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U.S. Highway 63 marker

U.S. Highway 63

Route information
Maintained by AHTD
Major junctions
South end US 63 / US 167 in Junction City at Louisiana state line
Major intersections
Location
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
Highway system
← US 62→ US 64

U.S. Route 63 (US 63) is a north-south U.S. highway that begins in Ruston, LA. In the US state of Arkansas the highway enters the state from Louisiana concurrent with US 167 in Junction City. The highway zigzags through the state serving the major cities of Pine Bluff, West Memphis and Jonesboro. The highway exits the state at Mammoth Spring traveling into Missouri.

US 63 shares many overlaps with other highways in Arkansas. This includes I-40 and I-55. Once the freeway section is extended further south to I-55 at Turrell, US 63 from here to Jonesboro will become part of I-555.

Route description

U.S. 63 enters into Arkansas from Louisiana concurrent with US 167 in Junction City. Just a few miles into the state, the two highways run on the eastern edge of El Dorado as an expressway. US 167 splits here, traveling towards Hampton. US 63 bypasses the town of Warren, crossing US 270. US 63 passes through the rural Cleveland County, then enters into Jefferson County.

In Jefferson County, US 63 serves the city of Pine Bluff. US 63 bypasses the city, running on the last 3 miles of I-530. Also in Pine Bluff, the highway overlaps with US 65 and US 79. US 63 runs northeast with US 79 until Stuttgart, where the highway runs north to Hazen. Just north of Hazen, US 63 overlaps with I-40 to West Memphis. In West Memphis, US 63 runs north with I-55.

U.S. 63 runs with I-55 until Turrell, where US 63 leaves the interstate and runs as an expressway for about the next 18 miles. In Turrell, the overlap with future I-555 begins. In Payneway, northwest of Marked Tree, US 63 becomes a full freeway. The freeway lasts until Jonesboro, where is serves as a bypass south and east of the city. In Hoxie, US 63 shares a short wrong-way overlap with US 67. Northwest of here, the highway overlaps with US 412.

In Imboden US 62 joins this overlap. In Hardy, US 63 leaves the two highways. In Mammoth Spring, US 63 crosses into Missouri, traveling to West Plains.

History

Portions of U.S. 63 in northern Arkansas have their origins in the work of the Ozark Trails Association, which established a network of roads in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri beginning in the 1910s. A portion of roadway was mapped out in Arkansas between Mammoth Spring and Memphis, Tennessee, and built c. 1918-22. This roadway was eventually designated Highway A-7, and was later designated U.S. 63. Some of the original infrastructure of this early construction has survived the 1927 Mississippi flood and the realignment of U.S. 63 in 1967. Northwest of Tyronza, Old U.S. 63 runs for about 1-1/4 miles of original concrete pavement;[1] it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[2] Four bridges built in the 1920s (three before the 1927 flood and one after, are also on the National Register; three southeast of Marked Tree, and one southeast of Tyronza.[3][4]

Future

The section of highway between Turrell at I-55 is being upgraded to a future interstate. This interstate will be signed as I-555 and will travel for about 48 miles (77 km)[5] northwest to Jonesboro. Currently the only section that is up to interstate standards is from Payneway to Jonesboro and the rest is a four lane expressway.[6]

Further plans call for I-555 to interchange with a planned auxiliary interstate of I-30, currently future I-730.[7] With the improvements of US 67 north of Little Rock, I-30 would be extended further north, making this a possibility.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmExitDestinationsNotes
UnionJunction City

 US 63 south / US 167 south – Ruston		Louisiana state line
​
 AR 7 south – Lockhart, LA		south end of AR 7 overlap
El Dorado
 US 82 / AR 15 south – Magnolia, Crossett, South Arkansas Regional Airport		interchange; US 82 exit 22
15
 US 82B / US 167B north (Hillsboro Street)		interchange

 US 167 north – Fordyce, CamdenModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated		interchange; north end of US 167 / AR 7 overlap; US 63 north follows exit 16
Old Union
 AR 129 south (Lawson Road) – Lawson
​
 AR 275 south – Strong
Bradley​ AR 600 – Moro Bay State Park
​
 AR 160 west – Jersey		south end of AR 160 overlap
Hermitage

 US 63B north / AR 160 east – Hermitage, Ingalls		north end of AR 160 overlap

 US 63B south – Hermitage
Carmel
 AR 8 east – Johnsville		south end of AR 8 overlap
​ AR 980 – Warren Municipal Airport
Warren US 278 – Hampton, Monticello

 US 63B north
US 278B

 AR 8 west – Fordyce		north end of AR 8 overlap


 US 63B south / AR 189 south – Monticello
ClevelandRye
 AR 35 south – Monticello, Lake Monticello		south end of AR 35 overlap
Pansy

 AR 11 north / AR 35 north – Rison, Star City		north end of AR 35 overlap
Calmer
 AR 114 west – Rison		south end of AR 114 overlap

 AR 114 east – Star City		north end of AR 114 overlap
Jefferson​
 AR 54 east – Glendale		south end of AR 54 overlap
Pinebergen
 AR 54 west		north end of AR 54 overlap
Pine Bluff


 I-530 north / US 79 south (US 65 north) / US 63B north – Little Rock		south end of I-530 / US 65 / US 79 overlap; US 63 south follows exit 43
​44
 AR 530 south – Star City, Monticello
Pine Bluff46
 US 65 south / AR 190 (Harding Avenue) – Dumas, McGehee, Lake Village		north end of I-530 / US 65 overlap; south end of US 65B overlap; US 63 north follows exit 46

