Highway 57 (AR 57, Ark. 57, and Hwy. 57) is a north–south
state highway
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in
Southwest Arkansas
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. The route of begins at
US Highway 82 (US 82) at
Marysville and runs north to
Highway 24 in
Chidester. The route is 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
The route begins at US 82 at Marysville in western
Union County near the
Columbia County line. A minor route in the rural
Arkansas Timberlands
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, almost all of the route saw an average daily traffic count of under 1000 vehicles per day in 2014.
Highway 57 runs north from US 82 to
Highway 160 before turning west and entering
Columbia County.
The highway runs briefly through the northeast corner of the county, and does not have any state highway junctions in Columbia County.
Entering the southwest corner of
Ouachita County, Highway 57 enters
Stephens
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Notable people with the surname include:
*Alexander H. Stephens (1812–1883), Vice President of the Confederate States of America
*Alison Stephens (1970–2010), Brit ...
, where it intersects
US 79. A brief overlap with US 79 begins northward toward
Camden, but Highway 57 turns west north of downtown Stephens. Continuing north, Highway 57 has intersections with
Highway 332 at
Troy
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,
US 278
U.S. Route 278 (US 278) is a parallel route of U.S. Route 78, US 78. It currently runs for from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, to Wickes, Arkansas at U.S. Route 71, US 71/U.S. Route 59, US 59, passing through five states in the ...
, and
Highway 76/
Highway 387 near
White Oak Lake State Park
White Oak Lake State Park is a state park in the southwest of the U.S. state of Arkansas, a few miles from Bluff City. The reservoir sits surrounded by tall pine trees, giving it a rich, wooded beauty. The state park offers camping facilities, hi ...
. The route intersects
Highway 24 in
Chidester, where it terminates.
History
Highway 57 was created during the
1926 Arkansas state highway numbering
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as a route between
State Road 2 (now US 82) and
State Road 3 (now US 79) at Stephens.
The route was extended north from Stephens to Highway 4 (now US 278) on July 10, 1957, and north to Chidester on April 24, 1963.
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Major intersections
Mile markers reset at concurrencies.
See also
*
Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge, historic pony truss bridge on a former alignment of Highway 57 in Stephens
References
*
External links
{{Commons category-inline, Arkansas Highway 57
057
Transportation in Union County, Arkansas
Transportation in Columbia County, Arkansas
Transportation in Ouachita County, Arkansas