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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 3 - HIGHWAY, ROAD, AND STREET SYSTEMS CLASSIFICATION LAW (§§ 27-66-301 — 27-66-308) › Section 27-66-305 - Designation, review, and revision

(a)
All public highways, roads, and streets in Arkansas are designated in accordance with the findings of the functional classification study conducted in 1968 and 1970 and identified by maps on file in the office of the State Highway Commission and the offices of the county road and municipal street administrative officials.
(b)
Recommended uniform design standards shall be established for the improvement of each functional class.
(c)
The functional classification of public highways, roads, and streets shall be examined and reviewed at least every five (5) years by the commission in cooperation with the local governments.
(d)
Revisions shall be made as are found in accordance with the criteria governing functional classification.
Acts 1973, No. 308, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2705.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 3 - HIGHWAY, ROAD, AND STREET SYSTEMS CLASSIFICATION LAW (§§ 27-66-301 — 27-66-308) › Section 27-66-307 - Continuing study

(a)
The Arkansas study-classification segment of the 1972 National Transportation Needs Study is established on a continuing basis to conform to the congressional directive of Pub. L. No. 89-139.
(b)
The State Highway Commission shall continue to keep current this vital information and make it available to cities and counties upon request.
Acts 1973, No. 308, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2706.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 3 - HIGHWAY, ROAD, AND STREET SYSTEMS CLASSIFICATION LAW (§§ 27-66-301 — 27-66-308) › Section 27-66-308 - Satisfaction of local planning requirements

Acceptance of the functional classification plan by the responsible local officials will satisfy the transportation requirements of Acts 1937, No. 246 [repealed] for counties and §§
14-56-401
-
14-56-425
for cities.
Acts 1973, No. 308, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-2707.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 4 - PRIVATE ROADS (§§ 27-66-401 — 27-66-405) › Section 27-66-402 - Duty of viewers

(a)
Viewers shall take the same oath and shall be governed in all respects as viewers appointed to public roads are governed under this act.
(b)
They shall examine the route proposed for the road and any other route which they may deem proper.
(c)
If a majority of the viewers state under oath that an access easement is necessary and proper as prayed in the petition, the viewers shall lay out and describe the access easement in a manner that produces the least inconvenience, damage, and devaluation of the property to the adjoining owners.
(d)
(1)
(A)
The viewers shall make a written report under oath to the county court, describing the route of the road and the land through which it shall pass to allow location and identification of the access easement by land records, naming the owner, if known, and by decision of a majority of the viewers the damages sustained by each owner of lands through which the road passes. The damages shall include the value of each owner's land sought to be appropriated.
(B)
(i)
The parties shall stipulate to or dispute the report of the viewers.
(ii)
Each party shall be given at least ten (10) business days to respond in writing to the viewers' report.
(2)
The measure of damages shall be the difference in the fair market value of the lands immediately before the access easement is ordered and the fair market value of the lands after the access easement is ordered.
(e)
The report shall be filed with the county clerk for the records of the county court.
(f)
(1)
A person who renders services under this subchapter as a viewer or reviewer, chain carrier, marker, or surveyor shall be paid reasonable costs and expenses based upon the current market rate for each day necessarily employed.
(2)
Payments are to be charged as costs and expenses against the funds deposited by the petitioner.
(3)
The amount due each person and the number of days employed shall be certified under oath by the viewers.
(4)
The court by order may direct the county clerk to receipt payment by the petitioner of the directed sum into the registry of the court and to issue payment.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1083,§ 4, eff. 8/16/2013.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 1083,§ 3, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1871, No. 26, § 60, p. 56; C. & M. Dig., § 5250; Pope's Dig., § 6976; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-110; Acts 2009, No. 747, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 4 - PRIVATE ROADS (§§ 27-66-401 — 27-66-405) › Section 27-66-404 - Penalty for obstructing

(a)
If any person obstructs a road established under the laws of this state by felling any trees across it or by placing an obstruction on the road, he or she shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
(b)
The person also shall forfeit one hundred dollars ($100) for every day he or she allows the obstruction to remain after he or she has been notified to remove it.
Acts 1897, No. 17, § 3, p. 24; C. & M. Dig., § 5505; Pope's Dig., § 7147; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-112; Acts 2009, No. 747, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 4 - PRIVATE ROADS (§§ 27-66-401 — 27-66-405) › Section 27-66-405 - Limitation of authority

