Highway 135 (AR 135, Ark. 135, Hwy. 135) is a north–south
state highway
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in northeast Arkansas. The route of runs from
Interstate 555 (I-555) near
Tyronza north through
Paragould to
US 62.
Route description
AR 135 begins at
Interstate 555 south of
Tyronza and runs north to intersect
AR 118 before meeting
AR 14/
AR 140 in
Lepanto.
The route continues north to
Caraway
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Etymology
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, where it meets
concurs with
AR 158. The concurrency ends in
Black Oak, when AR 135 begins to arrow west with
AR 18.
The route leaves AR 18 in
Lake City, after which it angles north to
Paragould. In Paragould, AR 135 meets
US 412
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and
US 49
U.S. Route 49 (US 49) is a north–south United States highway. The highway's northern terminus is in Piggott, Arkansas, at an intersection with US Route 62/Highway 1/ Highway 139 (US 62/AR 1/AR 139). Its southern terminus ...
/
AR 1 before exiting town headed north.
The route meets
AR 34 north of
Oak Grove Heights, which it follows until
Lafe. The route leaves AR 34 and shoots northwest to
Hooker, where it meets
AR 141. After Hooker, the route straightens north, meeting
AR 90 for a brief concurrency before terminating at
US 62 east of
Corning.
History
The section of Highway 135 north of Paragould was formerly Arkansas Highway 1W. Highway 1 was split into two directional routings in 1941, and when AR 1E became AR 1 in 1955, the former AR 1W from
Paragould to
Corning was designated Highway 135. The section south of Highway 18 was formerly Arkansas Highway 143, which became part of Arkansas Highway 135 in 1955. Arkansas Highway 143 has since been reassigned to another route.
Major intersections
Mileage resets at some concurrencies.
See also
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List of state highways in Arkansas
The following is a list of state highways in Arkansas. The state does not use a numbering convention. Generally the two-digit odd numbered highways run north–south with a few exceptions; and even-numbered two-digit state highways run east–we ...
References
External links
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