Highway 152 (AR 152, Ark. 152, and Hwy. 152) is a designation for three segments of
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 County, Arkansas
Arkansas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,019. Located in the Arkansas Delta, the county has two county seats, DeWitt and Stuttgart.
The first of the state's 75 present- ...
. One route of begins at
US Highway 79 (US 79) near
Humphrey
Humphrey is both a masculine given name and a surname. An earlier form, not attested since Medieval times, was Hunfrid.
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and runs east to
US 165. A second route of in
DeWitt runs from US 165 east to
AR 1 Business (AR 1B). A third route of begins at US 165 and
AR 267, and the
Great River Road
The Great River Road is a collection of state and local roads that follow the course of the Mississippi River through ten states of the United States. They are Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Miss ...
(GRR) and runs east to
Highway 17. All routes are maintained by the
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
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 ...
(AHTD).
Route description
Humphrey to US 165
AR 152 begins at US 79 east of Humphrey in western Arkansas County on the
Grand Prairie
Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas, Tarrant, and Ellis counties of Texas, in the United States. It is part of the Mid-Cities region in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It had a population of 175,396 according to the 2010 census, making it th ...
. The route winds south and east, crossing
Crooked Bayou and
Bayou Meto just northeast of the
Bayou Meto Wildlife Management Area
In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou () is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area. It may refer to an extremely slow-moving stream, river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), marshy lake, wetland, or creek. They ...
. The highway serves as the southern terminus of
AR 343 before terminating at US 165.
DeWitt
AR 152 begins in DeWitt at US 165 and runs due east as 2nd Street along the southern edge of the
DeWitt Commercial Historic District
The DeWitt Commercial Historic District encompasses part of the historic downtown of De Witt, Arkansas, the seat of the southern district of Arkansas County. It consists of roughly six square blocks, focused on Courthouse Square, location of th ...
. The route passes a residential neighborhood before intersecting
AR 130 (Monroe Street). Continuing east, AR 152 passes through the southern part of downtown DeWitt before terminating at AR 1B.
US 165 to DeLuce
The route begins at US 165 in southern Arkansas County. AR 152 runs east through rural territory, passing through the
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
of
Prairie Union before an intersection with a discontinuous section of AR 17, where the route terminates.
History
Highway 152 was numbered as Arkansas Highway 82 from 1926 until 1933, when it was renumbered Arkansas Highway 152 to avoid conflict with the newly extended
US 82
U.S. Route 82 (US 82) is an east–west United States highway in the Southern United States. Created on July 1, 1931 across central Mississippi and southern Arkansas, US 82 eventually became a 1,625-mile (2,615 km) route extending from ...
.
Major intersections
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152
Transportation in Arkansas County, Arkansas