A county court may not grant an easement for ingress and egress over, through, or across a railroad right-of-way under this subchapter.
Acts 2009, No. 747, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 5 - PROTECTION OF ROAD SURFACES (§§ 27-66-501 — 27-66-507) › Section 27-66-501 - Classification of roads by weight of vehicles used thereon

(a)
Exclusive of city streets, state highways, or interstates, a county judge may post weight limits on public bridges in his or her jurisdiction in connection with federally mandated bridge inspections.
(b)
Posted weight limit signs shall be in accordance with state and federal law.
(c)
(1)
It is unlawful for a person to drive, operate, or move a motor vehicle, an object, or a contrivance or for an owner of a motor vehicle, object, or contrivance to cause or permit the motor vehicle, object, or contrivance of a size or weight exceeding the posted weight limit to be driven, operated, or moved.
(2)
A person or an owner operating a motor vehicle, an object, or a contrivance under an overweight permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation is exempt from penalty under subdivision (c)(1) of this section.
(d)
A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(e)
(1)
Even if authorized by an overweight permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, a person or an owner operating, driving, or moving a vehicle, an object, or a contrivance upon a public bridge shall be liable for all damage that the public bridge may sustain as a result of:
(A)
Careless, negligent, or illegal operation, driving, or moving of a vehicle, an object, or a contrivance; or
(B)
Operation, driving, or moving of a vehicle, object, or contrivance of excessive width or weighing in excess of the posted weight limits.
(2)
(A)
Except as provided in subdivision (e)(2)(B) of this section, a person or an owner operating, driving, or moving a vehicle, object, or contrivance weighing in excess of the posted weight limit upon a public bridge shall be civilly liable for the recoverable damages under §
27-66-504(b)
.
(B)
Subdivision (e)(2)(A) of this section does not apply to a wooden bridge that is less than twenty feet (20') in length.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 887,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 381, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 380, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1919 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 222, §§ 2, 3, p. 4253; C. & M. Dig., §§ 5510, 5511; Pope's Dig., §§ 7152, 7153; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-122, 76-123; Acts 2007, No. 453, § 1; 2009, No. 483, § 7.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 5 - PROTECTION OF ROAD SURFACES (§§ 27-66-501 — 27-66-507) › Section 27-66-502 - License required for use of rough metal tires

The using, driving, or operating upon any improved hard-surfaced public highway of this state of any tractor, truck, automobile, or other vehicle having corrugated, spiked, jointed, or other rough-surfaced metal tires is prohibited without first procuring from the county judge of the county in which the road is situated a license permitting such use or operation.
Acts 1919 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 222, § 1, p. 4253; C. & M. Dig., § 5509; Pope's Dig., § 7151; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-121.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 5 - PROTECTION OF ROAD SURFACES (§§ 27-66-501 — 27-66-507) › Section 27-66-503 - Penalty

Any person violating §
27-66-502
or, after publication of the notices required above, using, driving, or operating on any road or highway any vehicle, loaded or empty of greater weight than that described or provided for in such order or classification as the State Highway Commission shall have made with reference to a road or highway, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, that person shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). Each day's use of any such vehicle shall constitute a separate offense.
Acts 1919 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 222, § 4, p. 4253; C. & M. Dig., § 5512; Pope's Dig., § 7154; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-124.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 5 - PROTECTION OF ROAD SURFACES (§§ 27-66-501 — 27-66-507) › Section 27-66-504 - Civil liability

