U.S. Route 412 in Arkansas

Highway 68
Highway 68
Location	Siloam Springs–Alpena
Length	88 mi (142 km)
Existed	1926–1988

U.S. Highway 412
U.S. Highway 412
Route information
	Maintained by ArDOT
Length	290 mi (470 km)
Existed	1988–present
Major junctions
West end	US 412 at the Oklahoma state line near Siloam Springs
	I-49 / US 62 / US 71 in Springdale; US 62 in Alpena; US 65 near Harrison; US 65 in Bellefonte; US 167 in Ash Flat; US 63 in Cherokee Village; US 63 near Portia; Future I-57 / US 67 in Walnut Ridge; US 49 in Paragould;
East end	US 412 at the Missouri state line near Paragould
Location
Counties	Benton, Washington, Madison, Carroll, Boone, Marion, Baxter, Fulton, Sharp, Lawrence, Randolph, Greene
Highway system

U.S. Highway 412 (US 412) runs east-to-west through northern Arkansas for about 290 miles (470 km). The route begins at the Oklahoma state line near Siloam Springs, and ends at the Missouri state line east of Paragould.

Route description[]

Oklahoma to Alpena[]

US 412 continues from Oklahoma, and heads directly towards the east. The route travels through the town of Siloam Springs, intersecting AR 16 and AR 59 along the way. The route continues to head east into the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan area, mainly traveling through the city of Springdale. The route intersects I-49, and US 71B, sharing a short concurrency with it. Afterwards, the route travels into the Boston Mountains, intersecting the communities of Hindsville and Huntsville along the way. The route continues through the mountains and is very rural, intersecting almost no other communities and only a couple of signed highways along the way, before reaching US 62 in Alpena.^[2] This would be the western end of the concurrency with US 62.

US 62/63 concurrency[]

US 412 shares a concurrency with US 62 for about 142 miles (229 km), beginning in Alpena, and ending in Imboden.^[3] During this time, the routes intersect several communities and many highways along the way, traveling through the cities of Harrison, Yellville, Mountain Home, and Cherokee Village. Both routes also share a concurrency with US 65 for about 12.2 miles (19.6 km), beginning north of Harrison, and ending in Bellefonte.^[4] US 62/412 also intersect US 63 in Hardy, and also share a concurrency with the route for about 35 miles (56 km).^[5] US 412 also shares a concurrency with US 63 beginning in Hardy, and ending just east of Portia. US 62 is still concurrent with both routes during this time, however, the east end of the US 62 concurrency ends at Imboden, about 13 miles (21 km) before the east end of the US 63 concurrency. US 412 splits apart from US 63 just east of Portia, and continues to head east towards Walnut Ridge.

Portia to Missouri[]

US 412 continues directly east, intersecting the communities of Walnut Ridge and Paragould, and several highways along the way, including US 67/Future I-57 in Walnut Ridge, and US 49 in Paragould. The route continues into the Missouri Bootheel just east of Paragould.^[6] The entire route in Arkansas, including concurrencies, is about 290 miles (470 km) long.^[7]

History[]

US Route 412 was initially built in 1987, as a route that spanned from Jackson, Tennessee, to Walnut Ridge, Arkansas. In 1988, US 412 was extended all the way to Oklahoma, following numerous other highways that have previously been built.^[1]

Arkansas Highway 68[]

US 412 between the Oklahoma state line and Alpena was formerly known as Arkansas Highway 68 until 1988 when US 412 was extended to Oklahoma. The route began at OK 33 at the Oklahoma state line near Siloam Springs (now US 412), and ended at US 62 in Alpena.

Future[]

On May 20, 2021, Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma introduced legislation to designate the portion of US-412 between I-35 in Noble County, Oklahoma, and I-49 in Springdale as a future Interstate. The bill, titled the "Future Interstate in Oklahoma and Arkansas Act" (S. 1766), was cosponsored by senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, both from Arkansas. The senators' stated reasons for seeking an Interstate designation along US-412 included encouraging economic development, expanding opportunities for employment in the region, making travel safer and shipping easier, attracting new businesses, and better connecting rural and urban communities. Other supporters of the measure include the mayor of Tulsa, G. T. Bynum, and the heads of both ArDOT and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT).^[8] In the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, part of the route is designated as a future interstate. The bill says “the route that generally follows United States Route 412 from its intersection with Interstate Route 35 in Noble County, Oklahoma, passing through Tulsa, Oklahoma, to its intersection with Interstate Route 49 in Springdale, Arkansas.”

