Arkansas Highway 121 (AR 121, Hwy. 121) is a designation for two
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either Route number, numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered ...
s in
Lee County, Arkansas
Lee County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. With its eastern border formed by the Mississippi River, it is considered to be part of the Arkansas Delta. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, t ...
. One route of runs from the
St. Francis River
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to
US Route 79 (US 79) northeast of
Marianna.
A second routing begins north of Marianna at
Highway 1 and runs essentially in a half-loop counterclockwise to
LaGrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi Lagrangia[St. Francis River
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about west of the
Mississippi River
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.
The highway winds northwest through floodplain to terminate at
US 79
U.S. Route 79 (US 79) is a United States highway in the Southern United States. The route is officially considered and signed as a north–south highway, but its path is actually more of a diagonal northeast–southwest highway. The highway's n ...
, which is designated as part of the
Great River Road
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.
Highway 1 to LaGrange
The second portion of Highway 121 begins at
Highway 1 north of
Marianna and runs west through farmland. Highway 121 has a junction with
Highway 261 at
Holub, after which Highway 121 turns due south. The route continues south to US 79 at
Smith Corner when the two routes overlap for approximately at which time Highway 121 turns south again.
After running south through a few miles of farmland the route enters
Aubrey
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In the United States, following the 1973 ...
as Main Street and intersects
Highway 78. At
Big Creek Corner the route curves east after a junction with
Highway 243. Now entering
Rondo
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the route has junction with
Highway 243 (Main Street) and serves as the western terminus for
Highway 316. The route continues approximately further east to intersect Highway 1 before it terminates at Young Boulevard in
LaGrange
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (born Giuseppe Luigi Lagrangia[Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
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(AHTD) reveal that less than 200 vehicles per day (VPD) used Highway 121 from the St. Francis River to US 79 in 2010. The semi-circular rural portion from Highway 1 to LaGrange varies between 350–950 VPD.
Major intersections
Mile markers reset at concurrencies.
See also
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List of state highways in Arkansas
The following is a list of state highways in the U.S. state of 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 hig ...
Notes
References
External links
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121 121 may refer to:
*121 (number), a natural number
* AD 121, a year in the 2nd century AD
* 121 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
* 121 (Eagle) Sqn, a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron that during the Second World War was one of the three Eagle Squa ...
Transportation in Lee County, Arkansas