Arkansas Highway 254
{{short description|State highway in Arkansas, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=AR
|type=AR
|route=254
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|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=AR 254 highlighted in red
|length_mi=20.68
|length_round=2
|established=1958
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=AR|AR|27}}
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=AR|US|65}} at Dennard
|previous_type=AR
|previous_route=253
|next_type=AR
|next_route=255
}}
Highway 254 (AR 254, Ark. 254, and Hwy. 254) is an east–west state highway in Van Buren County and Searcy County. The route of {{convert|20.68|mi|km}} runs from Highway 27 east to US Route 65 (US 65) at Dennard.{{Cite map |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title= General Highway Map, Van Buren County, Arkansas |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/VanBurenCounty.pdf |cartography= Planning and Research Division |format= PDF |date= May 27, 2010 |scale= 1:62500 |accessdate= April 17, 2012 }}
Route description
File:Highway_254_at_Dennard,_Arkansas.jpg
Highway 254 begins at Highway 27 in rural parts of northwestern Van Buren County. The route winds north through hills and farmland to enter Searcy County, then heads east to re-enter Van Buren County.{{Cite map |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title= General Highway Map, Searcy County, Arkansas |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/SearcyCounty.pdf |cartography= Planning and Research Division |format= PDF |date= August 3, 2007 |scale= 1:62500 |accessdate= April 17, 2012 }} The route terminates at US 65 at Dennard. The route does not cross any other state highways.
History
The route first appears on the state highway map in January 1959 as a {{convert|5|mi|km|adj=on}} unpaved road shooting west from Dennard.{{ cite map|title=Highway Map of Arkansas |date=January 1959 |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1959.tif |format=TIF |publisher=Arkansas State Highway Commission |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313203011/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1959.tif |archivedate=2012-03-13 }} The road was later extended east through Booster and south to Highway 16 in 1967.{{ cite map|title=1967 Highway Map of Arkansas |year=1967 |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1967.tif |format=TIF |publisher=Arkansas State Highway Department |cartography=Planning and Research Division |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013000649/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1967.tif |archivedate=2011-10-13 }} Highway 254 was rerouted along the current alignment around 1981.
Major intersections
{{ARint
|county=Van Buren
|location=none
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|27|city1=Tilly|city2=Canaan|city3=Marshall}}
|notes=Western terminus
}}
{{Jctco
|state=AR
|county=Searcy
}}
{{ARint
|county=Van Buren
|location=Dennard
|mile=20.68
|road={{Jct|state=AR|US|65|city1=Marshall|city2=Clinton}}
|notes=Eastern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm}}
See also
- {{Portal-inline|United States}}
- {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
References
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