Arkansas Highway 302
{{short description|State highway in Arkansas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
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|type=AR
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|map_custom=yes
|length_mi1=2.994
|direction_a1=West
|terminus_a1={{jct|state=AR|AR|86}} near Hazen
|direction_b1=East
|terminus_b1={{jct|state=AR|AR|249}} near Hazen
|length_mi2=3.189
|direction_a2=West
|terminus_a2={{jct|state=AR|AR|33}} near DeValls Bluff
|direction_b2=East
|terminus_b2={{jct|state=AR|CR|218|CR|222|dab1=Prairie|dab2=Prairie}} near the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
|length_mi3=10.932
|direction_a3=West
|terminus_a3={{jct|state=AR|US-Bus|79|dab1=Clarendon}} in Clarendon
|direction_b3=East
|terminus_b3={{jct|state=AR|AR|17}} near Brinkley
|previous_type=AR
|previous_route=301
|next_type=AR
|next_route=303
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Highway 302 (AR 302, Ark. 302, and Hwy. 302) is a designation for three east–west state highways in the Arkansas Grand Prairie. All three are low traffic rural highways. The first segment was created in 1963, with the other two added ten years later. One segment was part of the Trail of Tears and is preserved as an Arkansas Heritage Trail. All are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
Route description
=Rural Prairie County=
Highway 302 begins at Highway 86 in western Prairie County, a flat agricultural county in the Arkansas Delta. It runs due east as a section line road through agricultural fields, bridging Mitchell Branch and Mellon Branch and passing rural residences and outbuildings. Continuing east, the highway crosses an overflow branch of Barnes Creek before intersecting Highway 249. Highway 302 terminates at this junction, with Highway 249 continuing east and south.{{Cite map |author= Planning and Research Division |sections= |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title= General Highway Map, Prairie County, Arkansas |location= Little Rock |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/PrairieCounty.pdf |orig-year=August 9, 2000 |date=February 6, 2008 |edition=Revised |scale= 1:62,500 |oclc=918862200 |accessdate= December 12, 2018 }}
=Cache River=
File:Arkansas Highway 302 begins.jpg
Highway 302 begins at Highway 33 in eastern Prairie County south of DeValls Bluff, one of the dual county seats. Though beginning in an agricultural area, the highway quickly enters the dense forests associated with the riparian buffer of the Cache River. State maintenance ends at an intersection with County Road 222 and Old Petty Lane near the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, with the roadway continuing east as County Road 218.
=Monroe County=
File:Arkansas_Highway_302_in_Monroe_County.jpg
A third section of Highway 302 begins in Clarendon, the small-town county seat of Monroe County where the Cache River meets the White River. The route begins at US Highway 79 Business (US 79B, Madison Street) east of downtown near the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway tracks. Highway 302 runs north as 9th Street, passing the Clarendon High School and Harding Field, the Clarendon Lions high school football field. The highway turns north, exiting Clarendon and heading northward toward Brinkley, roughly paralleling the Cache River through sparsely populated agricultural lands. Shortly after passing through the unincorporated community of Dobbs Landing, Highway 302 intersects Highway 241. Highway 302 continues northward through Allendale to an intersection with Highway 17 just south of US 70, where it terminates.{{Cite map |author=((Transportation Planning and Policy Division)) |sections= |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title= General Highway Map, Monroe County, Arkansas |location= Little Rock |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/MonroeCounty.pdf |orig-year=May 2, 2000 |date=October 12, 2016 |edition=Revised |scale= 1:62,500 |oclc=915080096 |accessdate= January 5, 2019 }}
History
Highway 302 was created by the Arkansas State Highway Commission (ASHC) on April 24, 1963, east from Highway 33.{{cite web |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo53-69.pdf |title=Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission |date=1953–1969 |publisher=Arkansas State Highway Commission |location=Little Rock |accessdate=January 5, 2019 |oclc=21798861 |pages=913–917 |archive-date=October 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001143728/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo53-69.pdf |url-status=dead }}
In 1973, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 9 of 1973. The act directed county judges and legislators to designate up to {{convert|12|mi|km}} of county roads as state highways in each county.{{cite web |title=Development of Highway and Transportation Legislation in Arkansas: A Review of the Acts Relative to Administering and Financing Highways and Transportation in Arkansas |page=13 |publisher= Arkansas Department of Transportation |location=Little Rock |author=((Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department: Planning and Research Division, Policy Analysis Section)) |date=2010|url=https://www.arkansashighways.com/Trans_Plan_Policy/policy_legis/publications/Dev%20Hwy%20Legislation.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206150754/https://www.ardot.gov/Trans_Plan_Policy/policy_legis/publications/Dev%20Hwy%20Legislation.pdf |archive-date=February 6, 2020|url-status=dead }} As a result of this legislation, the other two segments were created: in Prairie County{{harvp|"Minutes"|1970–1979|p= 1143}}. and between Highway 241 and Highway 17 in Monroe County.{{harvp|"Minutes"|1970–1979|p= 1141}}. The Monroe County segment later replaced Highway 241 south to Clarendon on January 26, 1977, to improve route continuity.{{harvp|"Minutes"|1970–1979|p=392}}.
