Arkansas Highway 140

Highway 140
Highway 140
Route information
	Maintained by ArDOT
Section 1
Length	32.70 mi (52.63 km)
West end	US 63B / AR 14 in Marked Tree
East end	US 61 in Osceola
Section 2
Length	1.93 mi (3.11 km)
South end	Pearl Street / Quinn Avenue
North end	US 61 in Osceola
Location
Counties	Poinsett, Mississippi
Highway system
	Arkansas Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Business; Spurs; Suffixed; Scenic; Heritage;

Highway 140 (AR 140, Ark. 140, and Hwy. 140) is a designation for two east–west state highways in the Upper Arkansas Delta. One route of 32.70 miles (52.63 km) begins at US Highway 63 Business (US 63B)/Highway 14 in Marked Tree and runs east to US 61 in Osceola. A second segment of 1.93 miles (3.11 km) in east Osceola runs from US 61 to Pearl Street and Quinn Avenue. Both routes are maintained by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).

Route description[]

Looking south at AR 40 in western Osceola, September 2014

Marked Tree to Osceola[]

AR 140 begins at US 63B in Marked Tree. It runs north with AR 14 until Lepanto, where the route crosses AR 135. AR 140 then heads northeast, briefly concurring with AR 136 and AR 181 individually before crossing under Interstate 55.^[2]

The route continues east to Osceola, meeting US 61.

Osceola[]

A separate section begins in Osceola and runs north to US 61 near the city limits.^[3]

History[]

Present-day Highway 140 was created on April 1, 1926 as State Road 40, one of the original Arkansas state highways. On November 25, 1958, the route was renumbered to Highway 140 after the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHTO) designated Interstate 40 in Arkansas.

The original Highway 140 was created between March 1930 and June 1931 from US 65 in Dumas westward to Garrett Bridge. This route became part of AR 54 in 1937.

Major intersections[]

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Poinsett	Marked Tree	0.00	0.00	US 63B / AR 14 west (Frisco Street) – Jonesboro, Newport, Memphis	Western terminus, west end of AR 14 overlap
	Marked Tree	0.13	0.21	AR 308B east (Broadway Street)
	Lepanto	9.90	15.93	AR 135 – Caraway, Black Oak, Lepanto Business District,
	Lepanto	10.15	16.33	AR 14 east – Wilson	East end of AR 14 overlap
		13.17	21.20	AR 198 east
Mississippi		14.23	22.90	AR 136 west to AR 135	West end of AR 136 overlap
	West Ridge	16.34	26.30	AR 297 north
	Etowah	17.46	28.10	AR 136 east – Etowah	East end of AR 136 overlap
	Etowah	18.62	29.97	AR 77 south –	West end of AR 77 overlap
	Athelstan	21.63	34.81	AR 77 north – Manila	East end of AR 77 overlap
		26.05	41.92	AR 181 south – Keiser	West end of AR 181 overlap
		27.51	44.27	AR 181 north to AR 18	East end of AR 181 overlap
	Osceola	28.71	46.20	I-55 – Blytheville, Memphis	I-55 exit 48
		30.60	49.25	AR 119Y (Country Club Road) – Victoria
		32.70	52.63	US 61 / Great River Road –	Eastern terminus
		Gap in route
		0.00	0.00	North Pearl Street / Quinn Avenue	Southern terminus
		1.93	3.11	US 61 / Great River Road	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c System Information and Research Division (2014). "Arkansas Road Log Database" (MDB). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
^ General Highway Map, Poinsett County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Transportation Planning & Policy Division. Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
^ General Highway Map, Mississippi County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Transportation Planning & Policy Division. Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-07-24.

External links[]

Route map:

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Media related to Arkansas Highway 140 at Wikimedia Commons

[db-1] System Information and Research Division (2014). "Arkansas Road Log Database" (MDB). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved March 27, 2016.

[poi-2] General Highway Map, Poinsett County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Transportation Planning & Policy Division. Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-07-24.

[mis-3] General Highway Map, Mississippi County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Transportation Planning & Policy Division. Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-07-24.

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