Special routes of U.S. Route 63#Willow Springs business route

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U.S. Route 63 Business (US 63B and Hwy. 63B) is a {{convert|0.838|mi|km|adj=on}} business route of U.S. Route 63 in the small town of Hermitage, Arkansas.

;Route description

US 63B begins at US 63 in Hermitage in South Arkansas. Highway 160 also comes into this junction along US 63, turning south at the junction. US 63B runs north as Main Street, passing through the commercial district of the town before turning right onto Grand Avenue. Now running east, US 63B passes one block north of the historic Hermitage City Hall and Jail and Hermitage Volunteer Fire Department before continuing east and terminating at US 63.

;History

The designation was created by the Arkansas State Highway Commission along a former segment of US 63 on January 11, 2000.

;Major intersections

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U.S. Route 63 Business (US 63B and Hwy. 63B) is a {{convert|2.699|mi|km|adj=on}} business route of U.S. Route 63 in Warren, the county seat of Bradley County, Arkansas.

;Route description

File:Highway 63B and 278B in Warren, AR 002.jpg

The route's southern terminus is at US 63 at the northern city limits of Warren. The junction also serves as the northern terminus of Highway 189. US 63B runs south as Myrtle Street (past Warren High School) until turning onto Bond Street near the Davis-Adams House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).{{NRISref|2010a}} After one block, the route turns south onto Main Street and runs through downtown Warren. Passing historic structures, including the Bradley County Courthouse and Clerk's Office, Blankinship Motor Company Building, Warren Post Office, and the Ederington House (all NRHP listed). Between Church Street and Central Street the highway overlaps with US 278B.{{Cite map |author= ((Transportation Planning and Policy Division)) |publisher=Arkansas Department of Transportation |title= Map of Warren, Bradley County, Arkansas |url= https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/warren_city.pdf |format=PDF |date= January 2019 |scale=1:62500 |accessdate= June 9, 2022 }} After the Central Street intersection, US 63B runs south to terminate at its parent route.{{Cite map |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title=General Highway Map, Bradley County, Arkansas |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/BradleyCounty.pdf |cartography=Planning and Research Division |format=PDF |date=June 18, 2008 |scale=1:62500 |accessdate=December 12, 2012 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127003903/https://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/BradleyCounty.pdf |url-status=dead }}

;History

The route was created by the Arkansas State Highway Commission as Highway 15 Business (AR 15B) along a former alignment of AR 15 following completion of a bypass around downtown Warren.{{cite web |url=https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/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= June 3, 2022 |ref={{harvid|"Minutes"|1990–1999}} |pages= 898–899 }} Shortly thereafter, the route was renumbered to US 63B when US 63 supplanted AR 15 as part of an extension south from West Memphis to Ruston, Louisiana; approved by AASHTO on October 2, 1999.

;Major intersections

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U.S. Route 63 Business (US 63B and Hwy. 63B) is a business route of {{convert|2.735|mi|km}} in Craighead County, Arkansas.

;Route description

US 63B begins at US 63 at the southern edge of the small town of Bono in the Arkansas Delta.{{Cite map |author=Planning and Research Division |publisher=Arkansas Department of Transportation |title=General Highway Map, Benton County, Arkansas |url= https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CraigheadCounty.pdf |location=Little Rock |format=PDF |date=May 12, 2021 |orig-year=March 7, 2013 |scale=1:62500 |edition=Revised |oclc=910921484 |access-date=May 30, 2022 }} The roadway continues northwesterly, paralleling the BNSF Railway tracks through a commercial part of town. US 63B serves as the eastern terminus of Highway 230 (Church Street) near the center of town before continuing northwest to terminate at the parent route.

;History

US 63B was created in Bono along a former alignment of US 63 following construction of a new bypass to the west of town. The Arkansas State Highway Commission created the designation on November 17, 2004,{{cite web |url=https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/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= May 30, 2022 |ref={{harvid|"Minutes"|2000–2009}} |page= 708 }} and the designation was approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) on May 29, 2014.

;Major intersections

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U.S. Highway 63 Business (US 63B and Hwy. 63B) is a business route of {{convert|4.26|mi|km}} in Lawrence County, Arkansas.

