U.S. Route 70 in Arkansas

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 70 in Arkansas. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 70.

U.S. Route 70 (US 70) runs east–west through across the heart of Arkansas for 287.2 miles (462.2 km). US 70 enters the state from Oklahoma west of De Queen, and exits to Tennessee at Memphis, running concurrently with Interstate 55 (I-55), US 61, US 64, US 78, and US 79. The highway passes through the major cities of Hot Springs, Little Rock, North Little Rock, and West Memphis.

U.S. Highway 70
US 70 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ArDOT
Length	287.2 mi[1][2][3][4] (462.2 km)
Existed	1926 (1926)[5]–present
Major junctions
West end	US 70 at the Oklahoma state line
Major intersections	US 270 in Hot Springs I-30 near Haskell I-430 / AR 5 in Little Rock I-630 in Little Rock I-30 / US 65 / US 67 / US 167 in North Little Rock I-440 in North Little Rock US 63 in Hazen US 49 in Brinkley US 79 / AR 218 in Jennette I-55 / US 61 / US 64 / US 78 / US 79 in West Memphis
East end	I-55 / US 61 / US 64 / US 70 / US 78 / US 79 / SR 1 at the Tennessee state line
Location
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
Counties	Sevier, Howard, Pike, Montgomery, Hot Spring, Garland, Saline, Pulaski, Lonoke, Prairie, Monroe, St. Francis, Crittenden
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Arkansas Highway System Interstate US State Business Spurs Suffixed Scenic Heritage
← AR 69 → US 71

Between Oklahoma and Hot Springs National Park, US 70 is largely rural and two-lane. The route bypasses much of the city to the south and then serves as the arterial road between Hot Springs National Park and Little Rock. The highway runs concurrently with I-30 between a place north of Haskell to southwestern Little Rock, where it splits to traverse through downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock. Between North Little Rock and its merge into I-55 at West Memphis, the route is principally two-lane and has been supplanted by I-40, which always runs within a few miles of the highway.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1][2][3][4]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Sevier	​	0.0	0.0		US 70 west – Broken Bow, Hugo	Continuation into Oklahoma
	​	5.3	8.5		US 70B east – De Queen Business District	Western terminus of US 70B; Business District not signed westbound
	De Queen	6.5	10.5		AR 399 south (College Drive) – Cossatot Community College	Northern terminus of AR 399
		8.6	13.8		US 59 north / US 71 north / US 70B west (North Lakeside Drive) to AR 41 – Foreman, Fort Smith, Mena	Western end of US 59/US 71/US 371 concurrency; northern terminus of US 371; eastern terminus of US 70B; Mena not signed westbound
	​	16.6	26.7		US 59 south / US 71 south / US 371 south – Texarkana	Eastern end of US 59/US 71/US 371 concurrency
Howard	Dierks	28.5	45.9		US 278 east (East Fourth Street)	Western end of US 278 concurrency
	​	31.8	51.2		US 278 west – Umpire, Wickes	Eastern end of US 278 concurrency
Pike	Newhope	40.8	65.7		AR 369 south	Western end of AR 369 concurrency
	​	45.0	72.4		AR 369 north – Langley	Eastern end of AR 369 concurrency
	Kirby	55.3	89.0		AR 27 south / AR 84 east – Murfreesboro, Amity	Western end of AR 84 concurrency; northern terminus of AR 27
