Arkansas Highway 385 is a designation for two
state highways in
White County, Arkansas
White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 77,076. The county seat is Searcy. White County is Arkansas's 31st county, formed on October 23, 1835, from portions of Independence, Ja ...
. The southern segment of runs from
Griffithville to
Kensett.
A northern segment of runs from
Highway 367 in
Judsonia to
Plainview.
Route description
Griffithville to Kensett
Highway 385 begins in
Griffithville at
Highway 11. The route passes two properties on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
: the
J.A. Neaville House and
A.J. Smith House. The route heads north to
Highway 87 in
Kensett, where it terminates.
Judsonia to Plainview
Arkansas Highway 385 begins in
Judsonia at
Highway 367. Highway 385 runs south as Judson Ave, passing the
Grand Army of the Republic Memorial within Evergreen Cemetery, the
Judsonia High School Gymnasium near
Judsonia High School, and the
Judsonia Community Building Historic District. The route runs south until reaching the
Little Red River, after which the road turns west and becomes Hopkins Dr. Highway 385 continues west, intersecting first Highway 367 and
US 67
U.S. Route 67 is a major north–south U.S. highway which extends for 1,560 miles (2,511 km) in the Central United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the United States-Mexico border in Presidio, Texas, where it continues ...
/
US 167
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(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 ess ...
) further west. The highway next turns north to terminate at
Highway 157 at
Plainview.
Highway 385 within Judsonia was formerly US 67 City, and earlier US 67, a mainline cross-country auto route. The history is still apparent today from the numerous properties along its curbs listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
Major intersections
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Judsonia
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History
Arkansas Highway 385 first became a state highway in 1966. The graded dirt route ran north from US 67 to Plainview. The segment in downtown Judsonia was designated U.S. Route 67 City at this time. (US 67 City was a former alignment of US 67.)
The southerly route of Highway 385 was first built as a graded dirt road across
Cypress Bayou in 1966, but was not yet designated a state highway. The following year, Highway 385 was paved from the US 67/US 67C intersection to Plainview. The southerly route was added to the system in 1970, and paved in 1973.
In 1976, US 67 was moved slightly west into today's US 67/US 167 alignment, with the former highway becoming Highway 367. This realignment meant the US 67C needed to be redesignated, and it became Highway 385.
References
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Transportation in White County, Arkansas
U.S. Route 67