;Route description

File:Hoxie AR 2013-04-27 016.jpg

US 63B begins at US 63 in Walnut Ridge, a small city on Crowley's Ridge in Northeast Arkansas. The two-lane road runs northwest, paralleling the BNSF Railway tracks and crossing under a freeway segment of US 67 and US 412 (with no connection) before entering Hoxie as Lindsey Street. After passing through a residential section, US 63B crosses the Union Pacific Railroad tracks before intersecting AR 367; the two routes form a concurrency southbound as Texas Street for four blocks. The concurrency ends at Hartigan Road (a one-way pair), US 63B turns northwest and passes Hoxie High School and the Hoxie School District administration offices. The route curves to again parallel the BNSF railroad tracks before a junction with US 63 and US 412, where it terminates.{{Cite map |author= ((Transportation Planning and Policy Division)) |publisher=Arkansas Department of Transportation |title= Map of Hoxie and Walnut Ridge, Bradley County, Arkansas |url= https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/hoxie_walnutridge_city.pdf |format=PDF |date= January 2022 |scale=1:62500 |accessdate= June 9, 2022 }}

;History

The Arkansas State Highway Commission created the US 63B designation in Hoxie on May 13, 1998. The designation was established following completion of a bypass around the town, with US 63 rerouted onto the bypass and US 63B created along former US 63 through downtown.

;Major intersections

Mileage reflects northbound travel.

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U.S. Highway 63 Business (US 63B, Hwy. 63B, and Main Street) is a business route in Hardy, Arkansas.

;Route description

File:Main Street, Hardy, Arkansas, USA.jpg]]

US 63B begins near the western city limits of Hardy at US 63 and runs east toward the Spring River as Main Street concurrently with US 62/US 412. Shortly after beginning, US 63B has a junction ending the US 62/US 412 concurrency; US 63B continues eastbound alone into the Hardy Downtown Historic District.{{NRISref|2013a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=June 26, 2022|refnum=95001121|name=Hardy Downtown Historic District}} The highway intersects Spring Street (former AR 175) and parallels the BNSF Railroad and Spring River, passing through downtown Hardy and the historic Lee Weaver House.{{NRISref|2013a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=June 26, 2022|refnum=98001508|name=Lee Weaver House}} East of downtown, US 63B passes a historic residential section of homes with notable vernacular architecture, including the Sherman Bates House,{{NRISref|2013a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=June 26, 2022|refnum=98001515|name=Sherman Bates House}} Sherman and Merlene Bates House,{{NRISref|2013a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=June 26, 2022|refnum=02001077|name=Sherman and Merlene Bates House}} Carrie Tucker House,{{NRISref|2013a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=June 26, 2022|refnum=99000156|name=Carrie Tucker House}} Fred Graham House,{{NRISref|2013a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=June 26, 2022|refnum=99000157|name=Fred Graham House}} and the Web Long House and Motel{{NRISref|2013a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=June 26, 2022|refnum=98001512|name=Web Long House and Motel}} before intersecting US 62/US 63/US 412, where it terminates.{{Cite map |author= ((Transportation Planning and Policy Division)) |publisher=Arkansas Department of Transportation |location=Little Rock |title=General Highway Map, Sharp County, Arkansas |url=https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/SharpCounty.pdf |date=February 7, 2007 |scale=1:62500 |oclc=919264765 |lccn=map54000143 |accessdate= June 26, 2022 }}

;History

The Arkansas State Highway Commission created the designation in 2006 along US 63 through downtown Hardy following construction of a bypass of the town, with the US 63 designation moving onto the new terrain route.{{harvp|"Minutes"|2000–2009|p= 832}}. The change was approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials on November 20, 2014.

;Major intersections

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U.S. Highway 63 Business is a business route in Thayer, Missouri. the route begins on a concurrency with Missouri Route 142 after about half a mile route 142 leaves the concurrency, then business 63 continues along the west side of Thayer. North of Thayer the route terminates at US 63 and the southern terminus of Missouri Route 19

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U.S. Highway 63 Business is a business route in West Plains, Missouri. It starts about {{convert|0.75|mi|km}} north of Missouri Supplemental Highway ZZ, and locally is known as Bill Virdon Blvd. As the road starts to turn to the west around Grace Ave., the road changes names to East Main St., passing by Ozark Action. About {{convert|0.25|mi|km}} west of Ozark Action at Howell Ave., East Main St. turns off at Howell Ave., and the road is named Jackie Garrett Dr., after a local service station owner for many years. The station is at the corner of Porter Wagoner Blvd. and Broadway. Crossing Washington Ave near Court Square, the road changes names again to Broadway. After running as Broadway for about {{convert|1|mi|km}}, the road turns toward the north again at Porter Wagoner Blvd., where the Garrett service station stands, and remains that name until it meets back with US 63 near the Wayhaven area of West Plains.

