Highway 69 (AR 69, Ark. 69, and Hwy. 69) is a designation for three north–south List of Arkansas state highways, state highways in northeast Arkansas. A western route of runs south from Arkansas Highway 9, Highway 9 at Melbourne, Arkansas, Melbourne to Arkansas Highway 14, Highway 14/Arkansas Highway 367, Highway 367 in Newport, Arkansas, Newport. A second route of begins at Arkansas Highway 163, Highway 163 and runs north through Trumann, Arkansas, Trumann to Arkansas Highway 158, Highway 158 at Lunsford, Arkansas, Lunsford. A third route begins at U.S. Route 49 in Arkansas, U.S. Route 49/Arkansas Highway 1, Highway 1 (US 49/AR 1) at the city limits of Paragould, Arkansas, Paragould and runs north to terminate at U.S. Route 412B (Paragould, Arkansas), US 412B in the city.

Route description

Melbourne to Newport

AR 69 begins at Arkansas Highway 367, AR 367 in Newport and heads north to Jacksonport, Arkansas, Jacksonport. A Spur Route 69 develops in Jacksonport. The route leads northwest to Arkansas Highway 122, AR 122 in Newark, Arkansas, Newark and Arkansas Highway 233, AR 233 in Sulphur Rock, Arkansas, Sulphur Rock. Continuing north, the route passes through Cushman, Arkansas, Cushman and Mount Pleasant, Arkansas, Mount Pleasant.

Shady Grove to Lunsford

Arkansas Highway 69 begins in Poinsett County, Arkansas, Poinsett County and heads east from AR 163. It crosses Interstate 555 (I-555) as Exit 29 continuing east to Trumann, Arkansas, Trumann. After detaching a spur route that leads through Trumann, AR 69 leads mostly north and ends at AR 158.

Paragould segment

AR 69 runs from U.S. Route 49, US 49/Arkansas Highway 1, AR 1 south of Paragould, Arkansas, Paragould. The route runs east then north to terminate at U.S. Route 412B (Paragould, Arkansas), US 412B/Arkansas Highway 135, AR 135 in downtown Paragould.

Major intersections

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Auxiliary routes

Highway 69 has three business routes and four spur routes. As cities have grown, bypasses have become necessary, and the former downtown alignments of AR 69 have become the business routes discussed here.

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