Highway 140 (AR 140, Ark. 140, and Hwy. 140) is a designation for two east–west

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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

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. A second segment of in east Osceola runs from US 61 to Pearl Street and Quinn Avenue. Both routes are maintained by the

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(AHTD).

Route description

Marked Tree to Osceola

AR 140 begins at US 63B in Marked Tree. It runs north with AR 14 until Lepanto, where the route crosses AR 135. AR 140 then heads northeast, briefly

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with AR 136 and

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individually before crossing under

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. The route continues east to

, meeting

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

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(AASHTO) designated Interstate 40 in Arkansas. The original Highway 140 was created between March 1930 and June 1931 from

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in Dumas westward to Garrett Bridge. This route became part of AR 54 in 1937.

Major intersections

References

External links

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