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U.S. Route 70C (Benton, Arkansas)
Several special routes of U.S. Route 70 exist. In order from west to east, these special routes are as follows. Alternate routes Brownsville–Huntingdon alternate route U.S. Route 70 Alternate (US 70A) is an alternate route to US 70 between Brownsville, and Huntingdon in West Tennessee. Signage along this route, and on most maps, show it as US 70A and not US 70 Alternate. Humboldt bypass route U.S. Route 70A Bypass (US 70 Bypass or US 70A Byp.) is a bypass route of US 70A in Humboldt, Tennessee. It runs concurrently with US 79 Bypass and unsigned SR 366 for its entire length. Pine Level alternate route U.S. Route 70 Alternate (US 70A) was established around 1953, replacing the old mainline US 70 through Pine Level. Originally, it started in Smithfield along US 301 going north to Selma, then east through Pine Level to its eastern terminus near Princeton. In the early 1970s, it was rerouted east from Selma to Wilson's Mills along formerly se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Routes
In road transportation in the United States, a special route is a road in a numbered highway system that diverts a specific segment of related traffic away from another road. They are featured in many highway systems; most are found in the Interstate Highway System, United States Numbered Highways, U.S. highway system, and several state highway, state highway systems. Each type of special route possesses generally defined characteristics and has a defined relationship with its parent route. Typically, special routes share a route number with a dominant route, often referred as the "parent" or "mainline", and are given either a descriptor which may be used either before or after the route name, such as alternate route, Alternate or business route, Business, or a letter suffix that is attached to the route number. For example, an alternate route of U.S. Route 1 may be called "Alternate U.S. Route 1", "U.S. Route 1 Alternate", or "U.S. Route 1A". Occasionally, a special route will h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkansas Highway 8
Arkansas Highway 8 (AR 8) is a designation for four state highways in lower Arkansas. One segment runs from the Oklahoma state line east to US 59/ US 71 in Mena. A second segment runs from US 59/US 71 in Mena east to US 63 in Warren. A third segment runs from US 63 at Carmel east to US 65 in Eudora. A fourth segment runs from US 65 south of Eudora to US 65 at Arkla. Route description Oklahoma to Mena Highway 8 begins at the Oklahoma state line as a continuation of OK-63 and runs east through the Ouachita National Forest towards US 59/ US 71 west of downtown Mena, where it terminates. Mena to Warren The route begins at US 59/US 71 east of downtown Mena as Morrow Avenue. Highway 8 runs east with minor junctions at Highway 375, Highway 980, and Highway 370 before again entering the Ouachita National Forest near the Montgomery County line. Shortly after entering Montgomery County, Highway 8 passes the Cogburn Dipping Vat, listed on the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camden, Tennessee
Camden is a city in and the county seat of Benton County, Tennessee. The population was 3,674 at the 2020 census. History Native Americans were living in the Camden area as early as the Archaic period (8000-1000 BC). A significant archaeological site has been excavated at nearby Eva (the actual site is now submerged under Kentucky Lake), uncovering evidence of semi-permanent habitation dating back 7000 years. The first European settlers arrived in the Benton County area around 1818, shortly after (and probably before) the county was purchased from the Chickasaw. Camden has its roots as a stopover along the stage coach route between Nashville and Memphis. Initially known as "Tranquility", the community had attained the name "Camden" by the 1830s, a name influenced by the Revolutionary War-era Battle of Camden. When Benton County was created in 1835, Camden was chosen as the county seat. The City of Camden was officially incorporated in 1838.Jonathan Kennon Smith, ''A History o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 22 Business
State Route 22 (SR 22) is a south-to-north state highway in the western part of Tennessee, United States. It begins at the Mississippi state line in McNairy County, where the roadway continues as Mississippi Highway 2 (MS 2). It ends at the Kentucky state line in Lake County, when it crosses into the Kentucky Bend, a detached portion of Fulton County, Kentucky. The monument for the 1862 Battle of Island Number Ten in the American Civil War is located on SR 22, about north of Tiptonville. Route description McNairy County SR 22 begins as a primary highway in McNairy County at the Mississippi state line, where the highway continues south as MS 2. The highway travels north as a two-lane highway, passing through the community of Acton before entering the town of Michie and intersecting SR 224. It then passes through town before coming to an intersection with SR 57. SR 22 then leaves Michie and crosses into Hardin County. Hardin County SR 22 continues north into the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 1
State Route 1 (SR 1), known as the Memphis to Bristol Highway, is a mostly-Unsigned highway, unsigned State highway (US), state highway in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It stretches from the Arkansas state line at Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis in the southwest corner of the state to Bristol, Tennessee, Bristol in the northeast part. Most of the route travels Concurrency (road), concurrently with U.S. Route 70 in Tennessee, U.S. Route 70 (US 70) and U.S. Route 11W in Tennessee, US 11W. It is the longest highway of any kind in the state of Tennessee. The route is signed as both in the state of Tennessee, a Primary and Secondary Highway (at different times throughout its designation) In 2015, the Tennessee Department of Transportation erected signs along SR 1 showing motorists they are traveling on the Memphis to Bristol Highway, Tennessee's first state road. TDOT installed the signs at every county line while it celebrated its 100th anniversary. Route description Memphis Area SR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs is a resort city in the state of Arkansas and the county seat of Garland County, Arkansas, Garland County. The city is located in the Ouachita Mountains among the U.S. Interior Highlands, and is set among several natural hot springs for which the city is named. As of the 2020 United States census, the city had a population of 37,930, making it the List of municipalities in Arkansas, eleventh-most populous city in Arkansas. The center of Hot Springs is the oldest History of the National Park Service, federal reserve in the United States, today preserved as Hot Springs National Park. The hot spring water has been popularly believed for centuries to possess healing properties, and was a subject of legend among several Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribes. Following federal protection in 1832, the city developed into a successful spa town. Incorporated January 10, 1851, the city has been home to Major League Baseball spring training, illegal gamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkansas Highway 5
