| State: | AR |
| Type: | AR |
| Route: | 10 |
| Maint: | ArDOT |
| Map: | Arkansas 10.png |
| Length Mi: | 135.4 |
| Length Round: | 2 |
| Length Ref: | [1] |
| Established: | 1926 |
| Direction A: | West |
| Terminus A: | at the Oklahoma state line |
| Junction: | in Greenwood in Ola from Perry to Williams Junction in Little Rock |
| Direction B: | East |
| Terminus B: | East 2nd Street in Little Rock |
| Counties: | Sebastian, Logan, Yell, Perry, Pulaski |
| Previous Type: | AR |
| Previous Route: | 9 |
| Next Type: | AR |
| Next Route: | 11 |
Arkansas Highway 10 (AR 10) is an east–west state highway in western Arkansas. The route runs 135.4miles from the Oklahoma state line east to East 2nd Street in Little Rock.[2] The highway serves both the Fort Smith metropolitan area and the Little Rock – North Little Rock – Conway metropolitan area.
Aside from Little Rock in Pulaski County, the highway also passes through county seats in four other Arkansas counties — Greenwood, Sebastian County; Booneville, Logan County; Danville, Yell County; and Perryville, Perry County. Mount Magazine, Arkansas's highest point, lies just to the north of the highway, as does the adjoining Mount Magazine State Park. Highway 10 also passes through a portion of the Ozark National Forest and parallel to the Petit Jean River, Petit Jean Wildlife Management Area and Lake Maumelle — a chief source of water for residents in the Little Rock metropolitan area.
The route begins at the Oklahoma state line as a continuation of OK-120 and runs east to Hackett. Highway 10 intersects Highway 45 in Hackett, and continues east to Greenwood. Highway 10 passes through downtown Greenwood, passing Highway 10S and the Old Sebastian County Jail, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The highway leaves town and passes Fort Chaffee on its way to Logan County.[2] In Booneville, the route intersects the scenic Highway 23 near the Bank of Booneville Building and Farmers and Merchants Bank-Masonic Lodge. Highway 10 also passes the Booneville Municipal Airport before entering Magazine.[3] The highway passes by the historic Magazine City Hall-Jail and intersects Highway 109 in Magazine before entering Yell County.[4]
Highway 10 begins to cover mountainous terrain, passing Havana, Belleville, and the Danville Municipal Airport. Highway 10 intersects Highway 27 in Danville and Highway 7/Highway 28 in Ola. In Perry County, Highway 10 continues through mountainous terrain and small towns Cass and Adona before forming a southerly concurrency with Highway 9 in Perry. Highway 9/Highway 10 run together pass Lake Harris Brake on to Perryville, past the Perry County Courthouse and south to Williams Junction, where Highway 10 turns east to Little Rock.[5]
Highway 10 enters Pulaski County, passing Lake Maumelle and Pinnacle Mountain State Park before entering the city, becoming Cantrell Road.[6] The far western portions of Cantrell Road in recent years have been the site for increased commercial development in Little Rock, including the controversial 2004 opening of a Wal-Mart Supercenter near upscale residential communities immediately south of the highway in Chenal Valley. In the portion between Interstate 430 (I-430) in the west and downtown in the east, Cantrell Road is a primary traffic artery for northern Little Rock, including the upper part of the Pulaski Heights section of the city, and is one of the most traveled thoroughfares aside from the Interstates in Little Rock. Cantrell Road runs with neighborhoods to the south and parks to the north, passing Arkansas Baptist High School.[7]
The highway intersects I-430 at a Parclo interchange and runs deeper into downtown Little Rock, passing numerous houses on the National Register of Historic Places.[7] Cantrell Road continues past the Jackson Reservoir near the Cammack Village area, crossing University Avenue. Highway 10 becomes La Harpe Boulevard and proceeds east past the Arkansas State Capitol along the Arkansas River, before passing underneath Broadway Street (US 70).[7] The route uses one block of Cumberland Street, before terminating at East 2nd Street, which provides access to exit 140 on I-30.[7]
| State: | AR |
| Route: | 10 |
| Type: | AR-Spur |
| Location: | Greenwood |
| Length Mi: | 3.07 |
| Length Round: | 2 |
| Formed: | Mid-1960 |
Arkansas Highway 10 Spur is a spur route of 3.07miles in Sebastian County. Its western terminus is at US 71, just west of Greenwood, while its eastern terminus is at Highway 10 near downtown Greenwood. Until the mid-1960s, this road was part of the original alignment of US 71.
Highway 10 was one of the original 1926 Arkansas State Highways, and remains very close to that routing today. The highway roughly parallels US 64 and I-40 for its entire length, both approximately 20miles to Highway 10's north until their convergence in Little Rock. Even in 1926, however, US 64 was constructed to higher standards than Highway 10, making US 64 always the more feasible route for travelers from Fort Smith to the state capitol. Highway 10 remains the "scenic path" from Fort Smith, passing through the Ouachita Mountains at a slower pace than the bustling four-lane freeway.
Mile markers reset at some concurrencies.