Arkansas Highway 100 (AR 100) is a

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Description

A route of begins at Highway 365 north of Maumelle and runs east to Interstate 40 (I-40) in

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. This route was designated in 1987 and is maintained by the

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(ArDOT).

History

The Highway 100 designation was created at the request of the mayor of North Little Rock, who planned to construct Riverside Drive between Rose City and Locust Street, and desired inclusion in the state highway system. The

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agreed to an alignment in 1965, but the road was not completed for over 20 years. The designation was officially assigned on December 1, 1987, following completion of Riverfront Drive between Highway 365 and

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(I-30).. The highway was extended east to

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(US 70) on May 13, 1998. A second segment was created on May 6, 1987 along Maumelle Boulevard in response to the population growth of Maumelle. The route was extended along Crystal Hill Road to

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on August 11, 1993, at the request of concerned citizens, members of the

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, and the Pulaski

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. The extension was in exchange for removing a segment of Highway 176 near Camp Joseph T. Robinson..

Major intersections

Former route

Another section of Highway 100 previously existed in North Little Rock, and was known locally as "Riverfront Drive". It was initially signed in 1987, and was decommissioned in 2019.

References

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External links

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100 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In mathematics 100 is the square of 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standard SI prefix for a hundred is " hecto-". 100 is the b ...