(a)
In addition to the penalty prescribed in §
27-66-503
, the person convicted of violation of §§
27-66-501
-
27-66-504
, or of the orders of classifications of the State Highway Commission shall be liable in a civil action for all damage occasioned or caused by such violation. However, as to a special trip for the movement of some particular thing or vehicle from one (1) location to another, the fine or penalty provided in §
27-66-503
shall not apply, but that person shall be civilly liable to the proper county or road improvement district for all damages which he may occasion to the public highway over which such movement is made.
(b)
When a public bridge or part of a public bridge is destroyed or damaged to the extent that the public bridge cannot be used safely, the person convicted of a violation of §
27-66-501
shall be civilly liable to the proper county or road improvement district for the following recoverable damages, including without limitation:
(1)
The cost of replacement of the public bridge or part of the public bridge without factoring in depreciation of the destroyed public bridge; and
(2)
The cost of removal of the damaged structure or debris.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 887,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.
Acts 1919 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 222, § 5, p. 4253; C. & M. Dig., § 5513; Pope's Dig., § 7155; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-125.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 5 - PROTECTION OF ROAD SURFACES (§§ 27-66-501 — 27-66-507) › Section 27-66-505 - Prohibition on use of heavily loaded vehicles during emergencies

(a)
The county court of each county acting through the county judge is given the authority in times of emergency caused by unusually heavy or long-continued rainfalls or by freezes, thaws, snows, and other unusual conditions caused by the elements to prohibit vehicles having a net load of more than three thousand five hundred pounds (3,500 lbs.) from operating on or over the county highways whereon such conditions exist until the time that the county judge shall determine that the emergency has passed.
(b)
Whenever, in the judgment of the county judge, an emergency arises in his or her county, as described in subsection (a) of this section, he or she shall cause notice to be posted in the county courthouse to the effect that until further notice the operation of vehicles having a net load of more than three thousand five hundred pounds (3,500 lbs.) over the highways described in the notice is prohibited. Notice shall also be posted in at least ten (10) of the most prominent and public places in the county and be published in a newspaper in the county if practicable. Notice may also be given by mail, telephone, or personal contact to persons operating vehicles, and notice by mail, telephone, or personal contact shall be sufficient notice for the purposes of this section.
(c)
If any person, after having knowledge that the operation of vehicles over the county highways or any designated part thereof having a net load of more than three thousand five hundred pounds (3,500 lbs.) has been prohibited by the county judge during an emergency as described in this section, violates this section by using the roads contrary to the order of the county judge, the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, he or she shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200).
Acts 1949, No. 172, §§ 1-3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-126 -- 76-128.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 5 - PROTECTION OF ROAD SURFACES (§§ 27-66-501 — 27-66-507) › Section 27-66-507 - Bond for driving heavy oil and gas equipment

(a)
If, prior to exploration and drilling for oil and gas, it appears that an oil and gas company or an individual who is to explore and drill will be driving heavy equipment on county roads or municipal streets, then the company or individual shall file a reasonable bond with the county or with the municipality, as the case may be, to cover anticipated damages to the county roads or municipal streets.
(b)
The bond shall be in an amount determined by the county road foreman and supervisor or by the municipal street department or appropriate municipal street official to be sufficient to repair damage caused to the roads or streets by operating the equipment on them.
Acts 1985, No. 608, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-146; Acts 1987, No. 44, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 6 - EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES (§§ 27-66-601 — 27-66-603) › Section 27-66-601 - State inmates working on roads

(a)
The State Highway Commission shall employ and work as many of the state inmates on the public roads as may not be otherwise employed by the Division of Correction.
(b)
State inmates working on roads shall be under the care and custody of wardens or other officers named by the division, with the approval of the Governor.
(c)
(1)
The commission shall determine the work to be done by inmates, the time, place, and manner of the work, and the number of inmates to work.
(2)
The work shall be under the direct supervision of the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
(3)
The department shall determine the number of inmates needed and shall prescribe the rules under which they shall work.
(d)
The pay of the wardens or other officers and the cost of maintenance, including clothing, food, and housing for the state inmates while working on roads shall be paid out of the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund.
(e)
The division is to receive no profits for working the inmates on state roads.
(f)
The pay of the wardens or other officers and the cost of clothing state inmates while on the public roads shall be borne by the state.
(g)
The cost of feeding and housing such inmates shall be borne by the county or improvement district where they may be worked.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 3163, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1029, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 1028, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 382, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 295,§ 13, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1913, No. 302, § 78; 1917, No. 105, § 10; C. & M. Dig., §§ 5213, 5218; Pope's Dig., §§ 6928, 6933; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-523, 76-528; Acts 1995, No. 1296, § 97.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 6 - EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES (§§ 27-66-601 — 27-66-603) › Section 27-66-602 - County inmates working on roads

