Arkansas Highway 27 (AR 27, Ark. 27, and Hwy. 27) is a designation for two north–south

state highway A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...

s in Arkansas. One route begins at US Highway 59 (US 59) and US 71 near

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north to Highway 7 in Dardanelle. A second segment begins at Highway 7 in

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and runs north to Highway 14 at Harriet. An original Arkansas state highway, Highway 27 was created as one continuous route in 1926, but was split around Russellville in 1961. The designation also includes Highway 27 Business, a

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, and Highway 27N, a former

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near Ben Lomond deleted in the 1990s. All highways are maintained by the

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(AHTD).

Route description

Highway 27 southern terminus at US 59 and US 71

Ben Lomond to Dardanelle

AR 27 begins at

US 59 U.S. Route 59 (US 59) is a north–south United States highway (though it was signed east–west in parts of Texas). A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, US 59 is now a border-to-border route, part of the NAFTA Corridor Highway Sy ...

US 71 U.S. Route 71 or U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) is a major north–south United States highway that extends for over 1500 miles (2500 km) in the central United States. This original 1926 route has remained largely unchanged by encroaching Intersta ...

near

. The route runs east, meeting AR 317 before meeting AR 355 in

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. The route continues to

where it meets

US 278 U.S. Route 278 (US 278) is a parallel route of U.S. Route 78, US 78. It currently runs for from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, to Wickes, Arkansas at U.S. Route 71, US 71/U.S. Route 59, US 59, passing through five states in the ...

and

US 371 U.S. Route 371 is a north–south United States highway in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana. The highway's northern terminus is in De Queen, Arkansas at an intersection with U.S. Highway 70. It is co-signed for its last between Lo ...

/ AR 24. North of Nashville, AR 27 meets AR 26 until

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, when it picks up AR 19. The route winds north to meet

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/ AR 84 in

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. AR 27 follows US 70 until Glenwood, when it meets AR 8 and enters the

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. The two routes run together until

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. AR 27 continues northeast to

US 270 U.S. Route 270 (US 270) is a spur of US 70. It travels for from Liberal, Kansas at US 54 and US 83 to White Hall, Arkansas at Interstate 530 (I-530) and US 65. It travels through the states of Arkansas, Oklahom ...

in Mt. Ida, and then to Washita where it meets AR 298. The route eventually leaves the forest near

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, which contains a junction with AR 28. AR 27 meets AR 10 in Danville and continues north to Dardanelle. The route meets AR 7/ AR 22/ AR 247 on the south edge of town. It then crosses the

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into Russellville, where it meets

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in downtown, and

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north of town.

Dover to Harriet

A concurrency with AR 7 ends in

, with AR 27 turning right at Market Street. The route winds northward for a stretch, eventually meeting AR 16 and AR 333 in rural Searcy County. AR 27 continues northeast to meet

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/ AR 74 in

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. After Marshall, the route trails north to Harriet, where it terminates at AR 14.

History

Highway 27 was created during the

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as an original state highway between Ben Lomond and Harriet. The segment between Highway 28 at

and Highway 10 in Danville was deleted in 1929, but it was restored in 1931. Following construction of new terrain routes for Highway 7 and Highway 22, Highway 27 was truncated at the new alignment of Highway 7 in Dardanelle. This action separated the highway into its two present-day sections. The highway was in Marshall on March 11, 1954, in Mt. Ida on June 27, 1962., between Hector and Tilly (approximately ) on March 24, 1971, and between Ben Lomond and Mineral Springs on September 29, 1976..

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at some concurrencies.

Special routes

Arkansas Highway 27 had two

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s, with AR 27N being removed in the 1990s.

Nashville business route

Arkansas Highway 27B is a

. It is in length.

Former route

Arkansas Highway 27N was a short east–west highway in southwest Arkansas. Its eastern terminus was at Arkansas Highway 27 east of

with its western terminus at

U.S. Route 71 U.S. Route 71 or U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) is a major north–south United States highway that extends for over 1500 miles (2500 km) in the central United States. This original 1926 route has remained largely unchanged by encroaching Interstat ...

south of Falls Chapel. In the 1990s Highway 27N was replaced by a realigned Highway 27.

References

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External links

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