# Arkansas Highway 25

Arkansas Highway 25 is a north–south state highway in north central Arkansas. The route runs 127.36 miles (204.97 km) from U.S. Route 64 (US 64) in Conway north to US 63/US 412 in Black Rock through Heber Springs, Batesville, and the foothills of The Ozarks.

## Route description

Highway 25 begins in Conway at U.S. Route 64 (US 64), just south of a junction with I-40. From Conway, the road runs north to Wooster, where it turns northeast, meeting US 65 in Greenbrier. The route overlaps US 65 for several miles north of Greenbrier, then continues northeast, meeting Highway 107 and Highway 225 before entering Quitman. Highway 25 continues diagonally northeast, meeting Highway 16 and Highway 5 near Heber Springs. A business loop and two spur routes both serve Heber Springs. Highway 25 continues north with Highway 5, a partnership named Heber Springs Road, until Highway 5 departs at Wolf Bayou. Highway 87 joins Highway 25 in nearby Concord.
Entering Independence County, Highway 25 meets Highway 14 in Locust Grove. The route meets US 167 just north of the Batesville Municipal Airport in south Batesville. In central Batesville, Highway 25 (here concurrent with US 167) meets Highway 69 before exiting town headed due east. Highway 122 meets Highway 25 near Cord, after which it begins heading north. Highway 25 runs north until Highway 230 in Strawberry, followed by a meeting and concurrency with Highway 361 from Lynn to Black Rock, where it terminates at US 63/US 412.
Except where it coincides with US 65 in Greenbrier and US 167 in Batesville (both undivided four-lane segments), and certain passing lanes, (mostly between Greenbrier and Heber Springs), it is entirely a two-lane highway. This hilly, curvy road is useful for those seeking the towns and recreational areas along it, mainly in the Greers Ferry Lake area.

## History

The segment between Conway and Wooster is a former route of US 65.
Before 1982 it included an east–west highway between US 63 approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of Portia, Arkansas and the Missouri state line, where it continued into Missouri. In 1982 this road was redesignated as the anomalous US 412. Major towns along the road include Walnut Ridge and Paragould. This section through the cotton country of eastern Arkansas was flat and largely straight, except where it passed through Crowley's Ridge west of Paragould. Its eastern terminus was then the Missouri state line at the St. Francis River, where it continued as Missouri Route 25 toward Kennett, Missouri.
Some sources continue to claim that Highway 25 ends at US 67/Highway 34 at Walnut Ridge. Though this was the original west end of US 412 when established in 1982 from Highway 25 east of Walnut Ridge, it was later extended west across Arkansas along the former Black Rock-Walnut Ridge segment of Highway 25 (including its concurrency with US 63 from Black Rock to Portia), thus truncating Highway 25 at Black Rock where it meets the present US 63/US 412 concurrency.

