Highway 110 (AR 110, Ark. 110, and Hwy. 110) is a designation for three east–west

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s in north central Arkansas. One segment of runs east from US Highway 65 (US 65) at Botkinburg to Highway 9/ Highway 16 near

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. A second route of begins at Highway 16/ Highway 92 in Greers Ferry and runs east to the lake shore of

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. A third segment of begins at the Sugar Maple Dr/Old Tr intersection outside

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and runs east to Highway 16 in Pangburn.

Route description

Botkinburg to Shirley

Highway 110 begins at US 65 in Botkinburg in northern Van Buren County. The highway winds east through

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into Stone County. Although only running in the county for , the highway passes the historic Joe Guffey House in Old Lexington, a property listed on the

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(NRHP). Upon returning to Van Buren County the highway continues southeast to terminate at Highway 9/ Highway 16 near

. The route does not intersect any other state highways along its routing.

Greers Ferry to Greers Ferry Lake

Highway 110 begins at Highway 16/ Highway 92 in Greers Ferry in western Cleburne County. The highway runs southeast through an undeveloped part of the small town to Shiloh Park on

. State maintenance ends at the shore of the lake, where the highway formerly continued south to

prior to the damming of the Little Red River in 1962.

Greers Ferry Lake to Pangburn

Highway 110 begins on the east side of Greers Ferry Lake on Eden Isle. The highway crosses an

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to enter

. The highway has a junction with Highway 107 before entering downtown Heber Springs and beginning a

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with Highway 25B (AR 25B) for several blocks. While downtown, the highways enter the

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, including the T.E. Olmstead & Son Funeral Home, Cleburne County Courthouse, all listed on the NRHP. Highway 25B turns north to end the concurrency at 2nd St as Highway 110 runs east past the

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in Spring Park before a junction with Highway 5/ Highway 25. Following this junction the highway passes

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and crosses the Little Red River on its way to Wilburn. After Wilburn the highway turns south and runs through Hiram before entering White County and terminating at Highway 124 in Pangburn very near Highway 16.

History

Highway 110 first appears on the 1936 state highway map between Shirley and US 65 south of

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as an unimproved earth trunk line route. By 1945, the western terminus was moved south to Botkinburg, resulting in today's current alignment. During the same time, a highway running east from Heber Springs to the Little Red River was designated Highway 110, marked as a gravel road. Highway 110 was rerouted onto a new alignment in July 1958, crossing the river at a new location and continuing east to Wilburn. Following this realignment, the portion that was formerly signed Highway 110 was renumbered Highway 210, a routing that remains today. Following the completion of the

Greers Ferry Dam Greers Ferry Dam is located on the Little Red River in Cleburne County in the U.S. state of Arkansas. It impounds Greers Ferry Lake. The dam is located north of Little Rock. Building the dam Construction of the dam began in March 1959 and wa ...

by the

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(USACE) in 1962,

flooded the original alignment of Highway 16 between Greers Ferry and Heber Springs, separating the alignments. Highway 16 was rerouted to the southwest, and the former segments (Greers Ferry to Shiloh Park and Eden Isle to Heber Springs) were added to the state highway system in June 1965. In May 1973 the highway was extended from Wilburn to Hiram. A county highway from Pangburn to the Cleburne County line was also added to the state highway system in May 1973 as Highway 110. The route's discontinuity between the White/Cleburne County line and Hiram of was removed when the intermediate highway became Highway 110 in February 1974.

Major intersections

References

External links

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