Arkansas Highway 10 is an east–west

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in West Arkansas. The route runs from

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near Hackett east to

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, the state's

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. The highway serves both the

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and the Little Rock – North Little Rock – Conway metropolitan area. Aside from Little Rock in Pulaski County, the highway also passes through

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s in four other Arkansas counties — Greenwood, Sebastian County; Booneville,

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; Danville, Yell County; and Perryville, Perry County.

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, Arkansas's highest point, lies just to the north of the highway, as does the adjoining Mount Magazine State Park. Arkansas 10 also passes through a portion of the

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and parallel to the Petit Jean River, Petit Jean Wildlife Management Area and

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— a chief source of water for residents in the Little Rock metropolitan area.

Route description

The route begins at

and runs east to Hackett. AR 10 intersects AR 45 in Hackett, and continues east to Greenwood. AR 10 passes through downtown Greenwood, passing the lone AR 10 spur route and the Old Sebastian County Jail, which is listed on the

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. The highway leaves town and passes

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on its way to

. In Booneville, the route intersects the scenic AR 23 near the Bank of Booneville Building and Farmers and Merchants Bank-Masonic Lodge. AR 10 also passes the Booneville Municipal Airport before entering

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. The highway passes by the historic Magazine City Hall-Jail and intersects AR 109 in Magazine before entering Yell County. Lincoln Avenue Viaduct Little Rock Arkansas

Lincoln Avenue Viaduct Little Rock Arkansas

AR 10 begins to cover mountainous terrain, passing

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, Belleville, and the Danville Municipal Airport. Highway 10 intersects

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in Danville and AR7/ AR 28 in Ola. In Perry County, AR 10 continues through mountainous terrain and small towns

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and Adona before forming a southerly concurrency with

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. AR 9/AR 10 run together pass

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on to Perryville, past the Perry County Courthouse and south to

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, where AR 10 turns east to

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. Arkansas Highway 10 enters Pulaski County, passing Lake Maumelle and

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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

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. In the portion between

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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

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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

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. The highway intersects Interstate 430 at a

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and runs deeper into downtown Little Rock, passing numerous houses on the

. Cantrell Road continues past the Jackson Reservoir near the

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area, crossing University Avenue. AR 10 proceeds east past the

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along the

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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

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near The Tavern and

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, where it ends.

Greenwood spur

Highway 10 Spur is a spur route of in Sebastian County. Its western terminus is at

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, just west of Greenwood, 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

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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

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at a slower pace than the bustling four-lane

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highway.

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at concurrencies. Mount Magazine

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