U.S. Route 63 in Arkansas

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 63 in Arkansas. For the entire route, see U.S. Route 63.

U.S. Highway 63 (US 63) is a north-south U.S. highway that begins in Ruston, LA. In the US state of Arkansas the highway enters the state from Louisiana concurrent with US 167 in Junction City. The highway runs north through the eastern part of the state, serving rural areas of South Arkansas and the Arkansas Delta, as well as Pine Bluff and Jonesboro. The highway exits the state at Mammoth Spring traveling into Missouri.

U.S. Highway 63
US 63 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ArDOT
Length	340.0 mi (547.2 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 63 / US 167 at Junction City
Major intersections	I-530 / US 65 / US 79 in Pine Bluff US 70 in Hazen I-40 north of Hazen I-40 / US 49 in Brinkley I-555 / US 49 / AR 18 in Jonesboro Future I-57 / US 67 in Hoxie US 412 near Walnut Ridge US 62 in Imboden
North end	US 63 in Mammoth Spring
Location
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
Counties	Union, Bradley, Cleveland, Jefferson, Arkansas, Prairie, Monroe, Woodruff, Cross, Poinsett, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Sharp, Fulton
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Arkansas Highway System Interstate US State Business Spurs Suffixed Scenic Heritage
← US 62 → US 64

Route description

U.S. 63 enters into Arkansas from Louisiana concurrent with US 167 in Junction City. Just a few miles into the state, the two highways run on the eastern edge of El Dorado as an expressway. US 167 splits here, traveling towards Hampton. US 63 bypasses the town of Warren, crossing US 270. US 63 passes through the rural Cleveland County, then enters into Jefferson County.

 

US 63 at the southern terminus of I-530 in Pine Bluff

In Jefferson County, US 63 serves the city of Pine Bluff. US 63 bypasses the city, running on the last 3 miles of I-530. Also in Pine Bluff, the highway overlaps with US 65 and US 79. US 63 runs northeast with US 79 until Stuttgart, where the highway runs north to Hazen. Just north of Hazen, US 63 overlaps with I-40 to Brinkley. In Brinkley, US 63 begins an overlap with US 49 north to Jonesboro. US 63 leaves US 49 and follows I-555 until I-555 terminates, together serving as a bypass for southern Jonesboro. In Hoxie, US 63 intersects with US 67 (Future I-57). Northwest of here near Portia the highway overlaps with US 412.

In Imboden, US 62 joins this overlap. In Hardy, US 63 leaves the two highways. In Mammoth Spring, US 63 crosses into Missouri, traveling to West Plains.

 

US Highway 62 joins US 63 and 412 in Imboden

History

Portions of U.S. 63 in northern Arkansas have their origins in the work of the Ozark Trails Association, which established a network of roads in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri beginning in the 1910s. A portion of roadway was mapped out in Arkansas between Mammoth Spring and Memphis, Tennessee, and built c. 1918-22. This roadway was eventually designated Highway A-7, and was later designated U.S. 63. Some of the original infrastructure of this early construction has survived the 1927 Mississippi flood and the realignment of U.S. 63 in 1967. Northwest of Tyronza, Old U.S. 63 runs for about 1-1/4 miles of original concrete pavement;^[1] it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[2] Four bridges built in the 1920s (three before the 1927 flood and one after, are also on the National Register; three southeast of Marked Tree, and one southeast of Tyronza.^[3][4]

