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Interstate 49 In Arkansas
Interstate 49 (I-49) is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Arkansas. There are two main sections of the highway across different sides of the state. The southern section starts at the Louisiana state line, then runs to Texarkana, at the Texas state line. The northern section begins at Interstate 40 in Arkansas, I-40 and at U.S. Route 71 in Arkansas, U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) in Alma, Arkansas, Alma and runs north to the Missouri state line, where the freeway continues into Missouri. An additional small section south of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Fort Smith is currently designated as Highway 549 (AR 549) until it is extended northward to the I-40 interchange, at which point it will become part of I-49. Route description I-49 enters the state from Louisiana between Ida, Louisiana, Ida and Doddridge, Arkansas, Doddridge. The first interchange in Arkansas is with US 71 at exit 4. The Interstate passes near the town of Fouke, Arkansas, Fouke, where it has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two programs, the Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program. Its role had previously been performed by the Office of Road Inquiry, Office of Public Roads and the Bureau of Public Roads. History Background With the coming of the bicycle in the 1890s, interest grew regarding the improvement of streets and roads in America. The traditional method of putting the burden on maintaining roads on local landowners was increasingly inadequate. In 1893, the federal Office of Road Inquiry (ORI) was founded; in 1905, it was renamed the Office of Public Roads (OPR) and made a division of the United States Department of Agriculture. Demands grew for local and state government to take charge. With the coming of the automobile, urgent efforts were made to upgrade and moderniz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benton County, Arkansas
Benton County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Created as Arkansas' 35th county on September 30, 1836, Benton County contains thirteen incorporated municipalities, including Bentonville, the county seat, and Rogers, the most populous city. The county was named after Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. Senator from Missouri influential in Arkansas statehood. The county is located within the Springfield Plateau of the Ozarks. Much of eastern Benton County is located along Beaver Lake, a reservoir of the White River. The county contains three protected areas: Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge, Pea Ridge National Military Park, and Devil's Eyebrow Natural Area, as well as parts of the Ozark National Forest, Hobbs State Park – Conservation Area, and two state wildlife management areas. Benton County occupies and contained a population of 284,333 people in 100,749 households as of the 2020 Census, ranking it tenth in size and second in popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KTBS-TV
KTBS-TV (channel 3) is a television station in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The station is owned by the locally based KTBS, LLC (owned by the Wray Properties Trust, which is managed by Betty Wray Anderson, John D. Wray, and Edwin N. Wray, Jr.), alongside Minden, Louisiana, Minden-licensed The CW, CW affiliate KPXJ (channel 21). The two stations share studios on East Kings Highway on the eastern side of Shreveport; KTBS-TV's transmitter is located near St. Johns Baptist Church Road (southeast of Mooringsport and Caddo Lake) in rural northern Caddo Parish. Currently, KTBS-TV is one of a handful of American television stations to have locally based ownership. History Early history; as a primary NBC/secondary ABC affiliate The VHF channel 3 allocation was contested between three groups that competed for approval by the FCC to be the holder of the Planning permission#Broadcasting, construction permit to build and broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 30 In Arkansas
Interstate 30 (I-30) is a major Interstate Highway in the southern states of Texas and Arkansas in the United States. I-30 travels 366.76 miles from Interstate 20, I-20 west of Fort Worth, Texas, northeast via Dallas, and Texarkana, Texas, to Interstate 40, I-40 in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The highway parallels U.S. Route 67 (US 67) except for the portion west of downtown Dallas (which was once part of I-20). Between the termini, I-30 has Interchange (road), interchanges with Interstate 35W (Texas), I-35W, Interstate 35E (Texas), I-35E, and Interstate 45, I-45. I-30 is known as the Tom Landry Freeway between I-35W and I-35E, within the core of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Route description , - , TX , , , - , AR , , , - , Total , , The largest metropolitan areas that I-30 travels through include the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the Texarkana metropolitan area, and the Little Rock metropolitan area. Texas The western end and zero mile point of I-3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texarkana Regional Airport
Texarkana Regional Airport , also known as Webb Field, is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Texarkana, a city in Miller County, Arkansas, United States. It is owned by the Texarkana Airport Authority. The airport is located within the city limits of Texarkana, roughly 3 miles east of State Line Avenue. The front gate opens to the northwest, at the intersection of Arkansas Boulevard and U.S. Route 67. A Union Pacific Railroad line runs parallel to US 67 on the side of the highway facing the airport. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by American Eagle with nonstop regional jet service to the American Airlines hub located at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). According to Bureau of Transportation Statistics records, the airport handled 73,280 passengers in 2018, 73,160 passengers in 2019, and just 33,930 passengers in 2020. It is included in the National Plan of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Loop (Texarkana)