	Salem	59.9	96.4		AR 84 west – Langley	Eastern end of AR 84 concurrency
	Glenwood	64.0	103.0		AR 8 east – Amity	Western end of AR 8 concurrency
		64.2	103.3		US 70B east (Elm Street) / AR 8 west to AR 27	Eastern end of AR 8 concurrency; western terminus of US 70B
		65.2	104.9		US 70B west (East Broadway) – Glenwood Business District	Eastern terminus of US 70B; Business District not signed eastbound
Montgomery	​	71.1	114.4		AR 182 east – Amity	Western terminus of AR 182
Hot Spring	No major junctions
Garland	Hempwallace	85.5	137.6		AR 227 north (Sunshine Road) – Sunshine	Southern terminus of AR 227
	​	89.7	144.4		AR 192 east (Marion Anderson Road)	Western terminus of AR 192
	Hot Springs	91.0– 91.3	146.5– 146.9	Lake Hamilton
		91.8	147.7	Western end of freeway section
				2	US 270 west / US 70B east (Airport Road) – Mount Ida	Western end of US 270 concurrency; western terminus of US 70B
		93.3– 93.8	150.2– 151.0	3	McLeod Street
		94.4– 94.9	151.9– 152.7	4	AR 88 (Higdon Ferry Road)
		95.2– 95.6	153.2– 153.9	5	AR 7 (Central Avenue)	Signed as exits 5A (south) and 5B (north)
		97.5– 98.0	156.9– 157.7	7	AR 128 (Carpenter Dam Road)
		99.5– 99.9	160.1– 160.8	9	US 270 east / US 270B west (Malvern Avenue)	Eastern end of US 270 concurrency; eastern terminus of US 270B
	​	102.0– 102.4	164.2– 164.8	11 (EB) 6 (WB)	US 70B west / AR 5 north – Hot Springs, Fountain Lake, Hot Springs Village	Signed as exits 11B (west) and 11A (north) eastbound, exits 6A (west) and 6B (north) westbound
	​	102.8	165.4	Eastern end of freeway section
	​	112.7	181.4		AR 128 west – Fountain Lake	Eastern terminus of AR 128
Saline	​	114.1	183.6		AR 88 west – Lonsdale	Eastern terminus of AR 88
	​	121.4	195.4	Western end of freeway section
				111	I-30 west – Texarkana	Western end of I-30 concurrency
see I-30 and I-430
Pulaski	Little Rock	140.5	226.1	1	I-430 north / AR 5 south (Stagecoach Road)	Eastern end of I-430 concurrency; northern terminus of AR 5
				Eastern end of freeway section
		143.2	230.5		AR 300 west (Colonel Glenn Road)	Eastern terminus of AR 300
		149.1	240.0		AR 367 south (Arch Street)	Northern terminus of AR 367; former US 167
		149.2	240.1		AR 365 south (Roosevelt Road)	Western end of AR 365 concurrency; former US 65 south
		150.2	241.7		I-630	Exit 1B on I-630
		151.0	243.0		AR 10 west (La Harpe Boulevard)	Interchange; southbound exit only
	Little Rock–North Little Rock line	151.0– 151.4	243.0– 243.7	Broadway Bridge over Arkansas River
	North Little Rock	151.4	243.7		AR 365 north (Broadway Street)	Eastern end of AR 365 concurrency; former US 65 north
		152.0	244.6		I-30 (US 65 / US 67 / US 167) to I-40 – Little Rock, Hot Springs, Texarkana, Shorter College	Signed for Hot Springs/Texarkana westbound, Shorter College eastbound; exit 141 on I-30
		154.4	248.5		US 165 south (Baucum Pike) – England, Stuttgart	Northern terminus of US 165
		155.9	250.9		To I-40	Access via Jacksonville Highway
		158.0– 158.2	254.3– 254.6		I-440 to I-40 – Little Rock	Exit 10 on I-440
	Galloway	160.2	257.8		AR 391 to I-40
Lonoke	​	167.5	269.6		AR 15 to I-40 – England, Cabot
	​	172.6	277.8		AR 31 south – Pettus	Western end of AR 31 concurrency
	Lonoke	173.0	278.4		Fish Hatchery Road (AR 943 east)
		173.8	279.7		AR 89 north to I-40	Southern terminus of AR 89
		174.8	281.3		AR 31 north (North Center Street)	Eastern end of AR 31 concurrency
