Highway 241 (AR 241, Ark. 241, and Hwy. 241) is a north–south
state highway
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in
Monroe County Monroe County may refer to seventeen counties in the United States, all named for James Monroe:
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*Monroe County, Arkansas
* Monroe County, Florida
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. The route of begins at
US Highway 49
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(US 49) and
Highway 39 and runs west and north to
Highway 302. 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 49 and Highway 39 in eastern Monroe County in an
aquaculture
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/agricultural area within the
Arkansas Grand Prairie
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. Highway 241 runs due west as a
section line road In many jurisdictions in the United States, roads run along every section line, giving access to previously remote areas and serving in many instances as firebreaks. A road or arterial in which the centerline is laid out along a section line bound ...
to an intersection with
Highway 17 toward
Keevil
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and
Brinkley Brinkley may refer to:
People
* Brinkley (surname)
Places
* Brinkley, Arkansas, USA
* Brinkley, Nottinghamshire, England
* Brinkley, Cambridgeshire, England
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. After overlapping for , Highway 241 turns due west, running to an intersection with
Highway 302, where it terminates.
History
Highway 241 was created by the
Arkansas State Highway Commission
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 ...
on July 10, 1957 as a highway of between
Clarendon and Keevil.
[.] The Commission later modified the previous order, extending the highway by on February 26, 1958. The route was extended east to Highway 17 at Keevil on July 2, 1960, and to US 49 and Highway 39 on June 23, 1965. On January 26, 1977, the north-south portion of the highway to Clarendon was redesignated as
Highway 302 to improve route designation continuity, leaving the remaining segments of east–west
section line road In many jurisdictions in the United States, roads run along every section line, giving access to previously remote areas and serving in many instances as firebreaks. A road or arterial in which the centerline is laid out along a section line bound ...
with an odd-numbered designation normally indicative of north–south routes.
[.]
Major intersections
Mile markers reset at concurrencies.
See also
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References
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External links
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241
Transportation in Monroe County, Arkansas