Arkansas Highway 299

Highway 299
Highway 299
Route information
	Maintained by ArDOT
Length	26.40 mi (42.49 km)
Major junctions
South end	I-30
	US 67, Emmet; AR 53; US 371
East end	AR 24, White Oak Lake State Park
Location
Counties	Hempstead, Nevada
Highway system
	Arkansas Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Business; Spurs; Suffixed; Scenic; Heritage;

Highway 299 (AR 299, Ark. 299, and Hwy. 299) is a north–south state highway in Arkansas. The route of 26.40 miles (42.49 km) runs from Interstate 30 to AR 24 in White Oak Lake State Park.^[2] The route is two–lane, undivided.^[1]

Route description[]

Highway 299 begins at Interstate 30 in Hemsptead County.^[3] The route runs south to intersect Highway 174 before turning east toward Emmet. In Emmet the route has a 0.1 miles (0.16 km) overlap with US 67 before continuing east into Nevada County. The route has a short concurrency with Highway 53 and then US 371 near Laneburg. East of this overlap the route serves as a terminus for and later before entering White Oak Lake State Park. After an intersection with the route terminates at Highway 24.^[2] The route was most recently paved when a segment in Nevada County was resurfaced 1975, with all portions last receiving paving prior to that project.^[1]

History[]

The portions from Emmet-Highway 53 and from Highway 24-White Oak Lake State Park (at the time the Arkansas State Nursery) were added to the state highway system on April 24, 1963.^[4] The discontinuous segments were connected on June 23, 1965.^[5]

Major intersections[]

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Hempstead		0.00	0.00	I-30 – Little Rock, Texarkana	Southern terminus
Hempstead		0.50	0.80	AR 174 west
Nevada	Emmet	3.42	5.50	US 67 (1st Street)
		US 67 concurrency north, 0.1 miles (0.16 km)
		0.00	0.00	US 67 (1st Street)
		6.83	10.99	AR 53 south
	AR 53 concurrency north, 0.3 miles (0.48 km)
	US 371 concurrency south, 0.9 miles (1.4 km)
		0.00	0.00	US 371 south
		4.31	6.94	west
		6.73	10.83	west
	White Oak Lake State Park	16.07	25.86	south
	White Oak Lake State Park	16.15	25.99	AR 24 south	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Planning and Research Division (2010). "Arkansas Road Log Database". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original (Database) on 23 June 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
^ ^a ^b General Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (Navada County ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
^ General Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (Hempstead County ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
^ "Minute Order 5013" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. Arkansas State Highway Commission. April 24, 1963. p. 917. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
^ "Minute Order 65-190" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. Arkansas State Highway Commission. June 23, 1965. p. 667. Retrieved November 18, 2016.

External links[]

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[db-1] Planning and Research Division (2010). "Arkansas Road Log Database". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original (Database) on 23 June 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.

[nev-2] General Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (Navada County ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.

[hem-3] General Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (Hempstead County ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.

[4] "Minute Order 5013" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. Arkansas State Highway Commission. April 24, 1963. p. 917. Retrieved November 18, 2016.

[5] "Minute Order 65-190" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. Arkansas State Highway Commission. June 23, 1965. p. 667. Retrieved November 18, 2016.

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