page_title: Arkansas Highway 18
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Arkansas Highway 18 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: Southern (downstream) side of the St. Francis River Bridge, which carries Highway 18 over the St. Francis River near Lake City in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States. Built in 1934, this I-beam vertical lift bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_page_description: Arkansas Highway 18 is a state highway of 93.43 miles in Northeastern Arkansas.
context_section_description: AR 18 begins at AR 69 near Jacksonport. Brief concurrencies begins with AR 17 and US 67 (Future I-57) in Newport, and Arkansas Highway 18S leads to Newport Municipal Airport as AR 18 continues east. The route runs east to AR 37 in Grubbs before turning north at Uno to AR 226 in Cash. AR 18 joins AR 91 and becomes King's Highway.
  AR 18/AR 91 run together with US 63 into Jonesboro. AR 18 breaks and runs as Highland Dr., meeting US 49/AR 1. After Jonesboro, AR 18 meets AR 158 and AR 135 in Lake City. The three routes continue east to Black Oak, when AR 18 turns north. AR 18 briefly runs with AR 139 in Monette before continuing east. AR 18B is created in Manila, and AR 18 meets AR 77.
  The route briefly meets AR 181 near Dell before turning northeast to Blytheville. AR 18 meets AR 151 and US 61 in downtown Blytheville. The route continues east to cross over Interstate 55 (exit 67) in a frontage road interchange. AR 18 and AR 312 meet briefly south of the Blytheville Municipal Airport. The route continues to terminate at the Mississippi River at the Tennessee state line.
caption: AR 18 bridge over the St. Francis River in Lake City, July 1988
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