 had its western terminus at the intersection of AR 7 and O Street in Russellville. The highway passed over I-40 without an interchange before meeting its current alignment east of town. When Highway 124 was widened northeast of Russellville, it was realigned onto Weir Road, formerly a stretch of AR 326.
Major intersections[edit]
Mile markers reset at concurrencies.[1]
| County | Location | mi[2][3][4] [5][6][7] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pope | Russellville | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 64 (Main Street) | Western terminus | ||
| 0.85 | 1.37 |  I-40 – Fort Smith, Little Rock, Morrilton, Clarksville | I-40 exit 83 | ||||
| Gum Log | 6.7 | 10.8 |   AR 326 east | AR 326 western terminus | |||
| Moreland | 10.2 | 16.4 |  AR 164 – Dover, Oak Grove | ||||
| Caglesville | 13.8 | 22.2 |   AR 105 south – Atkins | AR 105 concurrency begins | |||
| 0.8 miles (1.3 km) AR 105 concurrency north | |||||||
| | 0.0 | 0.0 |  AR 105 north – Hector | AR 105 concurrency ends | |||
| Conway | | 15.0 | 24.1 |  AR 213 south – Old Hickory, Hattieville | AR 213 northern terminus | ||
| Wonderview | 17.5 | 28.2 |  AR 95 south – Morrilton | AR 95 concurrency begins | |||
| 6.3 miles (10.1 km) AR 95 concurrency north | |||||||
| Mt. Zion | 0.0 | 0.0 | AR 95 north – Clinton | AR 95 concurrency ends | |||
| Center Ridge | 11.0 | 17.7 |   AR 9 / AR 92 north – Clinton, Bee Branch | AR 9/AR 92 concurrency begins | |||
| Birdtown | 7.5 miles (12.1 km) AR 9/AR 92 concurrency south | ||||||
| Springfield | 0.0 | 0.0 | AR 92 south – Plumerville | AR 92 concurrency ends | |||
| Faulkner | | 8.0 | 12.9 |  AR 285 south – Wooster | AR 285 northern terminus | ||
| Damascus | 12.0 | 19.3 |  US 65 south – Greenbrier | US 65 concurrency begins | |||
| 2.2 miles (3.5 km) US 65 concurrency north | |||||||
| Van Buren | | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 65 north – Clinton | US 65 concurrency ends | ||
| Cleburne | Quitman | 9.7 | 15.6 |  AR 25 south (Heber Springs Rd) – Greenbrier, Conway | AR 25 concurrency begins | ||
| 10.1 | 16.3 |  AR 356 north (Bee Branch Rd) | AR 356 southern terminus | ||||
| 10.3 | 16.6 | AR 25 north (Heber Springs Rd) | AR 25 concurrency ends | ||||
| 15.2 | 24.5 |  AR 107 north | AR 107 southern terminus | ||||
| White | Rose Bud | 18.4 | 29.6 | AR 36 north | Eastern terminus of western section | ||
| Gap in route | |||||||
| Pangburn | 0.0 | 0.0 | AR 110 (Arkansas Ave) | Western terminus of eastern section | |||
| Dewey | 5.1 | 8.2 |  AR 305 south | AR 305 concurrency begins | |||
| Little Red | 6.5 | 10.5 | AR 305 north | AR 305 concurrency ends | |||
| Sunnydale | 8.8 | 14.2 | AR 157 | Eastern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "[Arkansas] State Highways 2009 (Database)." April 2010. AHTD: Planning and Research Division. Database. Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- ^ a b c State Highway Route and Section Map - Pope County (District 8) (PDF) (Map) (9-17-2021 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
- ^ a b c General Highway Map - White County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (1/7/09 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
- ^ a b Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Conway County map Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on March 27, 2010.
- ^ a b "Faulkner County, Arkansas." Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Faulkner County map Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on December 8, 2010.
- ^ a b "Van Buren County, Arkansas." Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Van Buren County map Retrieved on December 8, 2010.
- ^ a b "Cleburne County, Arkansas." Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. AHTD Cleburne County map Retrieved on December 8, 2010.
- ^ "State Highway Route and Section Map - Cleburne County." Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Map. Retrieved November 29, 2010.
- ^ Map of State of Arkansas showing State Highway System (Map) (1927 ed.). [Arkansas] State Highway Department. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
- ^ Map of State of Arkansas showing System of State Highways (Map) (September 1, 1928 ed.). [Arkansas] State Highway Department. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
- ^ Highway Service Map (Map). [Arkansas] State Highway Commission. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
- ^ Official Highway Map of Arkansas (Map). Arkansas State Highway Commission. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
External links[edit]
Media related to Arkansas Highway 124 at Wikimedia Commons