Arkansas Highway 241 Explained

State:AR
Type:AR
Route:241
Established:July 10, 1957
Map Custom:yes
Length Mi:7.08
Length Ref:[1]
Direction A:South
Terminus A: near Monroe
Direction B:North
Terminus B: near Brinkley
Counties:Monroe
Previous Type:AR
Previous Route:240
Next Type:AR
Next Route:242

Highway 241 (AR 241, Ark. 241, and Hwy. 241) is a north–south state highway in Monroe County. The route of 7.08miles begins at US Highway 49 (US 49) and Highway 39 and runs west and north to Highway 302. The route is maintained by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).

Route description

The route begins at US 49 and Highway 39 in eastern Monroe County in an aquaculture/agricultural area within the Arkansas Grand Prairie. Highway 241 runs due west as a section line road to an intersection with Highway 17 toward Keevil and Brinkley. After overlapping for 1miles, Highway 241 turns due west, running to an intersection with Highway 302, where it terminates.[2]

History

Highway 241 was created by the Arkansas State Highway Commission on July 10, 1957 as a highway of 5.6miles between Clarendon and Keevil.[3] The Commission later modified the previous order, extending the highway by 3.4miles on February 26, 1958.[4] The route was extended east to Highway 17 at Keevil on July 2, 1960,[5] and to US 49 and Highway 39 on June 23, 1965.[6] On January 26, 1977, the north-south portion of the highway to Clarendon was redesignated as Highway 302 to improve route designation continuity, leaving the remaining segments of east–west section line road with an odd-numbered designation normally indicative of north–south routes.[7]

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at concurrencies.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arkansas Road Log Database . System Information and Research Division . 2014 . Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . MDB . March 27, 2016 . August 29, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170829203521/http://www.arkansashighways.com/System_Info_and_Research/traffic_info/databases/Road%20Log%20Database.zip . dead .
  2. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . General Highway Map, Monroe County, Arkansas . PDF . April 3, 2014 . 1:62500 . November 22, 2016 .
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