In April 2019, ArDOT submitted an application to AASHTO to reroute US 63 concurrent with US 49 between Brinkley and Jonesboro, eliminating the concurrencies with I-55 and I-555, and part of the concurrency with I-40.^[5] The rerouting took effect in 2021.^[6] However, a small section of US 63 in Jonesboro was redesignated as I-555 on November 23 of the same year, making US 63 partly concurrent with I-555 again.^[7]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Union	Junction City	0.0	0.0		US 63 south / US 167 south – Ruston	Louisiana state line
	​	10.4	16.7		AR 7 south – Lockhart, LA	South end of AR 7 overlap
	El Dorado	14.1	22.7		US 82 / AR 15 south – Magnolia, Crossett, South Arkansas Regional Airport	Interchange; US 82 exit 22
		15.0	24.1	15	US 82B / US 167B north (Hillsboro Street)	Interchange
		16.2	26.1		US 167 north / Main Street – Fordyce, Camden	Interchange; North end of US 167 / AR 7 overlap; US 63 north follows exit 16
	Old Union	22.5	36.2		AR 129 south (Lawson Road) – Lawson
	​	33.2	53.4		AR 275 south – Strong
Bradley	​	36.4	58.6		AR 600 – Moro Bay State Park
	​	48.9	78.7		AR 160 west – Jersey	South end of AR 160 overlap
	Hermitage	52.7	84.8		US 63B north / AR 160 east – Hermitage, Ingalls	North end of AR 160 overlap
		53.4	85.9		US 63B south – Hermitage
	Carmel	62.2	100.1		AR 8 east – Johnsville	South end of AR 8 overlap
	​	64.1	103.2		AR 980 – Warren Municipal Airport
	Warren	65.4	105.3		US 278 – Hampton, Monticello
		65.9	106.1		US 63B north
		66.9	107.7		US 278B
		68.4	110.1		AR 8 west – Fordyce	North end of AR 8 overlap
		69.0	111.0		US 63B south / AR 189 south – Monticello
Cleveland	Rye	74.8	120.4		AR 35 south – Monticello, Lake Monticello	South end of AR 35 overlap
	Pansy				AR 11 north / AR 35 north – Rison, Star City	North end of AR 35 overlap
	Calmer				AR 114 west – Rison	South end of AR 114 overlap
					AR 114 east – Star City	North end of AR 114 overlap
Jefferson	​				AR 54 east – Glendale	South end of AR 54 overlap
	Pinebergen				AR 54 west	North end of AR 54 overlap
	Pine Bluff	107.106	172.370		I-530 north / US 79 south (US 65 north) / US 63B north – Little Rock	South end of I-530 / US 65 / US 79 overlap; US 63 south follows exit 43
	​			44	AR 530 south – Star City, Monticello
	Pine Bluff			46	US 65 south / AR 190 (Harding Avenue) – Dumas, McGehee, Lake Village	North end of I-530 / US 65 overlap; South end of US 65B overlap; US 63 north follows exit 46
					US 65B north / Harding Street / Market Street	North end of US 65B overlap
	​				AR 81 south
	Altheimer				US 79B to US 65 north – Pine Bluff, UAPB
					US 79B south to AR 88 – Reydell, Altheimer Business District
Arkansas	Humphrey				AR 13 north – Humnoke, Carlisle
	​				AR 152 east – Bayou Meto WMA
	​				AR 343 south
	​				US 79B north – De Witt, Phillips Community College
	Stuttgart				US 79 north (West Michigan Street) – Clarendon, Arkansas County Agricultural Museum	North end of US 79 overlap
	​				US 165 – England, Little Rock, De Witt, Clarendon
Prairie	​				AR 980 – Stuttgart Municipal Airport
	​				AR 86 west – Slovak	South end of AR 86 overlap
	Siedenstricker				AR 86 east – Tollville	North end of AR 86 overlap
	Hazen				US 70 east – DeValls Bluff, Brinkley	South end of US 70 overlap
					US 70 west – Hazen Business District	North end of US 70 overlap
					I-40 west / AR 11 north – Little Rock, Des Arc, Lower White River Museum State Park	South end of I-40 overlap; US 63 south follows exit 193
See I-40 (Exit 193 - 216) See US 49 (Arkansas milepost 54.97 to 125.53) See I-555 (Exit 45 to 49)
Craighead	Jonesboro			49	AR 91 (Dan Avenue / AR 18 west) / I-555	Interchange; North end of freeway; North end of AR 18 overlap; northern terminus of I-555
	​				US 63B north – Bono Business District
	​				AR 230 to AR 91 – Alicia, Bono
	​				US 63B south – Bono Business District
Greene	No major junctions
Lawrence	Sedgwick				AR 228 east – Light	South end of AR 228 overlap
					AR 228 west to AR 349	North end of AR 228 overlap
	Walnut Ridge				AR 91 – Egypt
					US 63B north – Hoxie
					Future I-57 / US 67 / US 412 east – Walnut Ridge, Pocahontas, Paragould, Little Rock	Interchange; South end of US 412 overlap, exit 121A-B.
	Hoxie				AR 367 – Walnut Ridge, Tuckerman	Interchange
	​				US 63B south – Hoxie Business District
	​				US 412B east – Walnut Ridge
	Black Rock				AR 25 – Black Rock, Powhatan, Davidsonville Historic State Park, Powhatan Courthouse, Lake Charles	Interchange
					AR 117 north – Davidsonville Historic State Park	South end of AR 117 overlap
					AR 117 south – Smithville	North end of AR 117 overlap
	Imboden				US 62 east – Pocahontas, Business District	South end of US 62 overlap
					AR 115 south – Smithville, Cave City
Randolph	No major junctions
Lawrence	Ravenden				AR 90 east – Ravenden Springs
Sharp	​				AR 58E west – Williford
	​				AR 58 west – Williford
	Hardy				AR 175 north – Wirth	South end of AR 175 overlap
					US 63B north – Hardy, Historic District
					US 62 west / US 412 west / US 63B south (AR 175 south) to US 167 – Hardy, Ash Flat, Batesville, Mountain Home	North end of US 62 / US 412 / AR 175 overlap
Fulton	Mammoth Spring				AR 9 south – Salem, Business District
	​				US 63 north – Thayer	Missouri state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Interstate 555
• U.S. Route 63
• National Register of Historic Places in Poinsett County, Arkansas

References

1. "NRHP nomination for Highway A-7, Tyronza Segment" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
3. "NRHP nomination for Highway A-7, Bridges Historic District" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
4. "NRHP nomination for Highway A7, Ditch No. 6 Bridge" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
5. "Application from ArDOT to AASHTO Highways Special Committee on U. S. Route Number" (PDF). April 23, 2019.
6. Inman, Keith. "Arkansas DOT orders rerouting of U.S. 63". The Paragould Daily Press. Paragould, Arkansas. p. 1A. ISSN 1082-8788. OCLC 21942659. Retrieved October 25, 2021 – via NewsBank.
7. "Highway 63 in Jonesboro redesignated as I-555". Talk Business & Politics. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

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