Highway 135 (AR 135, Ark. 135, Hwy. 135) is a north–south
state highway in northeast Arkansas. The route of runs from
Interstate 555
Interstate 555 (I-555) is an Interstate Highway that connects Turrell, Arkansas, at I-55 to Jonesboro at Highway 91 (AR 91). Formerly known as U.S. Highway 63 (US 63), the highway was upgraded in the early 21st cent ...
(I-555) near
Tyronza north through
Paragould
Paragould is the county seat of Greene County, and the 19th-largest city in Arkansas, in the United States. The city is located in northeastern Arkansas on the eastern edge of Crowley's Ridge, a geologic anomaly contained within the Arkansas delta ...
to
US 62.
Route description
AR 135 begins at
Interstate 555
Interstate 555 (I-555) is an Interstate Highway that connects Turrell, Arkansas, at I-55 to Jonesboro at Highway 91 (AR 91). Formerly known as U.S. Highway 63 (US 63), the highway was upgraded in the early 21st cent ...
south of
Tyronza and runs north to intersect
AR 118 before meeting
AR 14/
AR 140 in
Lepanto.
The route continues north to
Caraway
Caraway, also known as meridian fennel and Persian cumin (''Carum carvi''), is a biennial plant in the family Apiaceae, native to western Asia, Europe, and North Africa.
Etymology
The etymology of "caraway" is unclear. Caraway has been ...
, where it meets
concurs with
AR 158. The concurrency ends in
Black Oak
Black Oak may refer to:
Places in the United States
* Black Oak, Arkansas
* Black Oak, Daviess County, Indiana
* Black Oak, Lake County, Indiana, a neighborhood of Gary, Indiana
* Black Oak, Missouri
Other
* Black Oak Arkansas
Black Oak Ar ...
, when AR 135 begins to arrow west with
AR 18.
The route leaves AR 18 in
Lake City, after which it angles north to
Paragould
Paragould is the county seat of Greene County, and the 19th-largest city in Arkansas, in the United States. The city is located in northeastern Arkansas on the eastern edge of Crowley's Ridge, a geologic anomaly contained within the Arkansas delta ...
. In Paragould, AR 135 meets
US 412
U.S. Route 412 is an east–west United States highway, first commissioned in 1982. U.S. 412 overlaps expressway-grade Cimarron Turnpike from Tulsa west to Interstate 35 and the Cherokee Turnpike from east of Chouteau, Oklahoma, to west of ...
and
US 49/
AR 1 before exiting town headed north.
The route meets
AR 34 north of
Oak Grove Heights, which it follows until
Lafe. The route leaves AR 34 and shoots northwest to
Hooker, where it meets
AR 141. After Hooker, the route straightens north, meeting
AR 90 for a brief concurrency before terminating at
US 62
U.S. Route 62 or U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs from the Mexican border at El Paso, Texas, to Niagara Falls, New York, near the Canadian border. It is the only east-west United States Numbered Highway that connects Mexico and Canada ...
east of
Corning.
History
The section of Highway 135 north of Paragould was formerly Arkansas Highway 1W. Highway 1 was split into two directional routings in 1941, and when AR 1E became AR 1 in 1955, the former AR 1W from
Paragould
Paragould is the county seat of Greene County, and the 19th-largest city in Arkansas, in the United States. The city is located in northeastern Arkansas on the eastern edge of Crowley's Ridge, a geologic anomaly contained within the Arkansas delta ...
to
Corning was designated Highway 135. The section south of Highway 18 was formerly Arkansas Highway 143, which became part of Arkansas Highway 135 in 1955. Arkansas Highway 143 has since been reassigned to another route.
Major intersections
Mileage resets at some concurrencies.
See also
*
List of state highways in Arkansas
The following is a list of state highways in Arkansas. The state does not use a numbering convention. Generally the two-digit odd numbered highways run north–south with a few exceptions; and even-numbered two-digit state highways run east–we ...
References
External links
{{commons category-inline, Arkansas Highway 135
Crowley's Ridge Parkway
135
Transportation in Clay County, Arkansas
Transportation in Craighead County, Arkansas
Transportation in Greene County, Arkansas
Transportation in Poinsett County, Arkansas