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U.S. Highway 63 Business is a business route in Willow Springs, Missouri, and coincides with Business US 60.

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A connector highway exists in Columbia, Missouri. This route begins/ends at US 63 and intersects Interstate 70 and Interstate 70 Business.{{Cite web|last=HARRIS|first=MATT|title=Drivers at I-70, U.S. 63 in less of a jam|url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/drivers-at-i-70-u-s-63-in-less-of-a-jam/article_3a207448-4cb0-590e-9fa5-7b5714c6712c.html|access-date=2021-07-02|website=Columbia Missourian|language=en}}

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U.S. Highway 63 Business is a business route in Moberly, Missouri.

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U.S. Highway 63 Business is a business route in Kirksville, Missouri.

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U.S. Highway 63 Business is a business route in Ottumwa, Iowa.

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U.S. Highway 63 Business is a business route in New Hampton, Iowa.

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U.S. Route 63 Business (US 63B and Hwy. 63B) is a former {{convert|7.30|mi|km|adj=on}} business route of US 63 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.{{Cite map |author=((Planning and Research Division)) |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title=Map of Whitehall and Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas |url=https://geostor-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/maps/AHTD/HISTORIC/Jefferson_County/cjeff_whitehall_pinebluff_2004.tif |location=Little Rock |date= December 2005 |sections=F9-N9, F10-G10 |scale=1:12,000 |accessdate= May 30, 2022 }}

;Route description

The route began at Exit 43 on I-530/US 79; where US 63 joins the freeway eastbound and the northbound Olive Street continuing as US 63B. Olive Street runs north, bridging Bayou Bartholomew and entering a residential section of the city. It passed the historic McDonald's Store#433 Sign, as well as the Puddephatt House and Howson House before turning onto Harding Avenue and then to Main Street. It turned onto 8th Street, entering the Pine Bluff Commercial Historic District and passing the George Howard Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse, Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, the Pine Bluff Civic Center, and the Pine Bluff Convention Center. US 63B next turned onto Convention Center Drive and briefly overlapping Highway 190 (5th Avenue/6th Avenue, a one-way pair) and crossing the Union Pacific Railway tracks before turning onto US 65B (Martha Mitchell Expressway) eastbound. US 63B followed US 65B until an intersection with US 63/US 79, where US 63B terminated

;History

The route was created by renumbering Highway 15 Business (AR 15B) when US 63 supplanted AR 15 as part of an extension south from West Memphis to Ruston, Louisiana; approved by AASHTO on October 2, 1999. The designation was deleted in November 2020; with the segment along Olive Street between I-530 and Harding Street becoming a new segment of Highway 463.

;Major intersections

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U.S. Route 63 Spur (US 63S and Hwy. 63S) is a former spur route of {{convert|0.8|mi|km}} in Hazen, Arkansas.

;Route description

US 63S began at US 63 in Hazen, a small town on the Arkansas Grand Prairie. The route ran west as North Front Street through a residential area, paralleling the former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad tracks, since converted to the Hazen Trail and the Railroad Prairie Natural Area. US 63B continued west past the historic Rock Island Depot{{NRISref|2013a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=July 3, 2022|refnum=87002285|name=Rock Island Depot}} before turning left onto Livermore Street and terminating at US 70 (South Front Street) in downtown Hazen.{{Cite map |author= ((Planning and Research Division)) |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |location=Little Rock |title=General Highway Map, Prairie County, Arkansas |url=https://geostor-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/maps%2FAHTD%2FHISTORIC%2FPrairie_County%2Fmprai_2000.pdf |date=August 9, 2000 |scale=1:62500 |oclc=51066261 |accessdate= July 3, 2022 }}

;History

The roadway was previously part of Highway 11 (AR 11),{{ cite map |title=Prairie County Showing Arkansas System of State Highways |date=January 1925 |edition=July 1, 1935 |publisher=[Arkansas] State Highway Department |location=Little Rock |url=https://geostor-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/maps%2FAHTD%2FHISTORIC%2FPrairie_County%2Fmprai_1925_1935.pdf |accessdate=June 26, 2022 }} and was later redesignated Highway 11 Spur.{{ cite map |author=Planning and Research Division |title=General Highway Map Prairie County, Arkansas |date=February 20, 1993 |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |location=Little Rock |url=https://geostor-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/maps%2FAHTD%2FHISTORIC%2FPrairie_County%2Fmprai_1992.pdf |accessdate=June 26, 2022 }} The US 63B designation replaced AR 11S when US 63 supplanted AR 11 as part of an extension south from West Memphis to Ruston, Louisiana; approved by AASHTO on October 2, 1999. On February 6, 2008, the Arkansas State Highway Commission relinquished control of the roadway to local maintenance.

