Arkansas Highway 90 (AR 90, Ark. 90, and Hwy. 90) is an east–west
state highway
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in northeast Arkansas. The route of runs from Main Street in
Ravenden to
Route 84 at the
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
state line.
The route is an entirely undivided surface highway that passes through rich cotton country.
[Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department]
AHTD Lawrence County map
Retrieved on August 21, 2009.[Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department]
AHTD Randolph County map
Retrieved on August 21, 2009.[Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department]
AHTD Greene County map
Retrieved on August 21, 2009.[Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department]
AHTD Clay County map
Retrieved on August 21, 2009.
Route description
AR 90 begins at Main Street in
Ravenden and heads north to cross
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 ...
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US 63
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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 the ...
. The route winds to
Pocahontas
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where it meets
AR 115 and US 62/
US 67
U.S. Route 67 is a major north–south U.S. highway which extends for 1,560 miles (2,511 km) in the Central United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the United States-Mexico border in Presidio, Texas, where it continues so ...
/
AR 166 (Future
I-57
Interstate 57 (I-57) is a north–south Interstate Highway in Missouri and Illinois that parallels the old Illinois Central Railroad for much of its route. It runs from Sikeston, Missouri, at I-55 to Chicago, Illinois, at I-94. I-57 essen ...
). US 67/AR 90 run together south to
Shannon. AR 90 then turns east to meet
AR 231 and
AR 34 in
O'Kean. The route runs diagonally northeast until meeting
AR 135 east of
Knobel.
The route runs east to meet
AR 141 near Boydsville, Arkansas and
US 49
U.S. Route 49 (US 49) is a north–south United States highway. The highway's northern terminus is in Piggott, Arkansas, at an intersection with US Route 62/ Highway 1/ Highway 139 (US 62/AR 1/AR 139). Its southern terminus ...
/
AR 1 in
Rector
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Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
. AR 90 continues west to terminate at
Route 84 at the
St. Francis River
The St. Francis River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, about long, in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States. The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along the ...
on the
Missouri
Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
state line.
Major intersections
Mile markers reset at concurrencies.
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See also
Notes
References
External links
{{commons category-inline, Arkansas Highway 90
Crowley's Ridge Parkway
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Transportation in Lawrence County, Arkansas
Transportation in Randolph County, Arkansas
Transportation in Greene County, Arkansas
Transportation in Clay County, Arkansas