Arkansas Highway 303 Explained

State:AR
Type:AR
Route:303
Map:Arkansas 303.png
Formed:April 24, 1963[1]
Length Mi1:1.763
Length Ref1:[2]
Direction A1:South
Direction B1:North
Terminus A1:CR 6245
Terminus B1: east of Wesley
Length Mi2:8.567
Direction A2:South
Direction B2:North
Terminus A2: at Mayfield
Length Mi3:2.27
Direction A3:South
Direction B3:North
Terminus A3: in Hobbs State Park – Conservation Area
Counties:Benton, Madison, Washington
Previous Type:AR
Previous Route:302
Next Type:AR
Next Route:304

Highway 303 (AR 303, Ark. 303, and Hwy. 303) is a designation for three north–south state highways in Northwest Arkansas. Each connects sparsely populated rural areas to east–west corridors.

Route description

Madison County

Highway 303 begins at Lollar's Creek Road (Madison CR 192) and runs northwest to terminate at Highway 74 east of Wesley.[3]

Washington County

Highway 303 begins at Highway 45 at Mayfield and runs north through unincorporated Washington County to meet US Route 412 at Spring Valley near the historic Spring Valley School. The two routes participate in a 1miles concurrency east until Highway 303 turns north from US  412 near the Madison County line. The route then runs north towards War Eagle and becomes Benton CR 98 which eventually gives access to Highway 12 near Beaver Lake.[4]

Benton County

Highway 303 begins at Highway 12, angling northeast before terminating at Rocky Branch Road (Benton CR 99) near the Rocky Branch School and Beaver Lake.[5]

History

Highway 303 was added to the state highway system as part of a large transfer of county roads to the state system that took place on April 24, 1963. Initially only the portion from Mayfield to the Benton County line was transferred to state maintenance.

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at concurrencies.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minutes of the Meeting . PDF . April 24, 1963 . . 918 . January 27, 2013 . October 1, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181001143728/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo53-69.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Arkansas Road Log Database . Planning and Research Division . 2010 . Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . Database . June 9, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110623010127/http://arkansashighways.com/planning_research/technical_services/databases/Road%20Log%20Database.zip . 23 June 2011 . dead .
  3. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . General Highway Map, Madison County, Arkansas . Planning and Research Division . PDF . March 15, 2010 . 1:62500 . January 27, 2013 .
  4. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . General Highway Map, Washington County, Arkansas . Planning and Research Division . PDF . December 13, 2011 . 1:62500 . January 27, 2013 .
  5. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . General Highway Map, Benton County, Arkansas . Planning and Research Division . PDF . August 20, 2012 . 1:62500 . January 27, 2013 .