;Major intersections

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{{ARint

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|state=AR

|type=US-Bus

|route=63

|location=Marked Tree, Arkansas

|length_mi=2.4

|length_ref={{Cite map |author= ((Planning and Research Division)) |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title= General Highway Map, Poinsett County, Arkansas |location= Little Rock |url= https://geostor-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/maps%2FAHTD%2FHISTORIC%2FPoinsett_County%2Fmpoin_2005.pdf |date=November 28, 2005 |scale= 1:62,500 |oclc=85269120 |accessdate= July 10, 2022 }}

|formed=November 6, 1970{{AASHTO minutes |year=1970A |page= |access-date=July 9, 2022 }}

|deleted=May 20, 2019{{AASHTO minutes |year=2019S |page= |access-date=July 9, 2022 }}

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U.S. Highway 63 Business (US 63B and Hwy. 63B) is a former business route of {{convert|2.4|mi|km}} in Marked Tree, Poinsett County, Arkansas.

;Route description

US 63B began at an exit along I-555/US 63 and the northern terminus of AR 149 in Marked Tree, a small town in the Arkansas Delta. It ran northeast as 10th Street to turn onto Frisco Street, with the roadway continuing straight as AR 308 toward the Marked Tree Municipal Airport. Now paralleling the BNSF Railway tracks, the route passed through the Marked Tree Commercial Historic District, the historic commercial center of the city, before an intersection with Gayosa Street.{{NRISref|2013a|dateform=mdy|accessdate=July 9, 2022|refnum=09000735|name=Marked Tree Commercial Historic District}} US 63B turned left onto Gayosa Street, beginning an concurrency with AR 14, with AR 140 beginning eastward from this junction. US 63B/AR 14 continued southwest together over the St. Francis River to I-555/US 63, where US 63B terminated.

;History

Mainline US 63 was rerouted onto the bypass with US 63B designated along the former alignment through downtown Marked Tree. It was deleted on May 20, 2019 when US 63 was rerouted to overlap US 49 between Brinkley and Jonesboro, thus removing US 63 from Interstate 555 (I-555), which it had overlapped between West Memphis and Jonesboro.{{ cite web |first= Keith |last= Inman |title= Arkansas DOT orders rerouting of U.S. 63 |work=The Paragould Daily Press |location=Paragould, Arkansas |page=1A |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/1733C2E663293498 |oclc=21942659 |issn=1082-8788 |via=NewsBank |access-date=October 25, 2021 }}

;Major intersections

This table reflects the highway's junctions upon decommissioning.

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|mile=0.0

|road={{jct|state=AR|I|555|US|63|AR|149|location1=Memphis|city2=Jonesboro|city3=Earle|dir3=south}}

|notes=Southern terminus, AR 149 northern terminus

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{{ARint

|mile=0.6

|road={{jct|state=AR|AR|308|dir1=east|extra=airport}}

|notes=AR 308 western terminus

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|type=concur

|mile=1.6

|road={{jct|state=AR|AR|140|AR|14|dir1=north|dir2=east|name2=Gayosa|city1=Jonesboro|city2=Lepanto|city3=Osceola}}

|notes=north end of AR 14 overlap

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|type=concur

|mile=2.4

|road={{jct|state=AR|I|555|US|63|AR|14|AR|75|dir3=west|dir4=south|location1=Memphis|city2=Jonesboro|city3=Parkin}}

|notes=Northern terminus, south end of AR 14 overlap, AR 75 northern terminus

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|state=AR

|type=US-City

|route=63

|location=Trumann, Arkansas

|length_mi=1.7

|length_ref={{Cite map |author= ((Division of Planning and Research)) |sections= |publisher= Arkansas State Highway Commission |title= General Highway Map, Poinsett County, Arkansas |location= Little Rock |url= https://geostor-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/maps%2FAHTD%2FHISTORIC%2FPoinsett_County%2Fmpoin_1962.pdf |date=November 7, 1962 |scale= 1:62,500 |oclc=1112110554 |access-date= July 4, 2022 }}

|formed=March 4, 1959{{cite web |url=https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/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= July 4, 2022 |ref={{harvid|"Minutes"|1953–1969}} |pages= 1439–1440 }}

|deleted=October 28, 1970{{harvp|"Minutes"|1970–1979|pp= 1684–1685}}.

