# U.S. Route 67 in Arkansas

U.S. Route 67 (US 67) is a U.S. route running from Presidio, Texas northeast to Sabula, Iowa. In the U.S. state of Arkansas, the route runs 279.15 miles (449.25 km) from the Texas border in Texarkana northeast to the Missouri border near Corning. The route passes through several cities and towns, including Hope, Benton, Little Rock, Jacksonville, Cabot, Beebe, Walnut Ridge, and Pocahontas.

## Route description

US 67 enters Arkansas from Texas in Texarkana, concurrent with US 82, along the one-way 7th Street; the other half of the one-way couplet, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, carries traffic toward Texarkana, Texas. Upon crossing State Line Avenue, the two routes share a brief concurrency with US 71 before that route turns to the south along Hickory Street. Past this intersection, the one-way couplet merges onto 9th Street. Shortly thereafter, US 67 separates from US 82 and travels to the northeast along Broad Street, crossing Interstate 49 (I-49) and passing Texarkana Regional Airport.
US 67 then runs parallel to I-30, passing through cities such as Hope, Prescott, Arkadelphia, and Malvern. Near Benton, US 67 merges with I-30. The two routes run concurrently to Little Rock, where the freeway also picks up US 65 and US 167. In North Little Rock, US 67 and US 167 turn to the east, concurrent with I-40 for about 2 miles (3.2 km), before branching off to the northeast with I-57.
In Beebe, the three routes begin a concurrency with US 64. The four routes part ways in Bald Knob, with I-57/US 67 continuing as a freeway to the northeast. Just north of US 412 in Walnut Ridge, I-57 ends at a large, partially-complete interchange, and US 67 becomes a five-lane undivided highway north to Pocahontas. From Pocahontas, the road turns northeasterly and then easterly as the original two-lane highway concurrent with US 62. In Corning, US 62 continues to the east while US 67 turns northward again before crossing the Missouri state line.

## History

The southwest-northeast bisector of Arkansas has always been an integral motor route. Prior to designation as US 67, the route was known as the Southwest Trail, an old military road around 1803. The Southwest Trail connected St. Louis, Missouri with Texas by steamboat in Fulton, Arkansas. The main railroad was built along the Southwest Trail, which developed many towns along the route. President Andrew Jackson appropriated money for the route in 1831, and designated it as a National Road. Although the route shifted slightly, it always has followed the natural break between the Ozark Mountains and the Ouachita Mountains and the Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
Money for road maintenance was raised individually by county in the early 20th century, which hindered development of the route. In the 1920s, federal money became available, and the route was designated U.S. Route 67. The routing followed the Lakes to Gulf Highway and the Bankhead Highway. Federal designation brought paving to the route, which grew the small towns along the route.
In early 2009, the Arkansas legislature passed a bill naming the portion of US-67 from the Missouri state line to Jackson County "Rock n' Roll U.S. 67" as a tribute to the route that many musicians of the 1950s and 1960s took as they traveled. Governor Mike Beebe stated that he had hopes that the naming would bring tourism to northeast Arkansas. Portions of the route, and also Arkansas Highway 7 between Hope and Hot Springs frequently used by Bill Clinton is designated The Highway of Hope by Arkansas Code § 27-67-220.

### National Register of Historic Places

Several portions of the original late 1920s alignment of US 67 have survived, some of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. One listed segment is in Lawrence County, which is about 11.25 miles (18.11 km) in length, and runs north from Alicia to Hoxie, most of this being sandwiched between the present Arkansas Highway 367 and US 67, and the adjacent railroad tracks. Near the village of Village Creek Relief it briefly turns west, crossing Village Creek, and then rejoining the railroad tracks near the town of Relief. A second listed segment, also about 11 miles (18 km) in length, extends from Biggers in central eastern Randolph County, northeast to Datto in Clay County, and then straight north to a junction with Arkansas Highway 211.

#### Mandeville

Listed on the NRHP as Old US 67, Mandeville, a historic roadway section of US 67 is preserved in Miller County, Arkansas. It travels parallel to railroad tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad for 5.5 miles (8.9 km) from an intersection with Highway 237, just north of the Texarkana Airport, northeast to Miller County Road 63. The southern portion of this road is called Mandeville Road, and is designated Arkansas Highway 296. It is eventually redesignated Miller County Road 138, and is an unnamed side road of the current alignment of U.S. Route 67 (US 67) in its northernmost stretch. Built in 1929 out of concrete, it is the longest stretch of original pavement on the Old US 67 alignment in Miller County.
The roadway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

## Future

Arkansas is upgrading US 67 to Interstate standards from Little Rock to the Missouri state line, and the corridor is slated to become an extension of Interstate 57. The freeway currently runs from Little Rock to Walnut Ridge. New freeway is in active planning from Walnut Ridge to Missouri, on a path generally southeast of the current US-67 highway, except where it will pass northwest of Corning ArDOT has announced that construction will begin in 2024 for the short segment that will bypass Corning, and tentatively in 2026 for the segment from the northern Corning interchange to the Missouri state line. It is unknown when the remaining segments between Walnut Ridge and Corning will be funded and built.
On November 7, 2024, the section of U.S. 67 between North Little Rock and Walnut Ridge previously updated to interstate standards was officially designated as Interstate 57 by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.