The Loop is a beltway around Texarkana, TX and Texarkana, AR, which are twin cities in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Texas. Consisting of a section of Interstate 49 (I-49) in Arkansas, and Loop 151 and a section of I-369 and U.S. Route 59 (US 59) in Texas, it forms a three-quarter loop around the east, south and west sides of the city. ( I-30 completes the circle on the north side.) The Loop is built to Interstate Highway standards. The south side is bisected by State Line Avenue, which travels north–south along the state line. The entire half in Arkansas is I-49, except for a small portion which carries Arkansas Highway 151 (AR 151). US 59 has an interchange with the Loop near the southwest corner, only the south side in Texas is Loop 151. Old US 59 into Texarkana (Lake Drive) is now Texas State Highway 93 (SH 93). Route description The Loop consists of I-30, I-369, Loop 151, and AR 151. US 59 is concurrent with the belt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fouke, Arkansas
Fouke is a city in Miller County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Texarkana, Texas - Texarkana, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 810 in 2024 Geography Fouke is located in central Miller County, along U.S. Highway 71. Interstate 49 passes just to the west of the city limits and serves the city with two exits. Fouke is southeast of Texarkana and about north of Shreveport, Louisiana, by either highway. The Red River passes less than to the east and south of Fouke. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. History The area around Fouke had long been inhabited by the Native American Caddo people, prior to European colonization of the Americas. Caddo tribes and European explorers traded pelts, honey, beeswax, flour, tobacco, blankets, guns, and other items. After the Louisiana Purchase, the United States established the Sulphur Fork Factory (trading post) where the Sulphur River enters the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doddridge, Arkansas
Doddridge is an unincorporated community in southern Miller County, Arkansas, United States, approximately five miles north of the Louisiana border. Doddridge is located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 160 and U.S. Route 71, and I-49 (former Highway 549) passes through the area, connecting it to Texarkana and Louisiana, as well as the confluence of the Sulphur and Red rivers. Although unincorporated, Doddridge has a post office, with the ZIP code of 71834. The community is part of the Texarkana, TX– Texarakana, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is within the Fouke School District. It was previously served by the Bright Star School District, which operated the Bright Star School in Doddridge. Bright Star School District. October 20, 2001. Retrieved on May 14, 2018. "Rt. 1 Box 222 Doddridge, AR 71834" On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ida, Louisiana
Ida is a village in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 221 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area. Ida and nearby Rodessa are the most northwesterly communities in Louisiana. It is nearby I-49. History Settlement of the area likely began after the end of the American Civil War, with the construction of the Munnerlyn Chapel in 1877 and the first school house in 1883. A post office was constructed in 1897 which spurred an increase in population. In 1905, the Ida Methodist Church was built. It continues to serve the community today at 6874 Cedar Lane, despite its bell tower being removed. Ida was incorporated as a village in 1967. Geography Ida is located in Caddo Parish, just south of the Arkansas border. US 71 runs through the village, leading north to Texarkana, AR, and south to Shreveport. I-49 runs parallel to US 71 between the two cities and bypasses Ida just to west with one exit serving the village, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Fort Smith is the List of municipalities in Arkansas, third-most populous city in Arkansas, United States, and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County, Arkansas, Sebastian County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 89,142. It is the principal city of the Fort Smith metropolitan area, Fort Smith, Arkansas–Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 298,592 residents that encompasses the Arkansas counties of Crawford County, Arkansas, Crawford, Franklin County, Arkansas, Franklin, and Sebastian, and the Oklahoma counties of LeFlore County, Oklahoma, LeFlore and Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, Sequoyah. Fort Smith lies on the Arkansas–Oklahoma state border, situated in the Arkansas Valley (ecoregion), Arkansas Valley at the confluence of the Arkansas River, Arkansas and Poteau River, Poteau rivers, also known as Belle Point. Fort Smith was established as a western frontier military post in 1817, when it was also a center of fur tradin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 40 In Arkansas
Interstate 40 (I-40) is an east–west Interstate Highway that has a section in the U.S. state of Arkansas, connecting Oklahoma to Tennessee. The route enters Arkansas from the west just north of the Arkansas River near Dora, Arkansas, Dora. It travels eastward across the northern portion of the state, connecting the cities of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Fort Smith, Clarksville, Arkansas, Clarksville, Russellville, Arkansas, Russellville, Morrilton, Arkansas, Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas, Conway, North Little Rock, Arkansas, North Little Rock, Forrest City, Arkansas, Forrest City, and West Memphis, Arkansas, West Memphis. I-40 continues into Tennessee, heading through Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis. The highway has major junctions with Interstate 540 (Arkansas), I-540 at Van Buren, Arkansas, Van Buren (the main highway connecting to Fort Smith, Arkansas, Fort Smith), Interstate 49 in Arkansas, I-49 at Alma, Arkansas, Alma (the main highway connecting to Fayetteville, Arkansas, Fayettev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and has Mexico-United States border, an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest. Texas has Texas Gulf Coast, a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Covering and with over 31 million residents as of 2024, it is the second-largest state List of U.S. states and territories by area, by area and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population. Texas is nicknamed the ''Lone Star State'' for its former status as the independent Republic of Texas. Spain was the first European country to Spanish Texas, claim and control Texas. Following French colonization of Texas, a short-lived colony controlled by France, Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