(a)
(1)
It shall be lawful to provide in any highway charter for working the male county inmates of any county on the public roads and highways of that county.
(2)
But if the county inmates are to be worked in any district which is not coextensive with the county from which they came, then the working of inmates shall have to be approved by the county court having jurisdiction thereof, which approval shall rest in the sound discretion of the court, irrespective of any vote or endorsement by the electors of the district.
(b)
(1)
Every charter providing for working county inmates shall provide for the appointment of proper overseers, guards, physicians, and other officers and employees necessary and convenient for the control and well-being of the inmates.
(2)
The overseers, guards, and other officers herein provided for the working of county inmates shall have the same powers and duties with reference to the inmates as sheriffs, jailers, or other peace officers have under similar circumstances.
(c)
(1)
The expense of feeding, clothing, housing, and superintending county inmates shall be charged to the particular improvement district or county where they are worked according to the time they may be used in such district or county.
(2)
Each county shall be credited or paid the amount of costs incurred in the trial of every inmate, and the inmate shall receive the same credit per day on costs and fine or penalty as is now provided by law.
(3)
If county inmates are to be worked in any special improvement district, each county furnishing inmates may receive a flat compensation for their labor of not less than seventy-five cents (75¢) per day.
(4)
All payments and settlements provided in this section shall be made in cash.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 295,§ 13, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1913, No. 302, §§ 79-81; C. & M. Dig., §§ 5214-5216; Pope's Dig., §§ 6929-6931; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-524 -- 76-526.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 66 - ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE GENERALLY (§§ 27-66-101 — 27-66-603) › Subchapter 6 - EMPLOYMENT OF INMATES (§§ 27-66-601 — 27-66-603) › Section 27-66-603 - Inmates preparing road materials

Whenever practical, the State Highway Commission may engage such number of state or county inmates as may be available in preparing road materials at quarries or elsewhere, and the expenses of the work shall be charged to the state or the county or district receiving these materials.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 295,§ 13, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 1913, No. 302, § 82; C. & M. Dig., § 5217; Pope's Dig., § 6932; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-527.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-103) › Section 27-67-101 - Policy

It is declared to be the policy of the state to take over, construct, repair, maintain, and control all the public roads in this state comprising state highways as defined in this chapter.
Acts 1929, No. 65, § 3; Pope's Dig., § 6523; Acts 1941, No. 6, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-501.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-103) › Section 27-67-102 - Jurisdiction of county court

This act shall not be construed as divesting the county court of any of its original jurisdiction over the roads granted by the Arkansas Constitution, but the object of this act is to give aid and assistance in the maintenance and improvement of those parts of the public roads of the state laid out as such, so important to the people of the state that they have been designated as state highways. If any action required to be done under this act would interfere with the jurisdiction of the county court over roads conferred by the Arkansas Constitution, it shall be implied that it may be done on order of the county court or proper orders of superior courts on appeal.
Acts 1929, No. 65, § 58; Pope's Dig., § 6908; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-514.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-103) › Section 27-67-103 - Penalties

Any person who shall knowingly or willfully neglect or refuse to perform any duty either to do or to desist from doing anything which may be required by law relating to roads, highways, or other public improvements in this state shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by fine of not over five hundred dollars ($500) and by imprisonment for not over six (6) months.
Acts 1913, No. 302, § 84, p. 1179; C. & M. Dig., § 5219; Pope's Dig., § 6934; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-529.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-201 - Designation generally

(a)
State highways are declared to be those primary roads and secondary roads and connecting roads heretofore designated by the State Highway Commission, as shown by a map on file in the office of the commission, entitled "Map of the State of Arkansas Showing State Highway System", and marked "Revised March 1, 1929", including those portions of roads extending into or through incorporated towns and cities. The commission is required to preserve the map as a permanent record.
(b)
The commission is empowered, with any necessary consent of the proper federal authorities, to make, from time to time, necessary changes and additions to the roads designated as state highways that it may deem proper, and changes or additions shall become effective immediately upon the filing of a new map as a permanent and official record in the office of the commission. However, the commission shall not have authority to eliminate any part of the highway system.
Acts 1929, No. 65, § 3; Pope's Dig., § 6523; Acts 1941, No. 6, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-501.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-202 - Truck route designations