## Major intersections

Mile markers reset at some concurrencies.
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Faulkner | Conway | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 64 – Conway, Morrilton | Southern terminus |
| Faulkner | Conway | 0.07 | 0.11 | I-40 – Fort Smith, Little Rock | Exits 124B-A on I-40 |
| Faulkner | Wooster | 6.64 | 10.69 | AR 285 north – Shady Grove | Southern terminus of AR 285 |
| Faulkner | Greenbrier | 11.33 | 18.23 | US 65 south – Conway | Southern end of US 65 concurrency |
| Faulkner | Greenbrier | | | AR 225 (Main Street) | |
| Faulkner | ​ | | | AR 285 north – Woolly Hollow State Park | Southern terminus of AR 285 |
| Faulkner | ​ | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 65 north – Harrison, Buffalo National River | Northern end of US 65 concurrency |
| Faulkner | Quitman | 12.47 | 20.07 | AR 107 south – Enola | Northern terminus of AR 107 |
| Cleburne | Quitman | 13.98 | 22.50 | AR 124 west to US 65 – Gravesville | Southern end of AR 124 concurrency |
| Cleburne | Quitman | 14.38 | 23.14 | AR 356 west to AR 225 – Greers Ferry, Morganton | Eastern terminus of AR 356 |
| Cleburne | Quitman | 14.61 | 23.51 | AR 124 east – Rose Bud | Northern end of AR 124 concurrency |
| Cleburne | ​ | 20.35 | 32.75 | AR 107 south to AR 124 – Rose Bud | Southern end of AR 107 concurrency |
| Cleburne | ​ | 21.29 | 34.26 | AR 16 west – Higden, Fairfield Bay, Greers Ferry | Southern end of AR 16 concurrency |
| Cleburne | ​ | 22.70 | 36.53 | AR 107 north to AR 110 – Eden Isle | Northern end of AR 107 concurrency |
| Cleburne | ​ | 25.62 | 41.23 | AR 5 south – Rose Bud | Southern end of AR 5 concurrency |
| Cleburne | ​ | 26.46 | 42.58 | AR 16 east – Pangburn, Searcy | Northern end of AR 16 concurrency |
| Cleburne | ​ | 27.65 | 44.50 | AR 25B north (Heber Springs Road) – Heber Springs Business District | Southern terminus of AR 25B |
| Cleburne | ​ | 29.41 | 47.33 | AR 337 south | Northern terminus of AR 337 |
| Cleburne | Heber Springs | 30.74 | 49.47 | AR 110 (Wilburn Road) – Heber Springs Business District, Wilburn, ASU-Heber Springs | |
| Cleburne | ​ | 32.60 | 52.46 | AR 25B south (Heber Springs Road) – Heber Springs Business District | Northern terminus of AR 25B |
| Cleburne | ​ | 32.89 | 52.93 | Greers Ferry Dam across the Little Red River | Greers Ferry Dam across the Little Red River |
| Cleburne | Tumbling Shoals | 35.51 | 57.15 | AR 25S west | Eastern terminus of AR 25S |
| Cleburne | Drasco | 43.45 | 69.93 | AR 92 west – Greers Ferry | Eastern terminus of AR 92 |
| Cleburne | Wolf Bayou | 45.69 | 73.53 | AR 5 north – Mountain View | Northern end of AR 5 concurrency |
| Cleburne | Concord | 50.80 | 81.75 | AR 87 south | Northern terminus of AR 87 |
| Independence | Locust Grove | 59.26 | 95.37 | AR 14 west – Mountain View, Ozark Folk Center, Blanchard Springs Caverns | Southern end of AR 14 concurrency |
| Independence | Locust Grove | 59.62 | 95.95 | AR 230 east | Western terminus of AR 230 |
| Independence | Dennison Heights | 66.34 | 106.76 | US 167 south / AR 14 east – Newport, Bald Knob | Northern end of AR 14 concurrency; southern end of US 167 concurrency |
| Independence | Batesville | | | AR 69 south / AR 69B north (East Harrison Street) – Business District | Southern end of AR 69 concurrency |
| Independence | Batesville | | | AR 233 north (East Main Street) – Lyon College, Batesville Business District, Historical District | Southern terminus of AR 233 |
| Independence | Batesville | | | AR 69 north (Barnett Drive) – Cushman, Melbourne | Northern end of AR 69 concurrency |
| Independence | Batesville | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 167 north (North St. Louis Street) / AR 69S north (White Drive) – Cave City, Melbourne | Northern end of US 167 concurrency |
| Independence | Batesville | 0.87 | 1.40 | AR 233 – Cave City, Batesville | |
| Independence | ​ | 3.81 | 6.13 | AR 233 south (Mack Street) – Moorefield | Northern terminus of AR 233 |
| Independence | ​ | 12.78 | 20.57 | AR 25S south – Charlotte | Northern terminus of AR 25S |
| Independence | ​ | 18.56 | 29.87 | AR 122 west – Cord | Eastern terminus of AR 122 |
| Lawrence | Saffell | 27.70 | 44.58 | AR 361 north | Southern terminus of AR 361 |
| Lawrence | Strawberry | 31.58 | 50.82 | AR 117 north / AR 230 west – Jesup, Cave City | Southern terminus of AR 117 |
| Lawrence | Lynn | 36.38 | 58.55 | AR 361 south – Saffell, Shirey Bay Rainey Brake WMA | Northern terminus of AR 361 |
| Lawrence | ​ | 43.81 | 70.51 | Lake Charles State Park | Access via AR 600 |
| Lawrence | Powhatan | 47.36 | 76.22 | AR 117S north – Smithville | Southern terminus of AR 117S |
| Lawrence | Black Rock | 49.51 | 79.68 | AR 117 south – Black Rock, Davidsonville Historic State Park | Northern terminus of AR 117 |
| Lawrence | Black Rock | 49.69 | 79.97 | US 63 / US 412 – Hoxie, Imboden | Northern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus ||||||