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Interstate 555
Interstate 555 (I-555) is an Interstate Highway connecting Interstate 55 in Arkansas, I-55 in Turrell, Arkansas, Turrell with Arkansas Highway 91, Highway 91 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Jonesboro. It provides a complete freeway corridor between Jonesboro, Arkansas's fifth-largest city, and Memphis, Tennessee. Formerly known as U.S. Route 63 in Arkansas, U.S. Route 63 (US 63), the highway was converted in the early 2000s to Interstate Highway standards. I-555 was dedicated in March 2016. Route description I-555 begins at an interchange of Interstate 55 in Arkansas, I-55, U.S. Route 61 in Arkansas, US 61, and Arkansas Highway 77, AR 77 in Turrell, Arkansas, Turrell. I-55 goes south to Memphis, Tennessee. The road parallel to the Interstate, Arkansas Highway 463, AR 463, is a former alignment of US 63. I-555 passes through farmland and Gilmore, Arkansas, Gilmore. Then, it passes through Tyronza, Arkansas, Tyronza and Marked Tree, Arkansas, Marked Tree ... [...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] |
Arkansas Highway 463
Highway 463 (AR 463, Ark. 463 and Hwy. 463) is a north–south state highway in northeast Arkansas. The route of runs from Highway 14 very near I-555 at Payneway north to I-555 in Jonesboro. The route is a redesignation of former U.S. Route 63, which has since been rerouted onto US 49. Route description The route begins at a T intersection with Highway 14 at the unincorporated community of Payneway west of I-555. Highway 463 runs along a range line north to intersect Highway 214 before crossing the freeway and entering Trumann. Highway 463 intersects Highway 69S before passing the Maxie Theatre on the National Register of Historic Places. Further north, AR 463 has junctions with AR 198, AR 69, and AR 214 before exiting Trumann and entering Craighead County. The route has an overlap with Highway 158 in Bay and a junction with I-555 before entering Jonesboro and terminating at I-555. Major intersections See also * List of state highways ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 55
Interstate 55 (I-55) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, connecting the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. The highway travels from LaPlace, Louisiana, at I-10 to Chicago, Illinois, at Lake Shore Drive ( US 41), near McCormick Place. The major cities that I-55 connects to are (from south to north) New Orleans, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; St. Louis, Missouri; and Chicago, Illinois. The section of I-55 between Chicago and St. Louis was built as an alternate route for U.S. Route 66 (US 66). The Interstate crosses the Mississippi River twice: once at Memphis and again at St. Louis. History When it was realized that a national highway system was needed, the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 provided for a highway replacing the old US 66 which I-55 filled. I-55 was originally constructed in the 1960s, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate Highways In Arkansas
The list of Interstate Highways in Arkansas encompasses nine members of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in the state of Arkansas. Cable median barriers The 2010–2013 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program from the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) lists cable median barrier installation projects along segments of Interstate 30 (I-30), I-40, I-55, I-430, Interstate 540, and US 67 to begin as funds become available. The high-tension designs will first be installed in areas with narrow medians (less than wide) that carry an average daily traffic of 15,000 or greater near sites of recent serious crossover collisions. Primary Interstates Auxiliary Interstates See also * * References {{Reflist Interstate The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, or the Eisenhower Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkansas Highway 173 (1940–1979)
Highway 173 (AR 173, Ark. 173, and Hwy. 173) is a former state highway in Craighead County, Arkansas. Between designation as a state highway in 1940 and decommissioning to the city street system in 1979, it was maintained by the Arkansas Highway Department (AHD), now known as the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT). Route description Highway 173 began at US Highway 63 (US 63, present-day AR 18) east of Jonesboro, the county seat of Craighead County. It ran due north as a section line road past a Civilian Conservation Corps camp through an unincorporated area. Continuing north, AR 173 crossed the St. Louis Southwestern Railway tracks and St. Louis and San Francisco Railway tracks and passed through the campus of Arkansas State College (now known as Arkansas State University), an area known as Aggie (the former nickname of the college's athletic teams). AR 173 continued north a short distance to AR 1 (present day AR 91), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkansas Highway 158
Arkansas Highway 158 (AR 158, Hwy. 158) is a designation for two state highways in northeast Arkansas. The main segment of runs east from Highway 1 to US Route 61 (US 61) in Luxora. A short route of runs from U.S. Route 49 across railroad tracks in rural Craighead County. Route description Greenfield to Luxora AR 158 begins at AR 1 in Greenfield. The route runs east and begins to concur with AR 163 north. AR 158 then heads east, crossing US 63 and AR 463 near Bay. The route continues east then north to meet AR 18 in Bowman. AR 18/ AR 135/AR 158 run together until Black Oak, with AR 135/AR 158 continuing together until Caraway. The route continues east to meet AR 77 in Lennie. AR 158 runs east to cross Interstate 55 and US 61 before Luxora. The route terminates at US 61 in north Luxora. Craighead County The route begins at US 49 and runs briefly east across the Union Pacific Railroad tracks. The route then curves north parallel to US 49, with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KAIT-TV
