Arkansas Highway 276 Explained

State:AR
Type:AR
Route:276
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:Sections of Highway 276 in red, Highway 276S in blue
Established:April 24, 1963
Length Mi1:1.62
Length Ref1:[1]
Direction A1:South
Direction B1:North
Terminus A1:Gregory Fisher Road / Lennox Road in Stuttgart
Terminus B1: in Stuttgart
Length Mi2:16.17
Direction A2:South
Direction B2:North
Terminus A2: at Lodge Corner
Terminus B2: at Indiana
Counties:Arkansas
Previous Type:AR
Previous Route:275
Next Type:AR
Next Route:277

Highway 276 (AR 276, Ark. 276, and Hwy. 276) is a designation for two state highways in Arkansas County, Arkansas. One route is a short industrial access road in south Stuttgart. A second route begins at US Highway 165 (US 165) at Lodge Corner and runs 16.17miles to US 165/AR 1/AR 152 south of De Witt. A spur route, designated Highway 267S, runs south at Bayou Meto to connect to Highway 11. All three routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).

Route description

Stuttgart

Highway 276 begins at a county road intersection with Gregory Fisher Road and Lennox Road at the southern edge of Stuttgart. The highway runs north as Buerkle Street, named for George Adam Buerkle, the founder of Stuttgart. Highway 276 runs north as a section line road, passing an industrial facility, Stuttgart Junion High School, Stuttgart High School, and the school's athletic fields before an intersection with US 79B, where the route terminates.[2] As of 2016, the route had an annual average daily traffic (AADT) of 2,700 vehicles per day (VPD).[3]

Lodge Corner to Indiana

Highway 276 begins at US 165 at Lodge Corner on the Arkansas Grand Prairie. The route runs due south through Hagler to Bayou Meto, where Highway 276S begins southbound. Highway 276 runs due east as a section line road through agricultural areas. As the route approaches Mill Bayou, the highway passes hunting lodges for hunters seeking the waterfowl of the Mississippi Flyway. It passes a large rice mill before intersecting US 165/AR 1, a principal north–south highway in the region also designated as the Great River Road, a National Scenic Byway, and Highway 152.

History

Highway 276 was created by the Arkansas State Highway Commission (ASHC) on April 24, 1963 between Lodge Corner and Indiana.[4] The spur route was created on June 23, 1965.[5] The Stuttgart route was created October 23, 1974.[6]

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at some concurrencies.

Bayou Meto spur

State:AR
Route:276
Type:AR-Spur
Length Mi:1.06
Length Round:2
Location:Bayou Meto
Formed:June 23, 1965

Highway 276Y Spur (AR 276S, Ark. 276S, Hwy. 276S) is a 1.06miles spur route at Bayou Meto in southern Arkansas County. The route provides access to Highway 11. It was created by the ASHC on June 23, 1965.[5]

Major intersections

See also

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, Arkansas County, Arkansas . PDF . January 11, 2011 . 1:62500 . December 20, 2017 .
  3. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . Annual Average Daily Traffic Estimates, Arkansas County, Arkansas . 2016 . 1A . December 21, 2016 .
  4. Web site: Minutes of the Meeting . 1953–1969 . Arkansas State Highway Commission . December 4, 2016 . . 913 . October 1, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181001143728/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo53-69.pdf . dead .
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  6. Web site: Minutes of the Meeting . 1970–1979 . Arkansas State Highway Commission . 1054 . December 4, 2016 . November 5, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111105110847/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo70-79.pdf . dead .