U.S. Route 371 is a north–south
United States highway
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in the U.S. states of
Arkansas
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and
Louisiana
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. The highway's northern terminus is in
De Queen, Arkansas
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The placename is the anglicization of the family name of the Dutch merchant and railway financier, Jan de Goeije ...
at an intersection with
U.S. Highway 70. It is co-signed for its last between
Lockesburg, Arkansas
Lockesburg is a city in Sevier County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 739 at the 2010 census.
History
Though Lockesburg became the county seat on January 18, 1869, it was not incorporated until November 7, 1878. The land was donated ...
and DeQueen with
U.S. Highway 59 and
U.S. Highway 71. Its southern terminus is west of
Coushatta, Louisiana
Coushatta is a town in, and the parish seat of, rural Red River Parish in north Louisiana, United States. It is situated on the east bank of the Red River. The community is approximately 45 miles south of Shreveport on U.S. Highway 71. The popula ...
at an intersection with
Interstate 49
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.
Route description
Louisiana
U.S. 371 is an afterthought in the federal highway system. Within Louisiana it was merely the 1990s renumbering and re-signing of the post-1955 Louisiana Highway 7 north of US 71, which after the 1990s change ceased to exist as a number for a state highway in Louisiana. The section south of US 71 was the post-1955 Louisiana Highway 179, which after the 1990s change ceased to exist as a number for a state highway in Louisiana. It also replaced a section of Louisiana Highway 177. Although signage is on I-49, US 371 begins just north of
Coushatta, Louisiana
Coushatta is a town in, and the parish seat of, rural Red River Parish in north Louisiana, United States. It is situated on the east bank of the Red River. The community is approximately 45 miles south of Shreveport on U.S. Highway 71. The popula ...
at an intersection with
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 ...
. Intersecting
I-20 and
US 80
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at
Minden, it then crosses the Arkansas Line at
Springhill, Louisiana
Springhill is a city in northern Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,279 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 160 since 2000. Springhill is part of the Minden Micropolitan Statistical Area though it is thirty miles nor ...
. Louisiana Highway 371, on the other hand, was renumbered to
Louisiana Highway 3277 because of the creation of US 371.
Arkansas
US 371 contains about in
South Arkansas
South Arkansas lies within the southernmost portions of Arkansas Gulf Coastal Plain and Delta regions. It encompasses the lower 15 counties of the state.
History
In the 1920s, nationwide attention focused on South Arkansas when the Smackover ...
.
US 371 enters Arkansas in
Columbia County. The route runs north to intersect
AR 160 in
Taylor
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Pl ...
and winds east to
Magnolia
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. A
concurrency with
US 82
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begins in Magnolia, and continues north to the city limits. US 371 continues west to meet
AR 98 in
Waldo, before heading north to enter
Nevada County. The route next meets
AR 32 and
AR 76 before entering
Rosston, where a short concurrency with
US 278
U.S. Route 278 (US 278) is a parallel route of US 78. It currently runs for from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, to Wickes, Arkansas at US 71/ US 59, passing through five states in the process. Landmarks along its route includ ...
forms. US 371 meets
AR 372 before entering
Prescott, where the route runs with
AR 24 and is intersected by
Interstate 30
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before entering
Hempstead County.
US 371 winds through Hempstead County west and north, concurring briefly with
AR 195 and eventually entering
Howard County. The route passes through
Nashville, again meeting US 278, and runs west through rural land and into
Sevier County. In Sevier County, US 371 meets
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 ...
, which form a northern concurrency, eventually adding
US 70
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as well. These four routes run together west to
De Queen, at which US 371 terminates.
History
Initially referenced as the Bi-State Corridor, the
Arkansas State Highway Commission
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designated several state highways as a proposed corridor to seek
AASHTO approval as a US highway in January 1994.
Upon receiving approval, the route was officially commissioned in Arkansas as Highway 371 on August 24, 1994.
Minnesota
A prior, unrelated US 371 was decommissioned in Minnesota in 1971.
The route still bears the designation of MN 371.
Major intersections
See also
Related routes:
*
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 ...
*
U.S. Route 171
*
U.S. Route 271
*
LA 7 in the pre-1955 Louisiana Highway numbering
References
External links
Endpoints of US highway 371
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Transportation in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
Transportation in Red River Parish, Louisiana
Transportation in Bienville Parish, Louisiana
Transportation in Webster Parish, Louisiana
Transportation in Columbia County, Arkansas
Transportation in Nevada County, Arkansas
Transportation in Hempstead County, Arkansas
Transportation in Howard County, Arkansas
Transportation in Sevier County, Arkansas