| State: | AR |
| Type: | AR |
| Route: | 336 |
| Length Mi1: | 11.155 |
| Established: | January 12, 1966 |
| Length Ref1: | [1] |
| Direction A1: | West |
| Direction B1: | East |
| Terminus A1: | at Formosa |
| Terminus B1: | in Clinton |
| Length Mi2: | 0.876 |
| Direction A2: | West |
| Direction B2: | East |
| Terminus A2: | Higden Road in Higden |
| Terminus B2: | in Higden |
| Previous Type: | AR |
| Previous Route: | 335 |
| Next Type: | AR |
| Next Route: | 337 |
Highway 336 (AR 336, Ark. 336, and Hwy. 336) is a designation for two east–west state highways in the Arkansas Ozarks. Both are low traffic, two-lane, highways near Greers Ferry Lake. The longer segment was created in 1966, with the Higden segment created in 1972. Both current segments are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
The ArDOT maintains Highway 336 like all other parts of the state highway system. As a part of these responsibilities, the department tracks the volume of traffic using its roads in surveys using a metric called average annual daily traffic (AADT). ArDOT estimates the traffic level for a segment of roadway for any average day of the year in these surveys. As of 2018, estimates were 850 vehicles per day (VPD) near Culpepper and 460 VPD near the western terminus. As of 2018, estimates in Higden were 260 VPD.[2] Highways under 400 VPD are classified as very low volume local road by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).[3]
No segment of Highway 336 is part of the National Highway System (NHS), a network of roads important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.[4]
Highway 336 begins in the unincorporated community of Formosa in southern Van Buren County near the Conway County line. The road winds through a rural area, crossing Wolf Pen Hollow before climbing Culpepper Mountain, where it passes the community of Culpepper.[5] The route runs northeast to U.S. Highway 65 (US 65, and an unsigned Highway 9) in Clinton where it terminates near the Ozark Health Medical Center.[6]
A second segment of Highway 336 begins in the small town of Higden within Cleburne County at an intersection with Highway 16 near Greers Ferry Lake. The highway runs due north as Higden Road through a residential area before turning slightly west toward the lake.[7] State maintenance ends along the curve, with the roadway continuing as a city street.[8]
The Arkansas State Highway Commission designated a second segment of Highway 336 along a county road between US 65 and Culpepper on January 12, 1966.[9] The Higden segment was designated on October 25, 1972, to restore Higden's access to the state highway system following the creation of Greers Ferry Lake.[10] Highway 366 was extended from Culpepper to the western terminus on May 23, 1973, following Act 9 of 1973 by the Arkansas General Assembly.[11] The act directed county judges and legislators to designate up to 12miles of county roads as state highways in each county.[12]