The segment between Clarendon and Highway 17 was part of the Trail of Tears, and is designated as an Arkansas Heritage Trail.{{ cite map |title= Map of the Trail of Tears portion of the Arkansas Heritage Trails System |author= Arkansas Historic Preservation Program |publisher=Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System |url= http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/media-detail.aspx?mediaID=12164 |work=Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture |location= Little Rock |accessdate= January 5, 2019 }}
Major intersections
{{ARint
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|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=AR|AR|86}}
|notes=Western terminus
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{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=2.994
|road={{jct|state=AR|AR|249}}
|notes=Eastern terminus
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{{jctgap}}
{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=AR|AR|33|city1=Clarendon|city2=DeValls Bluff}}
|notes=Western terminus
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{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=3.189
|road={{jct|state=AR|CR|218|CR|222|dab1=Prairie|dab2=Prairie}}
|notes=Eastern terminus
}}
{{jctgap}}
{{ARint
|county=Monroe
|cspan=3
|location=Clarendon
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=AR|US-Bus|79|dab1=Clarendon|name1=Madison Street}}
|notes=Western terminus
}}
{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=6.445
|road={{jct|state=AR|AR|241|dir1=north}}
|notes=AR 241 southern terminus
}}
{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=10.932
|road={{jct|state=AR|AR|17}}
|notes=Eastern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm}}
See also
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References
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Sources
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- {{cite web |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo53-69.pdf |title=Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission |date=1953–1969 |publisher=Arkansas State Highway Commission |location=Little Rock |oclc=21798861 |access-date=December 5, 2020 |ref={{harvid|"Minutes"|1953–1969}} |archive-date=October 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001143728/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo53-69.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo70-79.pdf |title=Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission |date=1970–1979 |publisher=Arkansas State Highway Commission |location=Little Rock |oclc=21798861 |access-date=December 5, 2020 |ref={{harvid|"Minutes"|1970–1979}} |archive-date=November 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105110847/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo70-79.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo80-89.pdf |title=Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission |date=1980–1989 |publisher=Arkansas State Highway Commission |location=Little Rock |oclc=21798861 |access-date=December 5, 2020 |ref={{harvid|"Minutes"|1980–1989}} }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo90-99.pdf |title=Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission |date=1990–1999 |publisher=Arkansas State Highway Commission |location=Little Rock |oclc=21798861 |access-date=December 5, 2020 |ref={{harvid|"Minutes"|1990–1999}} |archive-date=July 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721012341/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo90-99.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo00-09.pdf |title=Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission |date=2000–2009 |publisher=Arkansas State Highway Commission |location=Little Rock |oclc=21798861 |access-date=December 5, 2020 |ref={{harvid|"Minutes"|2000–2009}} }}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo10-19.pdf |title=Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission |date=2010–2019 |publisher=Arkansas State Highway Commission |location=Little Rock |oclc=21798861 |access-date=December 5, 2020 |ref={{harvid|"Minutes"|2010–2019}} |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043247/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo10-19.pdf |url-status=dead }}
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External links
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Category:Arkansas Heritage Trails System