(a)
The State Highway Commission is authorized to designate and establish truck routes through cities and towns, which routes shall be properly marked by the commission.
(b)
Any truck route so established shall become a part of the state highway system, and the Arkansas Department of Transportation shall construct, repair, and maintain the truck route.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 383, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1953, No. 323, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-549.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-205 - Designation of roads to municipal airports

The State Highway Commission may include as a part of the state highway system the principal vehicular road leading to each municipal airport in this state that is located outside the city limits of a municipality and that:
(1)
Has one (1) or more hard-surfaced runways at least two thousand feet (2,000') in length;
(2)
Provides fueling services for aircraft; and
(3)
Provides overnight tie-down facilities for aircraft.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 590,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.
Acts 1971, No. 248, §§ 1-3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-557 -- 76-559.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-207 - Maintenance generally - Definition

(a)
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, "maintenance" means the constant making of all repairs necessary to preserve a smooth surface on the roads and to keep the bridges and culverts in a safe condition and shall include drainage work, the building of bridges and culverts, and the making of cuts and fills as the commission deems necessary to accomplish these purposes.
(b)
It shall be the duty of the State Highway Commission to begin as soon as practicable and continue the maintenance of all roads that are properly designated as state highways, to the end that every part of the state highways shall be properly, fairly, and equitably maintained and kept in repair.
(c)
So far as practicable, maintenance and repair shall be according to what is known as the patrol system. Laborers as are deemed necessary may be employed and kept continually on the roads, with the force, equipment, and materials that are necessary to perform the work.
(d)
The commission may make all necessary contracts, purchase all necessary equipment, supplies, and materials, and employ all necessary labor and is given all other necessary powers to provide for maintenance and shall pay for the same out of the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund.
(e)
(1)
However, all contracts so let in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) made by the commission shall be let on a competitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder.
(2)
The commission may reject all bids.
(3)
All bids shall be sealed bids and shall be filed with the commission in open session and opened and tabulated during that session of the commission.
(4)
No such contract shall be valid unless signed by at least three (3) members of the commission and attested to by the secretary.
Acts 1929, No. 65, § 18; Pope's Dig., § 6527; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-505.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-208 - Purchase of materials - Bids

The State Highway Commission may purchase materials in quantities for use on the public works and may let contracts by the terms of which the contractors shall be required to use these materials in carrying out their contracts. However, any material purchased shall be bought only after advertising for bids, which bids are to be received and opened in public.
Acts 1929, No. 65, § 64; Pope's Dig., § 6914; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-509.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-209 - Priority of native resources used in construction and maintenance

(a)
It is declared to be the policy of the state to encourage, in every way possible, the development of natural resources of the state, which resources are suitable for use in highway construction.
(b)
Whenever upon investigation the commission shall find that suitable materials produced, mined, or manufactured in the State of Arkansas can be obtained as cheaply and are of as good quality as materials produced, mined, or manufactured in other states, the commission is empowered and authorized to specify that the materials produced, mined, or manufactured in Arkansas shall be used in the construction or maintenance of the roads of this state.
Acts 1927, No. 103, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 6495; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-224.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-210 - Sales and severance tax exemption - Sand and gravel

When the Arkansas Department of Transportation, by lease or by oral or written agreement with the landowner, enters upon the land and severs sand and gravel for the purpose of using the sand and gravel in the repair, maintenance, or construction of state highways, then the department as the producer and the owner of the land shall not be liable for, nor shall they pay to the State of Arkansas, any sales or gross receipts taxes or severance taxes upon the sand and gravel.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 386, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1953, No. 345, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-243.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-211 - Interference with traffic control devices or barricades - Definition

(a)
As used in this section, "traffic control device" means a sign, signal, marking, or device placed or erected for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.
(b)
If a traffic control device or barricade is placed or erected to close a public highway under the authority of the Arkansas Department of Transportation or local authorities on public highways, it is unlawful for a person to:
(1)
Drive a vehicle through, under, over, or around the traffic control device or barricade; or
(2)
Remove the traffic control device or barricade and enter the closed area.
(c)
A violation of this section is punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100).
(d)
A person convicted under this section shall:
(1)
Pay restitution in an amount equal to the actual cost of the emergency response and the replacement of any damaged or lost emergency equipment; and
(2)
Be liable for damage to property, or injury or death to a person caused by the violation.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 789,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1929, No. 65, § 56; Pope's Dig., § 6906; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-513.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-212 - Changing or widening roads - Role of county court

