Highway 328 (AR 328, Ark. 328, and Hwy. 328) is a designation of two east–west
state highway
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in
Northeast Arkansas
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, United States. One route begins at
Highway 251 and runs east to
US 62/
US 67 (Future
I-57
Interstate 57 (I-57) is a north–south Interstate Highway in Missouri and Illinois that parallels the old Illinois Central Railroad for much of its route. It runs from Sikeston, Missouri, at I-55 to Chicago, Illinois, at I-94. I-57 essen ...
) in
Reyno. A second highway begins at
Highway 211 in
Success
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and runs to US 67. The first segment was created in 1965, with the Clay County route forming in 1973. The route is maintained by the
Arkansas Department of Transportation
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT), formerly the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, is a government department in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Its mission is to provide a safe, efficient, aesthetically pleasing and en ...
(ArDOT). A small portion of the route is designated as an
Arkansas Heritage Trail for its use as the
Trail of Tears
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during the
Indian Removal
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.
Route description
Randolph County
Highway 328 begins in centrally located
Randolph County Randolph County is the name of eight counties in the United States:
*Randolph County, Alabama
*Randolph County, Arkansas
*Randolph County, Georgia
*Randolph County, Illinois
*Randolph County, Indiana
*Randolph County, Missouri
*Randolph County, Nort ...
at an intersection with
Highway 251 between
Ingram and
Attica
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. The highway runs northeast through sparsely populated areas of the
Ozark Highlands and crossing
Fourche River. Entering
Maynard has a junction with
Highway 115/
Highway 166. Highway 166 and Highway 328 briefly
concur
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eastward through Maynard before the former turns northward. Highway 328 continues easterly, crossing into the flatter terrain of the
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
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before turning due south as a
section line road In many jurisdictions in the United States, roads run along every section line, giving access to previously remote areas and serving in many instances as firebreaks. A road or arterial in which the centerline is laid out along a section line bound ...
, crossing the
Current River, and running to
Reyno. In Reyno, the route intersects US 62/US 67 (Future I-57), where it terminates.
The ArDOT maintains Highway 328 like all other parts of the state highway system. As a part of these responsibilities, the department tracks the volume of traffic using its roads in surveys using a metric called
average annual daily traffic
Annual average daily traffic, abbreviated AADT, is a measure used primarily in transportation planning, transportation engineering and retail location selection. Traditionally, it is the total volume of vehicle traffic of a highway or road for a y ...
(AADT). ArDOT estimates the traffic level for a segment of roadway for any average day of the year in these surveys. For 2016, the highest traffic levels were estimated in Reyno, with 620 vehicles per day (VPD). The remainder of the highway averaged under 600 VPD, with the exception of the concurrency with Highway 166, which averaged 1,300 VPD.
Clay County
Highway 328 begins at an intersection with
Highway 211 (Stephens Street) in
Success
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in western Clay County three miles (4.8 km) east of the
Current River, and three miles (4.8 km) south of 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 ...
border. It runs due east as a
section line road In many jurisdictions in the United States, roads run along every section line, giving access to previously remote areas and serving in many instances as firebreaks. A road or arterial in which the centerline is laid out along a section line bound ...
until terminating at an intersection with
US 67 (Future
I-57
Interstate 57 (I-57) is a north–south Interstate Highway in Missouri and Illinois that parallels the old Illinois Central Railroad for much of its route. It runs from Sikeston, Missouri, at I-55 to Chicago, Illinois, at I-94. I-57 essen ...
).
As of 2016, the route had an
annual average daily traffic
Annual average daily traffic, abbreviated AADT, is a measure used primarily in transportation planning, transportation engineering and retail location selection. Traditionally, it is the total volume of vehicle traffic of a highway or road for a y ...
(AADT) of 660 vehicles per day (VPD).
Major intersections
Mile markers reset at concurrencies.
See also
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List of state highways in Arkansas
The following is a list of state highways in Arkansas. The state does not use a numbering convention. Generally the two-digit odd numbered highways run north–south with a few exceptions; and even-numbered two-digit state highways run east–we ...
References
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Arkansas Heritage Trails System
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Transportation in Randolph County, Arkansas
Transportation in Clay County, Arkansas