Highway 140 (AR 140, Ark. 140, and Hwy. 140) is a designation for two east–west
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
s in the
Upper Arkansas Delta. One route of begins at
US Highway 63 Business (US 63B)/
Highway 14 in
Marked Tree and runs east to
US 61 in
Osceola. A second segment of in east Osceola runs from US 61 to Pearl Street and Quinn Avenue. Both routes are maintained by the
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).
Route description
Marked Tree to Osceola
AR 140 begins at
US 63B
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in
Marked Tree. It runs north with
AR 14
Highway 14 (AR 14, Ark. 14, and Hwy. 14) is an east–west state highway in Arkansas. The route of begins at Boat Dock Road near Table Rock Lake and runs east to Mississippi County Route W1020 (CR W1020) at Golden Lake. Segments of th ...
until
Lepanto, where the route crosses
AR 135. AR 140 then heads northeast, briefly
concurring with
AR 136 and
AR 181
Highway 181 (AR 181, Ark. 181, and Hwy. 181) is a designation for five segments of state highways in Mississippi County. A western route of runs from U.S. Route 61 (US 61) in Bassett to Interstate 55 (I-55). A second route ...
individually before crossing under
Interstate 55.
The route continues east to
Osceola, meeting
US 61.
Osceola
A separate section begins in Osceola and runs north to US 61 near the city limits.
History
Present-day Highway 140 was created on April 1, 1926 as State Road 40, one of the original Arkansas state highways. On November 25, 1958, the route was renumbered to Highway 140 after the
American Association of State Highway Officials
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a standards setting body which publishes specifications, test protocols, and guidelines that are used in highway design and construction throughout the United St ...
(AASHTO) designated
Interstate 40 in Arkansas.
The original Highway 140 was created between March 1930 and June 1931 from
US 65
U.S. Route 65 (US 65) is a north–south United States highway in the southern and midwestern United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 425 in Clayton, Louisiana. The northern terminus is at Interstate 35 just south of In ...
in
Dumas westward to Garrett Bridge. This route became part of
AR 54 in 1937.
Major intersections
See also
*
List of state highways in Arkansas
References
External links
{{commons category-inline, Arkansas Highway 140
140 140 may refer to:
* 140 (number), an integer
* AD 140, a year of the Julian calendar
* 140 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar
* ''140'' (video game), a 2013 platform game
* Tin King stop
Tin King () is an at-grade MTR Light Rail stop ...
Transportation in Poinsett County, Arkansas
Transportation in Mississippi County, Arkansas
Osceola, Arkansas