KAIT (channel 8) is a television station in Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with ABC, NBC, and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Media alongside Telemundo affiliate KJTB-LD (channel 36) and KJBW-LD (channel 35). The three stations share studios on New Haven Church Road (County Road 766) north of Jonesboro; KAIT's transmitter is located in Egypt, Arkansas. History KAIT first signed on July 15, 1963, as an independent station, a venture of Fort Smith businessman George Hernreich. It has been affiliated with ABC since 1965. Most television markets in the country received at least two VHF commercial channels. However, the Jonesboro market could only receive ''one'' VHF license because it was sandwiched between Springfield (channels 3 and 10) to the west, Memphis (channels 3, 5, 10, and 13) to the east, Cape Girardeau (channels 3, 6, 8, and 12) to the north, and Little Rock (channels 2, 4, 7, and 11) to the south. KAIT was fortunate to receive this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Crawford (politician)
Eric Alan "Rick" Crawford (born January 22, 1966) is an American politician, author, businessman, and United States Army, Army veteran serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 2011. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he was elected to serve as chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, House Intelligence Committee for the 119th United States Congress, 119th Congress. Early life and education Crawford was born at Homestead Base, Florida, Homestead Air Force Base in Florida, the son of Ruth Anne and Donnie J. "Don" Crawford. He grew up in a military family; his father served in the United States Air Force. He graduated from Alvirne High School in Hudson, New Hampshire, Hudson, New Hampshire. Crawford enlisted in the United States Army and served as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal, explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to the 56th Ordnance Detachment at Fort Indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 530
Interstate 530 (I-530) in Arkansas is a spur route of the Interstate highway system, traveling from Pine Bluff north-northwest to Little Rock at an interchange of I-30 and I-440." rkansasState Highways 2009 (Database)." April 2010. AHTD: Planning and Research DivisionDatabase. Retrieved May 25, 2011. The highway also travels through the cities of Redfield and White Hall. In the future, I-530 will be extended south to I-69 west of Monticello. A short section near the future I-69 alignment has been signed as Highway 530. Route description The route begins at a high volume interchange with I-30/ I-440/ US 65/ US 67/ US 167 in southeast Little Rock. This intersection handles over 100,000 vehicles per day on average. I-530 runs south with US 65 and US 167 through marshland, entering Saline County briefly to split with US 167 south (exit 10). At exit 10, the junction can only accessed by southbound I-530. Northbound I-530 mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trumann, Arkansas
Trumann is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 7,399 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Jonesboro Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Trumann is located in the Arkansas Delta. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Ecologically, Trumann is located within the St. Francis Lowlands ecoregion within the larger Mississippi Alluvial Plain. The St. Francis Lowlands are a flat region with fertile soil mostly covered with row crop agriculture today, though also containing sand blows and sunken lands remaining from the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes. Waterways have mostly been channelized, causing loss of aquatic and riparian wildlife habitat. The St. Francis Sunken Lands Wildlife Management Area, which preserves some of the bottomland hardwood forest typical of this ecoregion prior to development for row agriculture lies east of Trumann along the St. Francis River. Interstate 555 ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payneway, Arkansas
Payneway (formerly Harrisburg Corner) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Little River Township, Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. It is located west of Marked Tree near the intersection of Arkansas Highway 463 (formerly U.S. Route 63) and Arkansas Highway 14 Arkansas Highway 14 (AR 14) is a designation for two List of state highways in Arkansas, state highways in the U.S. state of Arkansas. One segment of begins east of Table Rock Lake and runs east to Interstate 555 (I-555) at Payneway, Arkansas, .... It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 241. Demographics 2020 census References Unincorporated communities in Poinsett County, Arkansas Unincorporated communities in Arkansas Census-designated places in Arkansas Census-designated places in Poinsett County, Arkansas {{PoinsettCountyAR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marked Tree, Arkansas
Marked Tree is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States, along the St. Francis River, at the mouth of the Little River (St. Francis River tributary), Little River. The population was 2,286 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas, metropolitan statistical area. Geologically, the area marks the southern end of the New Madrid Fault. History The city got its name from a tree located on the bank of the St. Francis River until 1890 that had been Trail blazing, blazed to mark a section of the river where Native Americans could walk about across land to reach the Little River and avoid paddling upstream. Marked Tree has been noted on lists of Place names considered unusual, unusual place names. In 1896, ''The Commercial Appeal'' reported that around eight years prior, the town had been a place where "sundown town, no negroes were allowed to live in Marked Tree, and a delegation of citizens was organized to drive them out." Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
