Loop (Texarkana)

Texarkana Loop
Route information
Length: 21.4 mi[1][2] (34.4 km)
Component
highways:
Major junctions
CCW end: I-30 / I-369 / US 59 in Texarkana, TX
 
CW end: US 59 / US 71 in Texarkana, AR
Location
States: Texas, Arkansas
Counties: TX: Bowie; AR: Miller
Highway system
"I-130" redirects here. For the USCIS immigration form, see Form I-130.

The Loop is a beltway around Texarkana, a twin city in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Texas, running about 16 miles (26 km). Consisting a section of Interstate 49 in Arkansas, and Loop 151 and a section of I-369 and U.S. Highway 59 in Texas, it forms a three-quarter loop around the east, south and west sides of the city. (Interstate 30 completes the circle on the north side.) The Loop is built to Interstate Freeway Standards.

The south side is bisected by State Line Avenue, which runs north–south along the state line. The whole half in Arkansas is Highway 151; US 59 intersects the Loop near the southwest corner, and so only the south side in Texas is Loop 151. Old US 59 into Texarkana (Lake Drive) is now State Highway 93.

Route description

Arkansas

North of the junction with Highway 549 and U.S. Highway 71, The former Highway 245 is part of the north–south Corridor, a planned extension of Interstate 49 north to Kansas City. (This extension will also include Highway 549.)

The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department submitted this piece, as well as its continuation west to the state line, as Interstate 130 (I-130) in fall 2000. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials denied the part from US 71 west to Texas, as "the state of Texas has not submitted a companion application for a suitable terminus in Texas", but the piece from US 71 north to I-30 was approved on December 8, 2000 as Future I-130. Once it is upgraded to Interstate standards and added to the Interstate Highway System by the Federal Highway Administration, it will be signed as I-130.[3][4]

Arkansas is using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds to pave the final segment of future I-130, from the Arkansas Boulevard interchange to a new freeway-to-freeway interchange with I-30.[5] Once this section is opened, the only remaining requirement to become I-130 will be upgrading the at-grade intersection with 19th Street to a full interchange; the right-of-way for this was reserved years ago. However, with I-49 also pending completion between Texarkana and Shreveport, Louisiana (including a segment in Arkansas also being built with ARRA funds[5]), I-49 will be part of the loop instead of I-130 by Summer of June 2014 this year.

In May 2013, Highway 245 was replaced by Highway 151 between Highway 549 and Loop 151. Between AR 549 and Arkansas Blvd, Highway 245 was replaced by an extended Highway 549. North of Arkansas Blvd, 245 was removed from service and re-designated Four States Fair Blvd.

In January 2014, Highway 549 was added to Interstate 49 in Arkansas.

In November 2014 Highway 549 was resigned to I-49.

Texas

Loop 151 connects Highway 151 to US 59. Along with the south leg of Highway 151, it is the newest part of the Loop.

Note: A former, unrelated state highway also bearing the Loop 151 designation in Denison was redesignated as State Highway 75-A in 1946, and is now part of State Highway 91.

I-369 and US 59 forms the final leg of the loop, from Lake Drive to Interstate 30. This section, known officially as Jarvis Parkway, also crosses West 7th Street (U.S. Highway 67) and New Boston Road (U.S. Highway 82). Interstate 369 was designated on May 30, and was installed on September 23, 2013.[6]

History


Exit list

StateCountyLocationmi[1][2]kmExitDestinationsNotes
TexasBowieTexarkana0.00.0 I-30 / US 59 east Dallas, Little RockNorth end of overlap with I-369, north end of overlap with US 59
0.20.3 FM 559 (Richmond Road)Northbound exit and southbound entrance
0.40.6 US 82 (New Boston Road)
1.21.9Westlawn Drive Wake Village
2.13.4 US 67 (7th Street)
3.25.1Frontage RoadSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
3.86.1 I-369 south / US 59 south / SH 93 north (Lake Drive) to I-20 / I-69
Loop 151
South end of overlap with I-369
South end of overlap with US 59
West end of Loop 151 and overlap. Future I-369 South To I-20/I-69
4.57.2 FM 3527 (Leopard Drive)Northbound exit and southbound entrance, southbound access via previous exit
5.79.2 FM 558 (Buchanan Road)
TexasArkansas
state line
BowieMiller
county line
TexarkanaTexarkana
city line
7.3
0.0
11.7
0.0
South State Line AvenueState border, Loop 151 becomes Highway 151
ArkansasMillerTexarkana1.42.31
29A
I-49 south Shreveport, LA
AR 151
South end of overlap with I-49
East end of Highway 151 and overlap
1.93.12
29B
US 71 Texarkana
3.25.131 AR 196 (Genoa Road)
4.6–
5.2
7.4–
8.4
32 US 82 (East 9th Street) / East 19th StreetSouthern Exit to U.S. 67
6.810.935Arkansas Boulevard / Four States Fair ParkwayNorthern Exit to U.S. 67
8.914.337 I-30 Hope, Little Rock, Texarkana, DallasSplit into exits 37A (east) and 37B (west)
12.219.641 CR 23 (Sanderson Lane)
ArkansasTexas
state line
MillerBowie
county line
TexarkanaTexarkana
city line
14.122.7 US 59 / US 71 (North State Line Avenue) Texarkana, Ashdown, Fort SmithNorthern terminus, state border
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Google (October 5, 2014). "Overview Map of Texarkana Loop in Texas" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Google (October 5, 2014). "Overview Map of Texarkana Loop in Arkansas" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  3. Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (December 8, 2000). "Report of the Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering to the Standing Committee on Highways" (PDF) (Report). Indianapolis, IN: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
  4. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (January 2001). "Interstate 130 to be designated in Arkansas" (Press release). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department.
  5. 1 2 Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. "AHTD List of ARRA projects" (PDF). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. (Though both are labeled "Hwy. 71" here, as described #030325 is AR 245/future I-130 & I-49, while #030354 is AR 549/future I-49.)
  6. Alliance for I-69 Texas (September 25, 2013). "Texarkana Freeway Added to Interstate 69 System" (Press release). Alliance for I-69 Texas. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
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