(a)
The State Highway Commission may call upon the county court to change or widen, in the manner provided by §
14-298-121
, any state highway in the county where the state highway engineer deems it necessary for the purpose of constructing, improving, or maintaining the road.
(b)
In the event the county court should refuse to widen the road as requested, the commission may refuse to construct, improve, or maintain that portion of the road until a suitable right-of-way is provided.
(c)
This section and §
14-298-120
shall be cumulative to all existing laws and parts of laws and shall not be construed as to repeal any existing laws or part of laws unless they are in conflict herewith, and then only to the extent of the conflict.
Acts 1965, No. 387, §§ 3, 4; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-928, 76-928n.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-213 - Fog lines - White stripes on road edges

(a)
The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall paint and maintain white stripes not less than four inches (4") in width on both edges of all hard-surfaced primary and secondary state roads with a pavement width of twenty feet (20') or more and carrying one thousand (1,000) or more vehicles daily, which roads are constructed in this state.
(b)
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any noncontrolled-access roads in urban areas and any other state highway determined by an engineering study not to warrant such striping.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 387, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1969, No. 99, §§ 1, 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-555, 76-556.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-214 - Construction and maintenance of railroad crossings

(a)
It shall be the duty of the members of the State Highway Commission and of the state highway engineers, on all trips in the state, to particularly observe crossings of railroads on state highways.
(b)
It shall be the duty of all railroad companies and the owners of tramroads whose lines intersect or cross any of the highways of the state to improve that part of the roadway between their tracks and to the end of the cross ties on each side with the same material, whatever practicable, with the same foundation and surface as that in the adjoining portions of the roadway and to maintain such crossings in a good state of repair.
(c)
The commission shall have power and authority to require any and all railway companies to build and construct roads under their tracks at such crossings as, in the judgment of the commission, will be for the best and safest interest of the traveling public.
(d)
The commission may join with any railroad company in construction or paying not exceeding fifty percent (50%) of the cost of constructing any overhead or undergrade railroad crossing on a state highway or on an extension or continuation of any state highway through a town or city.
Acts 1929, No. 65, § 59; Pope's Dig., § 6909; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-517.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-215 - Maintenance of detour roads

(a)
(1)
When the Arkansas Department of Transportation has been forced to bar traffic from a flooded section of a state highway by putting up signs directing the traffic from the state highway or by stationing state highway employees on the state highway to direct traffic from the state highway over a road surfaced with gravel, crushed stone, or other type of surfacing or pavement, and when it appears that the detour road will continue to be needed, the department shall have authority, as it deems right and proper, to do any repair to the surfacing of the road over which traffic is diverted by the department, as may equal, in the judgment of the department, the amount of wear and tear that is caused to the road by the traffic diverted over it.
(2)
However, the department shall only do such maintenance work on the surface of the road as in the judgment of the department it feels that it has caused wear to the surface of the road by reason of the traffic diverted over it from time to time.
(b)
In order that this maintenance work may be legally done on such surfaced road, the road used for this purpose shall henceforth be a part of the state highway system.
(c)
It is distinctly understood that this section shall not force any maintenance of a road on the department but will merely make it legal for the department to do the amount of maintenance on the surfaced road that it feels it has caused to be needed to the surface of the road by traffic diverted over it by action of the department through its employees.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 388, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1939, No. 359, §§ 1, 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 76-515, 76-516.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-216 - Repair of county roads damaged in construction or maintenance of state highway

The Arkansas Department of Transportation is authorized to make any necessary repairs to a county road to restore the road to its former condition of repair in those instances where damages to the county road may have been occasioned by the department in connection with the construction or maintenance of a state highway or by any contractor performing work upon any state highway under contract with the department.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 389, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1963, No. 127, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-551.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-217 - Direction signs to institutions of higher education