Major intersections[]

County	Location	mi^[9]	km	Destinations	Notes
Benton	Siloam Springs	0.0	0.0	US 412 west – Tulsa	Continuation from Oklahoma
		2.1	3.4	AR 59 south – Summers, Lincoln	Western end of AR 59 concurrency
		3.2	5.1	AR 16 east – Fayetteville	AR 16 western terminus
		4.2	6.8	AR 59 north – Gentry, Gravette	Eastern end of AR 59 concurrency
Washington	Tontitown	20.2	32.5	AR 112 – Fayetteville, Elm Springs, Cave Springs
	Springdale	22.1	35.6	I-49 / US 62 / US 71 – Fayetteville, Bentonville, Fort Smith	I-49 exit 72
		24.7	39.8	US 71B north – Rogers	Northern end of US 71B concurrency
		25.1	40.4	US 71B south – Fayetteville	Southern end of US 71B concurrency
		24.7	39.8	AR 265 – Fayetteville, Lowell
	Spring Valley	37.2	59.9	AR 303 south – Mayfield	Western end of AR 303 concurrency
		38.1	61.3	AR 303 north	Eastern end of AR 303 concurrency
Madison		40.2	64.7	AR 295 south – Wesley	AR 295 northern terminus
	Hindsville	41.7	67.1	US 412B / AR 45 – Hindsville, Goshen, Clifty
	Hindsville	43.2	69.5	US 412B – Hindsville
	Huntsville	48.7	78.4	US 412B – Huntsville
		50.8	81.8	AR 23 – Huntsville, Eureka Springs	Interchange
		52.5	84.5	US 412B – Huntsville
		54.6	87.9	AR 127 north – Alabam	AR 127 southern terminus
Madison–Carroll county line		62.8	101.1	AR 21 south – Kingston, Ponca	Western end of AR 21 concurrency
Carroll		63.1	101.5	AR 21 north – Berryville	Eastern end of AR 21 concurrency
	Gobbler	70.0	112.7	AR 103 north – Rudd, Green Forest	Western end of AR 103 concurrency
	Osage	73.2	117.8	AR 103 south – Osage, Compton	Eastern end of AR 103 concurrency
Carroll–Boone county line	Alpena	84.0	135.2	US 62 west – Berryville, Eureka Springs	Eastern end of US 62 concurrency
Boone		92.1	148.2	AR 392 east – Batavia, Capps	Western terminus of AR 392
	Bear Creek Springs	95.1	153.0	US 65 north – Branson, MO, Springfield, MO	Interchange; northern end of US 65 concurrency
	Harrison	98.3	158.2	AR 980 – Boone County Regional Airport	AR 980 northern terminus
		100.1	161.1	AR 43 east	AR 43 western terminus
		100.6	161.9	US 65B – Harrison
		102.3	164.6	AR 7 north – Bergman, Lead Hill	Western end of AR 7 concurrency
		102.5	165.0	AR 7 south – Harrison, Jasper	Eastern end of AR 7 concurrency
		104.2	167.7	US 65B / AR 123 – Harrison, North Arkansas College
	Bellefonte	106.7	171.7	AR 206 west	AR 206 eastern terminus
	Bellefonte	107.7	173.3	US 65 south – Marshall, Clinton, Little Rock	Southern end of US 65 concurrency
Marion	Pyatt	119.6	192.5	AR 125 south – Eros	Western end of AR 125 concurrency
		125.8	202.5	AR 125 north – , Peel	Eastern end of AR 125 concurrency
	Yellville	128.7	207.1	AR 202 east – Summit	AR 202 western terminus
		130.4	209.9	AR 14 west – Lead Hill	Western end of AR 14 concurrency
		130.7	210.3	AR 14 east to AR 235 – Big Flat, Mountain View	Eastern end of AR 14 concurrency
	Flippin	135.6	218.2	AR 178 east – Flippin, Bull Shoals	AR 178 western terminus
		138.2	222.4	AR 101 south –	AR 101 northern terminus
		138.8	223.4	US 62B – Cotter
Baxter	Cotter	141.7	228.0	US 62B – Cotter
	Gassville	143.0	230.1	AR 345 south – Cotter	Western end of AR 345 concurrency
		143.6	231.1	AR 345 north – Gassville	Eastern end of AR 345 concurrency
		143.9	231.6	AR 126 north – Midway	Western end of AR 126 concurrency
		146.9	236.4	AR 126 south – Buford,	Eastern end of AR 126 concurrency
	Mountain Home	149.3	240.3	US 62B – Mountain Home
		149.3	240.3	US 62B – Mountain Home
		149.8	241.1	AR 201 – Mountain Home, Norfork
		152.1	244.8	AR 5 – Mountain Home, Mountain View, Gainesville, MO	Interchange
		153.7	247.4	AR 178 – Mountain Home,
		154.9	249.3	US 62B – Mountain Home
		159.1	256.0	AR 101 – Gamaliel, Bakersfield, MO	AR 101 southern terminus
Fulton	Gepp	169.8	273.3	AR 87 – Elizabeth, Bakersfield, MO
	Viola	177.8	286.1	AR 223 – Pineville, Calico Rock
	Salem	186.6	300.3	US 62B – Salem
		187.2	301.3	AR 395 south	AR 395 northern terminus
		187.6	301.9	AR 9 to AR 395 north – Melbourne, Mammoth Spring, West Plains, MO
	Glencoe	195.2	314.1	AR 289 south – Horseshoe Bend	Western end of AR 289 concurrency
		202.4	325.7	AR 289 north – Cherokee Village, Mammoth Spring	Eastern end of AR 289 concurrency
Sharp	Ash Flat	204.7	329.4	US 167 south – Cave City, Batesville	US 167 northern terminus
	Highland	208.3	335.2	AR 175S – Cherokee Village	AR 175S southern terminus
	Cherokee Village	213.4	343.4	AR 175 – Cherokee Village	AR 175 eastern terminus
	Hardy	214.2	344.7	AR 342 east	AR 342 western terminus
		214.8	345.7	US 63B – Hardy
		215.1	346.2	US 63 north – Mammoth Spring, Thayer, MO	Northern end of US 63 concurrency
		216.7	348.7	US 63B – Hardy
		218.1	351.0	AR 175 north –	AR 175 southern terminus
	Ozark Acres	223.2	359.2	AR 58 west – Williford, Poughkeepsie	AR 58 eastern terminus
		225.2	362.4	AR 58E west – Williford	AR 58E eastern terminus
Lawrence	Ravenden	231.6	372.7	AR 90 east – Ravenden Springs, Pocahontas	AR 90 western terminus
Randolph	No major junctions
Lawrence	Imboden	236.4	380.4	AR 115 south – Smithville	AR 115 northern terminus
	Imboden	236.9	381.3	US 62 east – Pocahontas, Corning	Eastern end of US 62 concurrency
	Black Rock	244.1	392.8	AR 117 south – Smithville	Western end of AR 117 concurrency
		245.3	394.8	AR 117 north – Black Rock	Eastern end of AR 117 concurrency
		246.2	396.2	AR 25 south – Black Rock, Strawberry, Batesville	AR 25 northern terminus
	Portia	250.0	402.3	US 63 south – Hoxie, Jonesboro	Southern end of US 63 concurrency
	Walnut Ridge	254.8	410.1	US 67B – Walnut Ridge
		255.0	410.4	AR 34 east / AR 367 south – Hoxie, O'Kean	AR 34 western terminus, AR 367 northern terminus
		255.4	411.0	AR 91 south – Jonesboro	AR 91 northern terminus
		256.4	412.6	Future I-57 / US 67 – Hoxie, Newport, Pocahontas	US 67 exit 123
Greene	Light	265.6	427.4	– Light
		266.7	429.2	AR 228 – Light,
		268.2	431.6	– Light
		271.2	436.5	AR 141 – Walcott, Jonesboro
		272.5	438.5	AR 168 – Crowley's Ridge State Park	AR 168 eastern terminus
	Paragould	276.5	445.0	US 412B east
		279.7	450.1	AR 358
		281.7	453.4	US 49 – Jonesboro, Marmaduke
		282.2	454.2	AR 69
		284.1	457.2	US 412B west / AR 135 north – Walnut Ridge	Western end of AR 135 concurrency
		284.7	458.2	AR 135 south – Lake City	Eastern end of AR 135 concurrency
		289.4	465.7	AR 139 north – Piggott	AR 139 southern terminus
		290.2	467.0	US 412 – Kennett	Continuation into Missouri
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References[]