Arkansas Highway 5 (AR 5) is a designation for three List of state highways in Arkansas, state highways in Arkansas. The southern segment of runs from U.S. Route 70 in Arkansas, U.S. Route 70 (US 70) east of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Hot Springs north to Interstate 430 (I-430) in Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock. A northern segment of runs from Interstate 57, I-57 in Cabot, Arkansas, Cabot north to the Missouri state line, including a lengthy overlap with Arkansas Highway 25, Highway 25 between Heber Springs, Arkansas, Heber Springs and Wolf Bayou. A portion of this route is designated as part of the Sylamore Scenic Byway. This segment also contained a former spur route in Mountain Home, Arkansas, Mountain Home. The Main Street Bridge in Little Rock carries a third, unsigned, Highway 5 designation. The bridge is in span. All three routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT). Route description Hot Springs to Little Rock Highway 5 be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Springs And Crystal Falls
Magic Springs Theme and Water Park, known as Magic Springs, is an amusement park and water park located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, about from Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock. A single price admission includes all day use of the rides and attractions in both parks. The park is open weekends from April through October and daily late-May through mid-August. Magic Springs Theme and Water Park was opened in 1978, closed in 1995, and reopened in 2000. Magic Springs Theme and Water Park is owned by EPR Properties and operated by Premier Parks, LLC. History Magic Springs Family Fun Park opened July 22, 1978, under the management of Leisure and Recreation Concepts, headed by Dallas businessman Michael Jenkins. Over time, investors became burdened by millions of dollars of debt and sold the park in the 1980s to a group headed by businessman Melvyn Bell, who then had his own financial troubles. It closed in 1995. Fitraco, a Belgium, Belgian company, bought the amusement park at a forec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Springs National Park
Hot Springs National Park is a List of national parks of the United States, national park of the United States in central Garland County, Arkansas, adjacent to the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Hot Springs. Hot Springs Reservation was initially created by an act of the United States Congress on April 20, 1832, to be preserved for future recreation. Established before the concept of a national park existed, it was the first time that land had been set aside by the federal government to preserve its use as an area for recreation. The hot spring water has been popularly believed for centuries to possess medicinal properties, and was a subject of legend among several Native American tribes. Following federal protection in 1832, the city developed into a successful spa town. Incorporated January 10, 1851, the city was known in the early 20th century as the home to Major League Baseball spring training, illegal gambling, speakeasies during the Prohibition era, and gangsters such as Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Controlled-access Highway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway, and expressway. Other similar terms include ''wikt:throughway, throughway'' or ''thruway'' and ''parkway''. Some of these may be limited-access highways, although this term can also refer to a class of highways with somewhat less isolation from other traffic. In countries following the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, Vienna convention, the motorway qualification implies that walking and parking are forbidden. A fully controlled-access highway provides an unhindered flow of traffic, with no traffic signals, Intersection (road), intersections or frontage, property access. They are free of any at-grade intersection, at-grade crossings with other roads, railways, or pedestrian paths, which are instead carried by overpasses and underpasses. Entrances and exits to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkansas Highway 7
Arkansas Highway 7 (AR 7) is a north–south state highway in Arkansas, United States. As Arkansas's longest state highway, the route runs from the Louisiana state line north to Diamond City. With the exception of the segment north of Harrison, Highway 7 has been designated as an Arkansas Scenic Byway and a National Forest Scenic Byway. The road passes through the heart of both the Ozark Mountains and the Ouachita Mountains, and features scenic views. It's the route favored by motorcycle riders touring the region. Route description Highway 7 begins at the Louisiana state line as a continuation of Louisiana Highway 558. It runs north and meets US 63/US 167, which it forms a concurrency with until El Dorado. North of El Dorado, Highway 7 shoots a spur route named the Calion Cutoff. The route continues north to cross Highway 335 before entering Smackover. Highway 7B runs through downtown Smackover, while the main route runs around the town meeting Highway 172. Highw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memorial Field Airport
Memorial Field Airport is located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States, southwest of Downtown Hot Springs. It serves nearby Hot Springs National Park. The airport is used for general aviation; airline flights are subsidized by the federal government's Essential Air Service program at a cost of $1,637,012 (per year). The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a ''general aviation'' airport (the ''commercial service'' category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year). Facilities Memorial Field covers 844 acres (342 ha) at an elevation of 540 feet (165 m). It has two asphalt runways: 5/23 is 6,595 by 150 feet (2,010 x 46 m) and 13/31 is 4,098 by 100 feet (1,249 x 30 m). The airport is non-towered (the existing tower is no longer staffed). In the year ending August 31, 2021, the airport had 29,800 aircraft operations, an average of 82 per day: 91% general aviation, 6% air taxi and 3% military. In April 2022, there were 77 aircraf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