The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall design, erect, and maintain signs at the closest and all other proper exits and intersections of state and federal highways designating exits to any and all institutions of higher education and postsecondary vocational and technical schools, whether public or private, upon the request of the institution.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 390, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1979, No. 584, § 1; 1985, No. 803, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-564.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-218 - Digging up highways without authorization

(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to dig up any portion of the state highways or to otherwise disturb them for the purpose of laying pipelines, sewers, poles, wires, ditches, railways, or for any other purpose, except as authorized by an order of the State Highway Commission.
(b)
(1)
All work shall be done in accordance with the rules that may be prescribed by the commission.
(2)
The work shall be done under the supervision of and to the satisfaction of the state highway engineer.
(3)
All cost of replacing the highway in as good a condition as it was before being disturbed shall be paid by the person, firm, or corporation to whom or in whose behalf authority is given.
(c)
(1)
Before the work is done, a check certified by a solvent bank and payable to the commission in an amount to be fixed by the state highway engineer shall be deposited with the commission, to be used by the commission in restoring the road to its former condition if the person who disturbs the road fails to do so.
(2)
The check is to be returned if the road is restored to its former condition by the person doing the work.
(3)
Otherwise, the commission shall so restore the highway.
(4)
Any balance remaining after the work is paid for by the commission shall be remitted to the person depositing the check.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 3166, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1929, No. 65, § 57; Pope's Dig., § 6907; A.S.A. 1947, § 76-531.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-219 - John Paul Hammerschmidt Highway

(a)
U.S. 71 from the I-40 intersection to the Missouri line shall be designated as the "John Paul Hammerschmidt Highway" within the State of Arkansas.
(b)
In addition to that portion of U.S. 71 designated the "John Paul Hammerschmidt Highway" under subsection (a) of this section, that portion of U.S. 71 from its intersection with I-540 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, to the State Highway 10 exit near Greenwood, Arkansas, is hereby designated a part of the John Paul Hammerschmidt Highway.
(c)
It shall be the responsibility of the Arkansas Department of Transportation to place appropriate highway identifying signs on the highway.
(d)
The department shall erect appropriate signs along the section of the highway designated herein, indicating that the highway has been designated the "John Paul Hammerschmidt Highway".
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 391, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1989, No. 6, § 1; 1989, No. 535, § 1.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-220 - The Highway of Hope

(a)
The route along U.S. 67 and State 7 between Hope and Hot Springs regularly traveled by the Honorable Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, during his childhood, is hereby designated "The Highway of Hope".
(b)
The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall erect appropriate signs along U.S. 67 and State 7 between Hope and Hot Springs designating the route as "The Highway of Hope".
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 392, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 1993, No. 784, §§ 1, 2.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-222 - State police officer highway dedication program - Definition

(a)
(1)
"State police officer" means any employee of the Division of Arkansas State Police who holds the rank of state trooper or higher rank, including the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police.
(2)
The term "state police officer" does not include any:
(A)
Civilian employee of the division; or
(B)
Person who is temporarily employed as a state trooper during an emergency.
(b)
A state police officer who has been killed on active duty within the State of Arkansas shall have a one-mile portion of a highway dedicated to him or her at or near the location of his or her death.
(c)
The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall designate a one-mile portion of a highway as the "Trooper __________________ Memorial Highway" by placing and maintaining appropriate identifying signs with a blue background and reflective silver lettering on the highway.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 6050, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 394, eff. 8/1/2017.
Acts 2007, No. 848, § 1; 2009, No. 483, § 8.
Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 27 - TRANSPORTATION (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-117-105) › Subtitle 5 - HIGHWAYS, ROADS, AND STREETS (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-76-713) › Chapter 67 - STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM (§§ 27-67-101 — 27-67-324) › Subchapter 2 - HIGHWAY DESIGNATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE (§§ 27-67-201 — 27-67-230) › Section 27-67-223 - Rock 'n' Roll Highway 67

(a)
The route along Highway 67 through Jackson County, Lawrence County, Randolph County, and White County regularly traveled by the great legends of early rock 'n' roll is hereby designated "Rock 'n' Roll Highway 67".
(b)
The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall erect appropriate signs along Highway 67 through Jackson County, Lawrence County, Randolph County, and White County designating the route as "Rock 'n' Roll Highway 67".
Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 395, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 26,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.
Acts 2009, No. 497, § 2.