Arkansas Highway 10 is an east–west state highway in West Arkansas. The route runs from Oklahoma State Highway 120 near Hackett east to

Interstate 30 Interstate 30 (I-30) is a Interstate Highway in the southern states of Texas and Arkansas in the United States. I-30 travels from I-20 west of Fort Worth, Texas, northeast via Dallas, and Texarkana, Texas, to I-40 in North Little Rock, ...

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, the state's

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. The highway serves both the

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and the

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. Aside from Little Rock in Pulaski County, the highway also passes through

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s in four other Arkansas counties —

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Sebastian County Sebastian County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 125,744, making it the fourth-most populous county in Arkansas. The county has two county seats, Greenwood and Fort Smith. Sebastian ...

; Booneville, Logan County; Danville,

Yell County Yell County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,263. The county has two county seats, Dardanelle and Danville. Yell County is Arkansas's 42nd county, formed on December 5, 1840, from porti ...

; and Perryville,

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Mount Magazine Mount Magazine, officially named Magazine Mountain, is the highest point of the U.S. Interior Highlands and the U.S. state of Arkansas, and is the site of Mount Magazine State Park. It is a flat-topped mountain or mesa capped by hard rock and r ...

, Arkansas's highest point, lies just to the north of the highway, as does the adjoining

Mount Magazine State Park Mount Magazine State Park is a 2,234-acre park located in Logan County, Arkansas. Inhabited since the 1850s, Mount Magazine first became part of the Ouachita National Forest in 1938, was re-designated as part of the Ozark National Forest in 1941 ...

. Arkansas 10 also passes through a portion of the Ozark National Forest and parallel to the Petit Jean River, Petit Jean Wildlife Management Area and Lake Maumelle — a chief source of water for residents in the Little Rock metropolitan area.

Route description

The route begins at Oklahoma State Highway 120 and runs east to Hackett. AR 10 intersects

AR 45 Highway 45 (AR 45, Ark. 45, or Hwy. 45) is a designation for three state highways in northwest Arkansas. The southern segment of runs from Highway 96 north across US Route 71 (US 71) to Interstate 540/US 71 (I-540/US 71) in For ...

in Hackett, and continues east to

. AR 10 passes through downtown Greenwood, passing the lone AR 10 spur route and the

Old Sebastian County Jail The Old Sebastian County Jail is a historic former jail in Greenwood, Arkansas. It is a two-story stone building, located just east of the Sebastian County Courthouse on the south side of Arkansas Highway 10 in the city center. It was built 1889- ...

, which is listed on the

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. The highway leaves town and passes Fort Chaffee on its way to Logan County. In Booneville, the route intersects the scenic AR 23 near the Bank of Booneville Building and

Farmers and Merchants Bank-Masonic Lodge The Farmers and Merchants Bank-Masonic Lodge a is historic commercial and fraternal building at 288 North Broadway in Booneville, Arkansas. It is a two-story structure, with Colonial Revival architecture, Colonial Revival and Early Commercial arch ...

. AR 10 also passes the Booneville Municipal Airport before entering Magazine. The highway passes by the historic Magazine City Hall-Jail and intersects AR 109 in Magazine before entering

Lincoln Avenue Viaduct Little Rock Arkansas

AR 10 begins to cover mountainous terrain, passing

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, Belleville, and the

Danville Municipal Airport Danville Municipal Airport is a public use airport in Yell County, Arkansas, United States. The airport is owned by the City of Danville and located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of its central business district. It is inclu ...

. Highway 10 intersects

Arkansas Highway 27 Arkansas Highway 27 (AR 27, Ark. 27, and Hwy. 27) is a designation for two north–south state highways in Arkansas. One route begins at US Highway 59 (US 59) and US 71 near Ben Lomond north to Highway 7 in Dardanell ...

in Danville and AR7/ AR 28 in

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. In

, AR 10 continues through mountainous terrain and small towns

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and Adona before forming a southerly

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with

Arkansas Highway 9 Highway 9 (AR 9) is a designation for two north–south state highways in Arkansas. A southern segment of begins at U.S. Route 79 at Eagle Mills and heads north to U.S. Route 67 in Malvern before terminating. The northern segment of runs from ...

. AR 9/AR 10 run together pass

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on to Perryville, past the Perry County Courthouse and south to Williams Junction, where AR 10 turns east to

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. Arkansas Highway 10 enters Pulaski County, passing Lake Maumelle and Pinnacle Mountain State Park before entering the city, becoming Cantrell Road. The far western portions of Cantrell Road in recent years have been the site for increased commercial development in Little Rock, including the controversial 2004 opening of a

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Supercenter near upscale residential communities immediately south of the highway in Chenal Valley. In the portion between Interstate 430 in the west and downtown in the east, Arkansas 10/Cantrell Road (as classified by the regional governmental council, Metroplan) is a primary traffic artery for northern Little Rock, including the upper part of the

Pulaski Heights Pulaski Heights is a section of the city of Little Rock, Arkansas, located in the north-central portion of the city. The area comprises two distinct neighborhoods representing an historic suburb dating from the 1890s that was among the first areas ...

section of the city, and is one of the most traveled thoroughfares aside from the Interstates in Little Rock. Cantrell Road runs with neighborhoods to the south and parks to the north, passing Arkansas Baptist High School. The highway intersects Interstate 430 at a Parclo interchange and runs deeper into downtown Little Rock, passing numerous houses on the

. Cantrell Road continues past the Jackson Reservoir near the Cammack Village area, crossing University Avenue. AR 10 proceeds east past the

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along the

Arkansas River The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the western United S ...

and underneath Broadway Street (

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), becoming LaHarpe Boulevard in downtown. The route uses one block of Cumberland Street, then continues as an extended on-ramp to I-30 near The Tavern and William J. Clinton Presidential Library, where it ends.

Greenwood spur

Highway 10 Spur is a spur route of in

. Its western terminus is at U.S. Route 71, just west of

, while its eastern terminus is at Arkansas Highway 10 near downtown Greenwood. Until the mid-1960s, this road was part of the original alignment of U.S. 71.

History

AR 10 was one of the original 1926 Arkansas State Highways, and remains very close to that routing today. The highway roughly parallels US 64 and

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for its entire length, both approximately to AR 10's north until their convergence in Little Rock. Even in 1926, however, US 64 was constructed to higher standards than AR 10, making US 64 always the more feasible route for travelers from Fort Smith to the state capitol. AR 10 remains the "scenic path" from Fort Smith, passing through the

Ouachita Mountains The Ouachita Mountains (), simply referred to as the Ouachitas, are a mountain range in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. They are formed by a thick succession of highly deformed Paleozoic strata constituting the Ouachita Fold and Thr ...

at a slower pace than the bustling four-lane

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highway.

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at concurrencies. Mount Magazine

References

External links

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