Highway 32 (AR 32, Ark. 32, and Hwy. 32) is a designation for three
state highways
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
South Arkansas
South Arkansas lies within the southernmost portions of Arkansas Gulf Coastal Plain and Delta regions. It encompasses the lower 15 counties of the state.
History
In the 1920s, nationwide attention focused on South Arkansas when the Smackover ...
. One route of runs from
Oklahoma State Highway 3
State Highway 3, also abbreviated as SH-3 or OK-3, is a highway maintained by the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Traveling diagonally through Oklahoma, from the Panhandle to the far southeastern corner of the state, SH-3 is the longest state highway i ...
(SH-3) at the
Oklahoma state line east to
Highway 355 at
Saratoga.
A second route of begins near
Hope Municipal Airport
Hope Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northwest of the central business district of Hope, a city in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. It is included in th ...
and runs through
Oakhaven to
Highway 29.
A third segment of begins at US 278 and runs east to
US 371 in
Willisville.
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Route description
AR 32 runs east from
Oklahoma and meets
AR 41 in
Foreman
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Foreman may specifically refer to:
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* Jury foreman, a head j ...
. After angling south, AR 32 meets
US 59
U.S. Route 59 (US 59) is a north–south United States highway (though it was signed east–west in parts of Texas). A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, US 59 is now a border-to-border route, part of the NAFTA Corridor Highway Sy ...
/
US 71
U.S. Route 71 or U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) is a major north–south United States highway that extends for over 1500 miles (2500 km) in the central United States. This original 1926 route has remained largely unchanged by encroaching Intersta ...
in
Ashdown and
AR 355 in
Saratoga. The route then winds through the country before meeting
US 278
U.S. Route 278 (US 278) is a parallel route of US 78. It currently runs for from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, to Wickes, Arkansas at US 71/ US 59, passing through five states in the process. Landmarks along its route includ ...
near the
Hope Municipal Airport
Hope Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) northwest of the central business district of Hope, a city in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. It is included in th ...
. Continuing east, AR 32 crosses
Interstate 30
Interstate 30 (I-30) is a Interstate Highway in the southern states of Texas and Arkansas in the United States. I-30 travels from I-20 west of Fort Worth, Texas, northeast via Dallas, and Texarkana, Texas, to I-40 in North Little Rock, A ...
and runs with
US 278 BUS until exiting town headed southeast. The route meets
AR 53 in
Bodclaw and
US 371
U.S. Route 371 is a north–south United States highway in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana. The highway's northern terminus is in De Queen, Arkansas at an intersection with U.S. Highway 70. It is co-signed for its last between Lo ...
/
AR 19 in
Willisville, where the route terminates.
Major intersections
Mile markers reset at concurrencies.
Ashdown business route
Highway 32 Business (AR 32B, Ark. 32B, and Hwy. 32B) is a
business route of in
Ashdown.
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See also
References
External links
{{commons category-inline, Arkansas Highway 32
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Transportation in Little River County, Arkansas
Transportation in Hempstead County, Arkansas
Transportation in Nevada County, Arkansas