Highway 204 (AR 204, Ark. 204, and Hwy. 204) is a designation for three former 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
Benton County, Arkansas
Benton County is a county within the Northwest Arkansas region with a culture, economy, and history that have transitioned from rural and agricultural to suburban and white collar since the growth of Walmart, which is headquartered in Benton C ...
. The route of ran from
Bentonville Municipal Airport
Bentonville Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the central business district of Bentonville, a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. It is also known as Louise M. Th ...
west to
US 71B
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in
Bentonville.
Route description
Siloam Springs
Its western terminus was
AR 43
Highway 43 (AR 43, Ark. 43, and Hwy. 43) is a designation for three north–south state highways in Arkansas. One segment of runs from Highway 264 in Siloam Springs north into Delaware County, Oklahoma along Oklahoma S ...
and its eastern terminus was
AR 59
Arkansas Highway 59 is a north–south state highway in Northwest Arkansas. The route runs from Arkansas Highway 22 in Barling north to the Missouri state line through Van Buren, the county seat of Crawford County. Highway 59 parallels US 59 ( ...
approximately one mile north of
U.S. Route 412
U.S. Route 412 is an east–west United States highway, first commissioned in 1982. U.S. 412 overlaps expressway-grade Cimarron Turnpike from Tulsa west to Interstate 35 and the Cherokee Turnpike from east of Chouteau, Oklahoma, to west of the ...
.
Bentonville
The route began at the
Bentonville Municipal Airport
Bentonville Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the central business district of Bentonville, a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. It is also known as Louise M. Th ...
and runs west to terminate at
US 71B
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(Walton Blvd). The route was two-lane, undivided its entire length.
A 2010 study of
average daily traffic determined that Highway 204 served 3000 vehicles per day.
Bentonville Municipal Airport serves as a general use airport, supersceeded within
Northwest Arkansas by
Northwest Arkansas National Airport
Northwest Arkansas National Airport is in Northwest Arkansas in Highfill, Arkansas, United States, northwest of Fayetteville and northwest of Springdale. It is often referred to by its IATA code, which is incorporated in the airport's logo a ...
(XNA).
Major intersections
History
The first section of Highway 204 was created between
Highway 99 and Highway 59 in Siloam Springs on July 10, 1957.
[.] A spur route was created north of Siloam Springs to an industrial facility on April 24, 1974. On March 25, 1975, a second section between US 71 and the Bentonville Airport was added to the state highway system. A third section of Highway 204 was created in Gentry on January 30, 1980. The Gentry route was renumbered
Highway 59 Spur on January 26, 1994, due to road user confusion with the Siloam Springs route.
[.] The Siloam Springs main section and spur were deleted on July 17, 1996, replaced by Highway 43 and Highway 264, respectively.
[.] The remaining highway in Bentonville was decommissioned at the request of the City of Bentonville on April 22, 2015, becoming a city street.
Siloam Springs spur
Highway 204 Spur (AR 204S, Ark. 204S, Hwy. 204S, and Lincoln Street) was a roadway just north of
Siloam Springs. Its western terminus was
AR 43
Highway 43 (AR 43, Ark. 43, and Hwy. 43) is a designation for three north–south state highways in Arkansas. One segment of runs from Highway 264 in Siloam Springs north into Delaware County, Oklahoma along Oklahoma S ...
and its eastern terminus was
AR 59
Arkansas Highway 59 is a north–south state highway in Northwest Arkansas. The route runs from Arkansas Highway 22 in Barling north to the Missouri state line through Van Buren, the county seat of Crawford County. Highway 59 parallels US 59 ( ...
approximately one mile north of
U.S. Route 412
U.S. Route 412 is an east–west United States highway, first commissioned in 1982. U.S. 412 overlaps expressway-grade Cimarron Turnpike from Tulsa west to Interstate 35 and the Cherokee Turnpike from east of Chouteau, Oklahoma, to west of the ...
. In the mid-1990s Highway 204 was redesignated as an extension of Highway 264.
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Highway 204
Bentonville, Arkansas
Siloam Springs, Arkansas