 US 65B northModule:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated		north end of US 65B overlap
​
 AR 81 south
Altheimer

 US 79B to US 65 north – Pine Bluff, UAPB


 US 79B south to AR 88 – Reydell, Altheimer Business District
ArkansasHumphrey
 AR 13 north – Humnoke, Carlisle
​
 AR 152 east – Bayou Meto WMA
​
 AR 343 south
​
 US 79B north – De Witt, Phillips Community College
Stuttgart
 US 79 north (West Michigan Street) – Clarendon, Arkansas County Agricultural Museum		north end of US 79 overlap
​ US 165 – England, Little Rock, De Witt, Clarendon
Prairie​ AR 980 – Stuttgart Municipal Airport
​
 AR 86 west – Slovak		south end of AR 86 overlap
Siedenstricker
 AR 86 east – Tollville		north end of AR 86 overlap
Hazen
 US 70 east – DeValls Bluff, Brinkley		south end of US 70 overlap

 US 70 west – Hazen Business District		north end of US 70 overlap


 I-40 west / AR 11 north – Little Rock, Des Arc, Lower White River Museum State Park		south end of I-40 overlap; US 63 south follows exit 193
see I-40
Crittenden​

 I-40 east / I-55 south (US 61 south / US 64 east / US 79 north) – Memphis		north end of I-40 / US 79 overlap; south end of I-55 / US 61 / US 64 overlap; US 63 north follows exit 277; US 63 south follows exit 8
see I-55
Turrell

 I-55 north / AR 77 south (US 61 north) – Blytheville, St. Louis, MO, Turrell		north end of I-55 / US 61 overlap; US 63 north follows exit 23; US 63 south follows exit 1A; Southern terminus of I-555
Gilmore2
 AR 77 north – Gilmore
Poinsett​7 AR 135 – Lepanto
Tyronza8 AR 118 – Tyronza
Marked Tree13
 US 63B north / AR 149 – Marked Tree, Earle
14
 US 63B south (AR 14 east) / AR 75 – Marked Tree, Lepanto, Parkin		south end of AR 14 overlap
​16
 AR 14 west – Payneway, Harrisburg		north end of AR 14 overlap
​24 AR 463 – Trumann
Trumann29 AR 69 – Trumann
CraigheadBay35 AR 463 – Bay
Jonesboro36Nestlé Road
39 AR 18S (Commerce Drive)
40

 US 63B north / AR 463 south
42
 US 49 north / AR 1 (Stadium Boulevard)Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated		south end of US 49 overlap
44 AR 1B (Harrisburg Road)
45

 US 49 south / AR 18 east (Southwest Drive)		north end of US 49 overlap; south end of AR 18 overlap;Northern terminus of I-555
46
 AR 226 west (Wood Springs Road)Module:Jct warning: "road" parameter is deprecated
47Washington Avenue
49 AR 91 (Dan Avenue / AR 18 west)interchange; north end of freeway; north end of AR 18 overlap;
​
 US 63B north – Bono Business District
​
 AR 230 to AR 91 – Alicia, Bono
​
 US 63B south – Bono Business District
Greene
 No major junctions
LawrenceSedgwick
 AR 228 east – Light		south end of AR 228 overlap


 AR 228 west to AR 349		north end of AR 228 overlap
Walnut Ridge AR 91 – Egypt


 US 63B north to US 67B


 US 67 north to US 412 – Walnut Ridge, Pocahontas, Paragould		interchange; south end of US 67 overlap
Hoxie

 US 67 south / US 67B north – Hoxie, Walnut Ridge, Newport		interchange; north end of US 67 overlap
​
 US 63B south – Hoxie Business District
​
 US 412 east – Walnut Ridge, Paragould		south end of US 412 overlap
Black Rock AR 25 – Black Rock, Powhatan, Davidsonville Historic State Park, Powhatan Courthouse, Lake Charlesinterchange

 AR 117 north – Davidsonville Historic State Park		south end of AR 117 overlap

 AR 117 south – Smithville		north end of AR 117 overlap
Imboden
 US 62 east – Pocahontas, Business District		south end of US 62 overlap

 AR 115 south – Smithville, Cave City
Randolph
 No major junctions
LawrenceRavenden
 AR 90 east – Ravenden Springs
Sharp​
 AR 58E west – Williford
​
 AR 58 west – Williford
Hardy
 AR 175 north – Wirth		south end of AR 175 overlap

 US 63B north – Hardy, Historic District




 US 62 west / US 412 west / US 63B south (AR 175 south) to US 167 – Hardy, Ash Flat, Batesville, Mountain Home		north end of US 62 / US 412 / AR 175 overlap
FultonMammoth Spring
 AR 9 south – Salem, Business District
​
 US 63 north – Thayer		Missouri state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ "NRHP nomination for Highway A-7, Tyronza Segment" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ "NRHP nomination for Highway A-7, Bridges Historic District" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  4. ^ "NRHP nomination for Highway A7, Ditch No. 6 Bridge" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
  5. ^ "Interstate 555 Arkansas". Interstate Guide. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  6. ^ "Interstate 555". LordSutch.com. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  7. ^ "Interstate 30". Interstate Guide. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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