Arkansas Highway 202 (AR 202 and Hwy. 202) 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 ...
in Arkansas. One segment runs from
US 62/
US 412 in
Yellville east to
Highway 178.
A second portion runs from
Bull Shoals Lake east to
Arkansas Highway 5 in
Baxter County. Both routes are maintained by the
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).
Route description
Yellville to Flippin
The route begins at
US 62/
US 412 in
Yellville and runs east to
AR 14
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in
Summit
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The term (mountain top) is generally used ...
. The route continues east to
AR 178 in
Flippin, where it terminates.
Highway 202 is entirely two–lane, undivided.
Bull Shoals Lake to Highway 5
Highway 202 begins at County Route 141 at the Oakland Use Area near
Bull Shoals Lake and runs east. After serving the
unincorporated community of
Oakland
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, the highway enters
Baxter County to terminate at
Highway 5. The route is a low traffic route, with under 700 vehicles per day along its length as of 2010.
History
The
Arkansas State Highway Commission designated Highway 202 between Bull Shoals and Highway 5 on July 10, 1957.
A second segment was created in Marion County in May 1973,
but was removed in a trade for the Yellville to Flippin segment in August 1975.
Major intersections
Former route
Highway 202 (AR 202, Ark. 202, and Hwy. 202) is a former state highway of in
Marion County.
Route description
The route began at
Highway 14 in
Lakeway and ran east. State maintenance ended, with the route continuing east as a county road.
History
A second segment of Highway 202 was created near Lakeway on May 23, 1973 pursuant to Act 9 of 1973 by the
Arkansas General Assembly
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.
[.] The act directed
county judges and legislators to designate up to of county roads as state highways in each county.
The Marion County Judge requested this segment and a former segment of
Highway 235 to be deleted in exchange for adding the route between Yellville and Flippin. This designation change was approved on August 26, 1975.
[.]
Major intersections
See also
*
List of state highways in Arkansas
References
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External links
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202
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Transportation in Baxter County, Arkansas
Transportation in Marion County, Arkansas