Arkansas Highway 191 (AR 191, Hwy. 191) is a
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 ...
located entirely within
West Memphis
West Memphis is the largest city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 26,245 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, ranking it as the state's 18th largest city, behind Bella Vista, ...
in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The highway runs from
U.S. Highway 70 (US 70) north to
AR 77.
The highway 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).
Route description
AR 191 begins at a junction with US 70 in West Memphis. The highway heads north through a mixed residential and business area, crossing the Tenmile Bayou within this area. It crosses another bridge before reaching a junction with exit 278 on
Interstate 40 (I-40),
I-55
Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, connecting the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. The h ...
,
US 61,
US 64, and
US 79. The route heads through an open field north of this interchange, curving westward within the field to parallel a
Union Pacific Railroad
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line. AR 191 terminates at an intersection with AR 77 (
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 ...
) in an industrial area.
History
The route which AR 191 follows first appeared on the 1966 Arkansas state highway map.
Major intersections
See also
References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Arkansas Highway 191
191
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Transportation in Crittenden County, Arkansas