}}

U.S. Route 63 City (US 63C and Hwy. 63C) is a former city route of {{convert|1.7|mi|km}} in Trumann, Arkansas.

;Route description

The US 63C designation began at US 63 (now AR 463 in Trumann, a small town in Northeast Arkansas. It ran northeast along Melton Avenue before curving northwest and paralleling the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) railroad tracks. The highway designation turned onto Oak Street through a residential area before turning onto Pine Street for one block, then onto Speedway Street to again parallel the Frisco railroad before terminating at an intersection with US 63. The roadway continued west as AR 69.

;History

The Arkansas General Assembly passed the Act 148 of 1957, the Milum Road Act, creating 10–12 miles (16–19 km) of new state highways in each county.{{ cite book |title= Development of Highway and Transportation Legislation in Arkansas |work= A Review of the Acts Relative to Administering and Financing Highways and Transportation in Arkansas |page= 1 |publisher=Arkansas Department of Transportation |location= Little Rock |author= Governmental Relations Office |year= 2018 |url= https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Dev-Hwy-Legislation-2018.pdf |accessdate= August 7, 2021 }} The City of Trumann requested the Arkansas State Highway Commission add this segment to the state highway system as a city truck route, however adding routes within municipalities was not permitted initially. Following a change in policy, Trumann again requested the route's addition, which was granted on March 4, 1959. US 63C was deleted on October 28, 1970, with the segment between US 63 (now AR 463) and Pine Avenue becoming an extension of AR 69 and the remainder becoming a city street.

;Major intersections

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|mile=0.0

|road={{Jct|state=AR|US|63}}

|notes=Southern terminus

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{{ARint

|mile=1.7

|road={{jct|state=AR|US|63|AR|69|dir2=south|name2=Speedway Street}}

|notes=Northern terminus, AR 69 northern terminus

}}

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{{infobox road small

|state=AR

|type=US-Bus

|route=63

|location=Jonesboro, Arkansas

|length_mi=10.3

|formed=November 8, 1961{{harvp|"Minutes"|1953–1969|pp= 1270–1271}}.

|deleted=November 20, 2014

}}

U.S. Highway 63 Business (U.S. 63B, formerly U.S. Highway 63 City [U.S. 63C]) was a {{convert|10.3|mi|km|adj=on}} business route of U.S. Route 63 in Craighead County.Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. [http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/counties/county%20PDFs/CraigheadCounty.pdf# AHTD Craighead County map] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902041526/http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/counties/county%20PDFs/CraigheadCounty.pdf# |date=September 2, 2011 }} Retrieved on June 11, 2009. The route ran through downtown Jonesboro until being redesignated Arkansas Highway 91 on October 27, 2006.

;Route description

US 63 BUS ran northwest from US 63 to meet AR 18. US 63 BUS/AR 18 became Highland Drive east across US 49/AR 1 and north with AR 141 (former US 49 BUS). The route ran west as Dan Ave. to terminate at US 63.

;History

In 1961, the Arkansas Highway Department collaborated with the city planning division of Arkansas State University, the City of Jonesboro, and Craighead County to develop transportation plans for the area. The top priority in the plan was the "Johnson Street Connection", which connected Main Street (AR 1) and US 63 along Johnson Avenue, Floyd Street, and Dan Avenue. On November 8, 1961, the Arkansas State Highway Commission designated the Johnson Avenue Extension as U.S. 63 City Route (US 63C). Following construction of a bypass around downtown Jonesboro; US 63 was rerouted onto the new bypass; with US 63C and former alignments of US 63 becoming part of a newly designated US 63B, including concurrencies with AR 1 (Main Street) and AR 18 (Highland Avenue). The changes were made by the Arkansas State Highway Commission on May 27, 1970{{harvp|"Minutes"|1970–1979|pp= 1620–1621}}. and were officially confirmed by the United States Route Number Committee of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) later in the year.{{AASHTO minutes |year=1970A |page=1 |access-date=July 13, 2023 }}

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