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Arkansas Highway 56 (AR 56 and Hwy. 56) is an east–west
Arkansas Highway 56 was one of the original 1926 Arkansas state highways."Map of State of Arkansas showing System of State Highways." Arkansas State Highway Department. 192
Map.
Retrieved April 15, 2011. The route ran from Calico Rock to Ash Flat, terminating at AR 11. The modern alignment follows this alignment very closely, with one exception. The Evening Shade – Poughkeepsie segment was added to the state highway system in 1965 as an unpaved route, which was paved in 1986. US 167 was extended north in 1938, replacing AR 11 in the area. Most of the western segment was repaved around 2002.
state highway
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in Sharp
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and Izard Counties. The route runs from Arkansas Highway 5
Highway 5 (AR 5, Ark. 5, and Hwy. 5) is a designation for three List of Arkansas state highways, state highways in Arkansas. The southern segment of runs from Arkansas Highway 7, Highway 7 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Hot Springs north to U.S. ...
in Calico Rock east and south to Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie ( ), officially the City of Poughkeepsie, separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie around it) is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsi ...
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Route description
AR 56 begins in Calico Rock atArkansas Highway 5
Highway 5 (AR 5, Ark. 5, and Hwy. 5) is a designation for three List of Arkansas state highways, state highways in Arkansas. The southern segment of runs from Arkansas Highway 7, Highway 7 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Hot Springs north to U.S. ...
, running north to Pineville. In Pineville, AR 56 serves as the southern terminus for AR 223, which runs north to Missouri
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The route continues to run east through rural country to meet AR 9 in Brockwell near the historic Pine Ridge School Building
The Pine Ridge School Building is a historic school building in rural Izard County, Arkansas. It is a single-story fieldstone structure, located on the south side of Pine Ridge Road (County Road 32) about west of Brockwell. It was built c. 1920 ...
and AR 289 in Franklin
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south of Horseshoe Bend Horseshoe Bend may refer to:
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. After Franklin, the route enters Sharp County, and a concurrency begins south with US 167
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south of Ash Flat. AR 56 follows US 167 south for until Evening Shade
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, when AR 56 turns east. The highway continues east to AR 58 in Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie ( ), officially the City of Poughkeepsie, separate from the Town of Poughkeepsie around it) is a city in the U.S. state of New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsi ...
, where the route terminates near the Poughkeepsie School Building on the National Register of Historic Places
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History
Arkansas Highway 56 was one of the original 1926 Arkansas state highways."Map of State of Arkansas showing System of State Highways." Arkansas State Highway Department. 192Map.
Retrieved April 15, 2011. The route ran from Calico Rock to Ash Flat, terminating at AR 11. The modern alignment follows this alignment very closely, with one exception. The Evening Shade – Poughkeepsie segment was added to the state highway system in 1965 as an unpaved route, which was paved in 1986. US 167 was extended north in 1938, replacing AR 11 in the area. Most of the western segment was repaved around 2002.
Major intersections
Mile markers reset at concurrencies.See also
*List of state highways in Arkansas
The following is a list of state highways in Arkansas. The state does not use a numbering convention. Generally the two-digit odd numbered highways run north–south with a few exceptions; and even-numbered two-digit state highways run east–we ...
References
External links
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