^ ^a ^b Brooks, Robert; Dienhart, Paul; Karner, Karin; Karner, Martin; Nelson, Steven; Patriarca, Chris; Rigsby, David; Sanderson, Dale; Stuve, Eric (May 31, 2020). "End of US Highway 412". USEnds.com. Retrieved February 5, 2021.^{[self-published source]}
^ Google (February 5, 2021). "US Route 412 from Oklahoma to Alpena" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ Google (February 5, 2021). "US Routes 62/412 concurrency" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ Google (February 5, 2021). "US Routes 62/65/412 concurrency" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ Google (February 5, 2021). "US Routes 63/412 concurrency" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ Google (February 5, 2021). "US Route 412 from Portia to Missouri" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ Google (February 5, 2021). "Overview: US 412 in Arkansas" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
^ Della Rosa, Jeff (May 21, 2021). "U.S. legislators look to designate part of Highway 412 as 'future interstate'". Talk Business & Politics. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
^ "County Maps". Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

External links[]

Media related to U.S. Route 412 in Arkansas at Wikimedia Commons

[USends-1] Brooks, Robert; Dienhart, Paul; Karner, Karin; Karner, Martin; Nelson, Steven; Patriarca, Chris; Rigsby, David; Sanderson, Dale; Stuve, Eric (May 31, 2020). "End of US Highway 412". USEnds.com. Retrieved February 5, 2021.^{[self-published source]}

[2] Google (February 5, 2021). "US Route 412 from Oklahoma to Alpena" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[3] Google (February 5, 2021). "US Routes 62/412 concurrency" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[4] Google (February 5, 2021). "US Routes 62/65/412 concurrency" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[5] Google (February 5, 2021). "US Routes 63/412 concurrency" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[6] Google (February 5, 2021). "US Route 412 from Portia to Missouri" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[7] Google (February 5, 2021). "Overview: US 412 in Arkansas" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 5, 2021.

[tbp-8] Della Rosa, Jeff (May 21, 2021). "U.S. legislators look to designate part of Highway 412 as 'future interstate'". Talk Business & Politics. Retrieved May 22, 2021.

[HighwayMaps-9] "County Maps". Arkansas Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

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