## Major intersections

| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
| Miller | Texarkana | 0.0 | 0.0 | | US 67 south / US 82 west (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) | Continuation into Texas |
| Miller | Texarkana | 0.0 | 0.0 | | US 71 north (State Line Avenue) | Southern end of US 71 concurrency northbound; Texas state line |
| Miller | Texarkana | 0.1 | 0.16 | | US 71 north (Hazel Street) – Texarkana Business District | Southern end of US 71 concurrency southbound |
| Miller | Texarkana | 0.5 | 0.80 | | US 71 south (Hickory Street) | Northern end of US 71 concurrency |
| Miller | Texarkana | 1.0 | 1.6 | | US 82 east (East 9th Street) | Northern end of US 82 concurrency |
| Miller | Texarkana | | | | AR 245 (now part of I-49) | Closed interchange |
| Miller | Texarkana | 3.6 | 5.8 | | Arkansas Boulevard / Airport Drive – Airport | |
| Miller | Texarkana | 4.3 | 6.9 | | AR 237 south / AR 296 east – Mandeville | Northern terminus of AR 237; western terminus of AR 296 |
| Miller | Mandeville | 6.4 | 10.3 | | AR 296 west to I-30 / US 71 | Eastern terminus of AR 296 |
| Miller | ​ | 8.2 | 13.2 | | AR 108 west to I-30 | Eastern terminus of AR 108 |
| Miller | ​ | 13.2 | 21.2 | | I-30 west – Texarkana | Exit 12 on I-30 |
| Red River | Red River | | | Bridge | Bridge | Bridge |
| Hempstead | Fulton | 18.9 | 30.4 | | AR 355 north – Fulton, Millwood Dam | Southern terminus of AR 355 |
| Hempstead | ​ | 19.5 | 31.4 | | I-30 – Little Rock, Texarkana | Access via CR 1; exit 18 on I-30 |
| Hempstead | Guernsey | 27.0 | 43.5 | | AR 353 north – Guernsey | Southern terminus of AR 353 |
| Hempstead | Hope | 31.7 | 51.0 | | AR 174 east (Fulton Street) | Western terminus of AR 174 |
| Hempstead | Hope | 32.0 | 51.5 | | US 278B west (Hervey Street) to I-30 | Southern end of US 278B concurrency |
| Hempstead | Hope | 32.3 | 52.0 | | AR 29B south (Main Street) | Southern end of AR 29B concurrency |
| Hempstead | Hope | 32.4 | 52.1 | | AR 29B north (Hazel Street) | Northern end of AR 29B concurrency |
| Hempstead | Hope | 33.2 | 53.4 | | US 278 / AR 29 (Bill Clinton Drive) to I-30 US 278B ends | Eastern terminus of US 278B |
| Hempstead | Hope | 33.5 | 53.9 | | AR 73 south | Northern terminus of AR 73 |
| Hempstead | ​ | 35.3 | 56.8 | | AR 174 west | Eastern terminus of AR 174 |
| Nevada | Emmet | 40.5 | 65.2 | | AR 299 north to I-30 | Southern end of AR 299 concurrency |
| Nevada | Emmet | 40.7 | 65.5 | | AR 299 south to AR 53 | Northern end of AR 299 concurrency |
| Nevada | Prescott | 47.7 | 76.8 | | AR 332 west (Washington Road) – De Ann | Eastern terminus of AR 332 |
| Nevada | Prescott | 48.0 | 77.2 | | US 371 south – Magnolia | Southern end of US 371 concurrency |
| Nevada | Prescott | 48.4 | 77.9 | | US 371 north / AR 24 east to I-30 – Nashville, Bluff City | Northern end of US 371 concurrency; western terminus of AR 24 |
| Clark | ​ | 58.9 | 94.8 | | AR 51 north to I-30 – Okolona | Southern end of AR 51 concurrency |
| Clark | ​ | 61.4 | 98.8 | | AR 51 south – Beirne | Northern end of AR 51 concurrency |
| Clark | Gurdon | 64.8 | 104.3 | | AR 53 south – Whelen Springs, White Oak Lake State Park | Southern end of AR 53 concurrency |
| Clark | Gurdon | 65.2 | 104.9 | | AR 182 west – Okolona | Eastern terminus of AR 182 |
| Clark | ​ | 65.7 | 105.7 | | AR 53 north to I-30 / AR 51 | Northern end of AR 53 concurrency |
| Clark | ​ | 74.4 | 119.7 | | AR 26S north – Clark County Industrial Park | Southern terminus of AR 26S |
| Clark | Gum Springs | 75.1 | 120.9 | | AR 26 (Reynolds Road) to I-30 | |
| Clark | Arkadelphia | 80.3 | 129.2 | | AR 7 south / AR 8 east / AR 51 north (Caddo Street) | Southern end of AR 7/AR 8/AR 51 concurrency |
