Arkansas Highway 268 Explained

State:AR
Type:AR
Route:268
Map:Arkansas 268.png
Established:May 23, 1973
Length Ref1:[1]
Length Mi1:3.00
Direction A1:West
Direction B1:East
Length Mi2:2.78
Direction A2:West
Direction B2:East
Terminus A2: near Mull
Terminus B2:Buffalo National River
Previous Type:AR
Previous Route:267
Next Type:AR
Next Route:269

Highway 268 (AR 268, Ark. 268, and Hwy. 268) is a designation for two state highways in Marion County. One route of 3miles runs from Highway 14 to Marion County Road 227 (CR 227, B Rodgers Cir) and CR 259 (Locust Rd). A second route in south Marion County runs 2.78miles from Highway 14 to the Buffalo National River. Both routes are maintained by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).

Route description

Western Marion County

The route begins at Highway 14 in northeast Marion County within the Ozark Mountains. The route serves as a short rural route near Bull Shoals Lake, running northeast to and intersection, where it meets Marion CR 227 (B Rodgers Cir) and CR 259 (Locust Rd). The roadway continues east as CR 259/Locust Rd, with CR 227 running north from the intersection.[2]

Buffalo River

Highway 268 begins at Highway 14 in southern Marion County near the unincorporated community of Mull. The route runs east to the Buffalo National River. This access point on the river was formerly owned and operated by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism as Buffalo River State Park, but was re-designated as the United States' first National River under National Park Service jurisdiction in 1972.

History

The section in western Marion County was added to the state highway system on May 23, 1973, pursuant to Act 9 of 1973 by the Arkansas General Assembly.[3] The act directed county judges and legislators to designate up to 12miles of county roads as state highways in each county.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arkansas Road Log Database . Planning and Research Division . March 28, 2012 . Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . MBD . April 13, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110623010127/http://arkansashighways.com/planning_research/technical_services/databases/Road%20Log%20Database.zip . June 23, 2011 .
  2. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . General Highway Map, Marion County, Arkansas . Transportation Planning & Policy Division . Little Rock . PDF . 2008-04-15 . 1:62500 . 2016-07-09 .
  3. Web site: Minute Order 73-362 . Minutes of the Meeting . 1960-08-31 . Arkansas State Highway Commission . 1168 . 2016-07-08 . 2011-11-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111105110847/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo70-79.pdf . dead .
  4. Web site: Development of Highway and Transportation Legislation in Arkansas: A Review of the Acts Relative to Administering and Financing Highways and Transportation in Arkansas . 13 . . . ((Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department: Planning and Research Division, Policy Analysis Section)) . 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20200206150754/https://www.ardot.gov/Trans_Plan_Policy/policy_legis/publications/Dev%20Hwy%20Legislation.pdf . February 6, 2020. dead .