Highway 142 (AR 142) is a north–south state highway in

Chicot County, Arkansas Chicot County ( ) is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,800. The county seat is Lake Village. Chicot County is Arkansas's 10th county, formed on October 25, ...

. The route starts its southern terminus at Levee Road near Lakeport. The road then travels north, passing through the

Lakeport Plantation Lakeport Plantation is a historic antebellum plantation house located near Lake Village, Arkansas. It was built around 1859 by Lycurgus Johnson with the profits of slave labor. The house was restored between 2003 and 2008 and is now a part of Ar ...

. It ends at its northern terminus at U.S. Route 82 (US 82) and

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 ...

in Shives. AR 142 was designated in 1931, from

US 61 U.S. Route 61 or U.S. Highway 61 (U.S. 61) is a major United States highway that extends between New Orleans, Louisiana and the city of Wyoming, Minnesota. The highway generally follows the course of the Mississippi River and is designat ...

to the

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, and part of the route was redesignated as part of US 82 in 1940. The route was paved in

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by 1962. The route is maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).

Route description

All of the route is in Chicot County. In 2016, the

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(AHTD) measured about 410 vehicles travelling near US 82 and US 278 on average each day. AR 142 starts at Levee Road (CR 73), near the

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of Lakeport. The route begins travelling westward until it reaches a

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, where it turns northwest. The road travels through farmland, intersecting Black Water Road (CR 72) which leads to Eminence. The road then crosses over Weaver and Eminence Bayous, and it turns west near the

. After travelling westward shortly, AR 142 turns north at Robert Mazzanti Road. The road then crosses over a drainage ditch, and it intersects James Roy Road afterwards. Near Shives, the route turns west past a gravel road. AR 142 ends at its intersection with US 82 and US 278 at the center of Shives. Past the intersection, the road continues to Lakehall Road (CR 71).

History

AR 142 was designated in 1931, along a

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starting from US 61 southeast of Lake Village, to a point west of the Mississippi River. The route was realigned onto a new unimproved road near its southern terminus in 1939, which was paved in gravel by 1940. The section near Lake Village became part of US 82 and was paved in

that year. In 1952, AR 142 was connected to a county road that extended to Grand Lake, which was removed eight years later. The route was completely paved in asphalt by 1962, which cost $214,999 ().

Major intersections

Lakeport Plantation, Lake Village, Chicot County, Arkansas

References

External links

* {{commons category-inline, Arkansas Highway 142
Lakeport Plantation
142 Transportation in Chicot County, Arkansas

Route description

History

Major intersections

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