Arkansas Highway 37 Explained

State:AR
Type:AR
Route:37
Established:1926
Map:Arkansas 37.png
Length Mi1:52.40
Length Ref1:[1]
Direction A1:South
Direction B1:North
Terminus A1: north of McCrory
Junction1: near Tuckerman
Terminus B1:, Cord
Length Mi2:0.61
Direction A2:South
Direction B2:North
Terminus A2:, Gateway
Terminus B2:, Missouri state line
Previous Type:AR
Previous Route:36
Next Type:AR
Next Route:38

Arkansas Highway 37 is a designation for two state highways in Arkansas. The main segment of 52.4miles runs from McCrory to Cord. A short segment of 0.61miles runs north in Benton County from U.S. Route 62 to the Missouri state line.[2]

Route description

McCrory to Cord

AR 37 begins north of McCrory at AR 17 and runs north to AR 145 near Beedeville and AR 14 in Amagon. The route passes near the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge.[3] The route continues north to AR 18 in Grubbs and US 67 (Future I-57) in Tuckerman.[4] AR 37 also passes the historic Tuckerman Water Tower in Tuckerman. Arkansas Highway 37 continues northwest to Cord, where the route meets AR 122 and terminates.[5]

Gateway to Missouri

The only town on the route, Gateway, is also the southern terminus (at US 62). The northern terminus is at the Missouri state line where the road continues as Route 37.

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at concurrencies.

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History

State:AR
Type:AR
Route:47
Location:Benton County
Formed:1926
Deleted:1979

Arkansas Highway 37 was first formed in the original 1926 state highway plan as a route from AR 17 near McCrory north to AR 18 near Grubbs.[6] By 1940, the route had been extended north to Tuckerman, existing as a gravel road, and in some portions, an unimproved dirt road.[7] By 1945, the routing was extended to Cord. The highway's routing has remained essentially unchanged since this extension, though the route is now paved.

Highway 47 was the former designation for U.S. Highway 62 between Rogers and Gateway and Highway 37 between Gateway and the Missouri State Line. Running a distance of approximately 18miles, its southern terminus was at the intersection of U.S. Route 71 (aka 8th & Walnut Streets) in Rogers then passed through the communities of Avoca and Garfield before it ended at the Missouri state line just north of Gateway. When U.S. 62 was designated in Arkansas in 1930, Highway 47 was truncated to the NaNmiles segment from Gateway to the Missouri state line where it continued as Route 37. The brief connector segment was renumbered in January 1976 to match the Missouri designation, thus providing continuity for travelers seeking Eureka Springs.[8]

Notes and References

  1. "[Arkansas] State Highways 2009 (Database)." April 2010. AHTD: Planning and Research Division. Database. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
  2. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . General Highway Map - Benton County, Arkansas . 8/24/10 . April 25, 2011.
  3. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . General Highway Map - Woodruff County, Arkansas . 9/2/00 . April 25, 2011.
  4. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . General Highway Map - Jackson County, Arkansas . 10/21/2010 . April 25, 2011.
  5. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department . General Highway Map - Independence County, Arkansas . 10/06/2006 . April 25, 2011.
  6. Arkansas State Highway Department . Map of State of Arkansas showing System of State Highways . Initial 1926 . April 25, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707162238/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1926A.tif . July 7, 2011 .
  7. Arkansas State Highway Department . Map of the StateHighway System of Arkansas . 1940 . April 25, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111013003755/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1940.tif . October 13, 2011 .
  8. Web site: Minutes of the Meeting . PDF . January 29, 1976 . Arkansas State Highway Commission . 604 . December 2, 2013 . November 5, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111105110847/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo70-79.pdf . dead .