Highway 289 (AR 289, Ark. 289, and Hwy. 289) is a designation for two north–south
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 north central Arkansas. A southern route of runs north from
Highway 69B (AR 69B) at
Sage
Sage or SAGE may refer to:
Plants
* ''Salvia officinalis'', common sage, a small evergreen subshrub used as a culinary herb
** Lamiaceae, a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint or deadnettle or sage family
** ''Salvia'', a large ...
to
Zion
Zion ( he, צִיּוֹן ''Ṣīyyōn'', LXX , also variously transliterated ''Sion'', ''Tzion'', ''Tsion'', ''Tsiyyon'') is a placename in the Hebrew Bible used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole (see Names ...
.
A second route of begins at
Highway 56 in
Franklin
Franklin may refer to:
People
* Franklin (given name)
* Franklin (surname)
* Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class
Places Australia
* Franklin, Tasmania, a township
* Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...
and runs north to
Highway 9 in
Mammoth Spring
Mammoth Spring is a large, Spring (hydrology), first magnitude karst spring that arises in the Ozark Plateau within the state of Arkansas. It is the largest spring in Arkansas and the third-largest spring within the Ozark Plateau region behind B ...
.
Route description
Sage to Zion
Highway 289 begins at
AR 69B in
Sage
Sage or SAGE may refer to:
Plants
* ''Salvia officinalis'', common sage, a small evergreen subshrub used as a culinary herb
** Lamiaceae, a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint or deadnettle or sage family
** ''Salvia'', a large ...
approximately east of
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
in
Izard County
Izard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,696. The county seat is Melbourne. Izard County is Arkansas's 13th county, formed on October 27, 1825, and named for War of 1812 Gener ...
. The route runs north to the
Caney Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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(NRHP).
Highway 289 continues northeast to
Zion
Zion ( he, צִיּוֹן ''Ṣīyyōn'', LXX , also variously transliterated ''Sion'', ''Tzion'', ''Tsion'', ''Tsiyyon'') is a placename in the Hebrew Bible used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole (see Names ...
, where state maintenance ends and the road continues north under county maintenance.
Mammoth Spring to Franklin
Highway 289 begins in the northeastern corner of Izard County at
Highway 56 in
Franklin
Franklin may refer to:
People
* Franklin (given name)
* Franklin (surname)
* Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class
Places Australia
* Franklin, Tasmania, a township
* Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...
. The route runs north to a junction with
AR 354 in
Horseshoe Bend Horseshoe Bend may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Horseshoe Bend, New South Wales, an inner city suburb in the City of Maitland in the Hunter Region
* Horseshoe Bend Station, a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Alice Sprin ...
.
The route continues north into
Fulton County Fulton County is the name of eight counties in the United States of America. Most are named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the first practical steamboat:
*Fulton County, Arkansas, named after Governor William Savin Fulton
*Fulton County, Georgia
*F ...
to
Glencoe where it begins a
concurrency with
US Route 62/
US Route 412 (US 62/US 412). These three routes overlap for east until
Kittle when Highway 289 turns north and enters
Cherokee Village. Highway 289 has a junction with
Highway 175 in the western part of the city before exiting the city limits and continuing north to
Saddle
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. The highways passes the
Saddle Store, a two-story general store built in 1916 and listed on the NRHP
on its way north through the county. Highway 289 crosses over English Creek on a
historic 1929 Pratt through truss bridge built by
Virginia Bridge & Iron Company, also NRHP-listed, heading north as well. Shortly after entering
Mammoth Spring
Mammoth Spring is a large, Spring (hydrology), first magnitude karst spring that arises in the Ozark Plateau within the state of Arkansas. It is the largest spring in Arkansas and the third-largest spring within the Ozark Plateau region behind B ...
, the highway terminates at
Highway 9 near the
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
state line.
Major intersections
See also
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References
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Transportation in Fulton County, Arkansas
Transportation in Izard County, Arkansas