| Clark | Arkadelphia | 80.6 | 129.7 | | AR 8 west / AR 51 south (Pine Street) to I-30 – Antoine, Amity | Northern end of AR 8/AR 51 concurrency |
| Clark | Caddo Valley | 85.7 | 137.9 | | I-30 / AR 7 north – Hot Springs, DeGray Dam | Northern end of AR 7 concurrency; exit 78 on I-30 |
| Hot Spring | Friendship | 89.9 | 144.7 | | AR 283 north to I-30 | Southern terminus of AR 283 |
| Hot Spring | Donaldson | 94.6 | 152.2 | | AR 51Y south to AR 51 south / AR 222 – Donaldson Business District | Northern terminus of AR 51Y |
| Hot Spring | ​ | 95.2 | 153.2 | | AR 51 south to AR 222 – Donaldson Business District | Northern terminus of AR 51 |
| Hot Spring | Malvern | 106.0 | 170.6 | | US 270B west / AR 9 south (South Main Street) to I-30 | Southern end of US 270B concurrency |
| Hot Spring | ​ | 108.7 | 174.9 | | US 270 to I-30 – Hot Springs, Sheridan US 270B ends | Northern terminus of US 270B |
| Hot Spring | ​ | 110.7 | 178.2 | | AR 171 south | Northern terminus of AR 171 |
| Saline | ​ | 117.7 | 189.4 | | I-30 – Texarkana, Little Rock | Exit 106 on I-30 |
| Saline | Haskell | 123.2 | 198.3 | | AR 229 south – Haskell, Traskwood | Southern end of AR 229 concurrency |
| Saline | ​ | 124.7 | 200.7 | Southern end of freeway section | Southern end of freeway section | Southern end of freeway section |
| Saline | ​ | 124.7 | 200.7 | 114 | I-30 west (US 70 west) / AR 229 north – Texarkana | Northern end of AR 229 concurrency; southern end of I-30/US 70 concurrency |
| see I-30 |||||||
| Pulaski | North Little Rock | 153.4 | 246.9 | 143A (NB) 153 (SB) | I-40 west / US 65 north / AR 107 north (JFK Boulevard) – Conway, Fort Smith I-30 ends | Signed as exits 153A (AR 107) and 153B (I-40) southbound; northern end of US 65 concurrency; southern end of I-40 concurrency; eastern terminus of I-30 |
| Pulaski | North Little Rock | 154.4 | 248.5 | 154 | North Hills Boulevard | Northbound exit and southbound entrance |
| Pulaski | North Little Rock | 155.0 | 249.4 | 155 | I-40 east – Memphis I-57 begins | Northern end of I-40 concurrency; southern terminus of I-57 |
| see I-57 |||||||
| Lawrence | Walnut Ridge | 277.8 | 447.1 | 124 | US 412 east / US 412B west – Paragould, Walnut Ridge I-57 ends | Northern end of US 412 concurrency; current northern terminus of I-57; eastern terminus of US 412B; exit number not signed |
| Lawrence | Walnut Ridge | 279.4 | 449.7 | Northern end of freeway section | Northern end of freeway section | Northern end of freeway section |
| Lawrence | Walnut Ridge | 279.4 | 449.7 | | US 67Y south to AR 34 | Northern terminus of US 67Y |
| Lawrence | Walnut Ridge | 280.6 | 451.6 | | US 67B south – Walnut Ridge Business District, truck route to US 412 west | Northern terminus of US 67B |
| Randolph | Shannon | 288.2 | 463.8 | | AR 90 east – O'Kean | Western terminus of AR 90 |
| Randolph | Pocahontas | 290.3 | 467.2 | | AR 304 east – Sharum, Delaplaine, Black River Technical College | Western terminus of AR 304 |
| Randolph | Pocahontas | 291.1 | 468.5 | | AR 304N east | Western terminus of AR 304N |
| Randolph | Pocahontas | | | Black River Bridge over Black River | Black River Bridge over Black River | Black River Bridge over Black River |
| Randolph | Pocahontas | 292.0 | 469.9 | | US 62 west – Imboden | Southern end of US 62 concurrency |
| see US 62 |||||||
| Clay | Corning | 318.5 | 512.6 | | US 62 east – Business District, Piggott | Northern end of US 62 concurrency |
| Clay | ​ | 321.5 | 517.4 | | AR 328 west – Success | Eastern terminus of AR 328 |
| Clay | ​ | 325.5 | 523.8 | | US 67 north – St. Louis | Continuation into Missouri |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former Concurrency terminus Incomplete access |||||||