	​	180.1	289.8		AR 381 south – Culler	Northern terminus of AR 381
	Carlisle	183.2	294.8		AR 13 to I-40 – Humnoke
Prairie	​	187.5	301.8		AR 86 east to AR 343 – Slovak	Western terminus of AR 86
	​	189.5	305.0		AR 980 – Airport	Northern terminus of AR 980
	Hazen	192.5	309.8		AR 249 north	Southern terminus of AR 249
		193.7	311.7		US 63 to I-40 – Des Arc	Western end of US 63 concurrency
		194.5– 194.8	313.0– 313.5		US 63 south – Stuttgart	Eastern end of US 63 concurrency
	De Valls Bluff	199.8	321.5		AR 33 south – Roe, Clarendon	Western end of AR 33 concurrency
		201.2	323.8		Glover-Roberts Bridge over the White River
	Biscoe	203.9	328.1		AR 33 north to I-40	Eastern end of AR 33 concurrency
Monroe	​	213.8	344.1		AR 17 south to US 79 – Clarendon, Pine Bluff	Northern terminus of AR 17; Pine Bluff not signed eastbound
	Brinkley	216.7	348.7		US 49 south – Helena–West Helena	Western end of US 49 concurrency
		217.4	349.9		AR 238 east (West Sycamore Street)	Western terminus of AR 238
		218.3	351.3		US 49 north (North Main Street) to I-40	Eastern end of US 49 concurrency
St. Francis	Wheatley	223.7	360.0		AR 78 to I-40 – Moro
	​	230.4	370.8		AR 259 south – Moro	Northern terminus of AR 259
	Palestine	235.8	379.5		AR 261 to I-40 – Holub
	Forrest City	241.0– 241.3	387.9– 388.3		AR 1 to I-40 – Haynes, Marianna, Wynne, Jonesboro	Interchange
		243.5	391.9		AR 1B (Washington Street) to I-40 west – Wynne, Jonesboro	Signed for I-40 eastbound, Wynne/Jonesboro westbound
	Madison	247.1	397.7		AR 50
	​	250.4	403.0		AR 38 to I-40 – Widener
	Hicks Station	255.7	411.5		AR 75 south – Round Pond	Western end of AR 75 concurrency
	​	259.7	417.9		I-40 / AR 75 north – Parkin	Eastern end of AR 75 concurrency; exit 256 on I-40
	Shell Lake	263.2	423.6		AR 149 south – Hughes	Western end of AR 149 concurrency
		263.4	423.9		AR 149 north to I-40 – Earle	Eastern end of AR 149 concurrency
	​	264.7	426.0		AR 357 south	Northern terminus of AR 357
Crittenden	Jennette	268.5	432.1		US 79 / AR 218 east to I-40 – Hughes	Western terminus of AR 218
	​	273.6	440.3		AR 50 north – Crawfordsville	Southern terminus of AR 50
	Lehi	274.5	441.8		I-40 west (US 79 south) / AR 147 to US 64 south – Horseshoe Lake, Hughes	Signed for US 64/Hughes westbound, Horseshoe Lake eastbound; exit 271 on I-40
		274.8	442.2		I-40 east (US 79 north) – Memphis	Eastbound exit only
	West Memphis	278.4	448.0		AR 118 north (College Boulevard) to I-40 – West Memphis Airport	Southern terminus of AR 118
		280.7	451.7		AR 77 north (North Missouri Street) / Great River Road north – Marion	Southern terminus of AR 77
		281.2	452.5		AR 191 north (North Seventh Street)	Southern terminus of AR 191
		283.2	455.8		AR 38 north to I-40 / I-55 north	Southern terminus of AR 38; I-55 not signed westbound
		283.5– 284.2	456.2– 457.4		Western end of freeway section
				3B	I-55 north / US 61 north / US 64 west / US 78 west / US 79 south – West Memphis, St. Louis, MO	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; western end of I-55/US 61/US 64/US 78/US 79 concurrency
	​	285.8– 286.0	460.0– 460.3	1	Bridgeport Road
Mississippi River		286.4– 287.2	460.9– 462.2	Memphis & Arkansas Bridge
					I-55 south / US 61 south / US 64 east / US 70 east / US 78 east / US 79 north / SR 1 east – Memphis	Continuation into Tennessee
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus