Arkansas Highway 6

Highway 6
Route information
Maintained by AHTD
Length:	162 mi (261 km)
Major junctions
West end:	Oklahoma state line
	US 71, Y City US 70, Hot Springs I-30, Rockport US 67, Malvern US 167, Sheridan
East end:	AR 365 / US 65, Pine Bluff
Location
Counties:	Polk, Montgomery, Garland, Hot Spring, Grant, Jefferson
Highway system
Arkansas Highway System Interstate US State Business Spurs Scenic Heritage Trails ← AR 5 AR 7 →

Highway 6 was a state highway in Arkansas that ran from the Oklahoma state line to Pine Bluff. It has been supplanted by U.S. Route 270 and Arkansas Highway 365 Spur. AR 6 was also a designation of U.S. Route 49 until 1964.

Route description

Arkansas Highway 6 began at the Oklahoma state line on present US 59/US 270, and ran east to Y City, where it met US 71. The route then met AR 88 in Pencil Bluff and AR 27 in Mt. Ida before heading to Hot Springs. Entering the city, AR 6 met US 70 southwest of downtown and ran concurrent with it through downtown Hot Springs. After leaving Hot Springs, AR 6 entered Malvern, crossing present I-30, and ran downtown with US 67. AR 6 met AR 229 in Poyen and AR 190/AR 291 in Prattsville before crossing paths with US 167 in Sheridan.

The route ended in what is now Pine Bluff on U.S. Highway 65, now Arkansas Highway 365; the junction (now Arkansas 365 and Arkansas Highway 365 Spur) was outside the Pine Bluff city limits at that time. U.S. 270 also ended at that intersection until it was truncated to White Hall when U.S. 65 was relocated to a freeway, now I-530. The former easternmost section of Highway 6 (and U.S. 270), from White Hall to Pine Bluff, is now Arkansas Highway 365 Spur.

US 49 portion

AR 6 ran about 50 miles (80 km) from Helena to Brinkley. It meets AR 1 at Walnut Corner, US 79 near Monroe and US 70 in Brinkley, where it terminates.

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