Arkansas Highway 88 Explained

State:AR
Map:Arkansas 88.png
Type:AR
Route:88
Counties:Polk, Montgomery, Garland, Saline, Jefferson
Previous Type:AR
Previous Route:87
Next Type:AR
Next Route:89

Highway 88 (AR 88, Ark. 88, and Hwy. 88) is a designation for five state highways in Arkansas. All routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).

Oklahoma to Washita

Country:USA
State:AR
Type:AR
Route:88
Location:, Oklahoma state line to at Washita
Length Mi:60.66
Length Ref:[1]
Length Round:2
Formed:April 1, 1926[2]

Highway 88 (AR 88, Ark. 88, and Hwy. 88) is a state highway of 60.66miles in Western Arkansas. The route begins at the Oklahoma state line at OK-1 and runs west to Highway 27 at Washita. Between the western terminus and Mena, the route passes through the Ouachita Mountains and is designated as part of the Talimena Scenic Drive, an Arkansas Scenic Byway and National Scenic Byway.[3]

Route description

At Mena, it runs along the north direction of U.S. 71 (geographically east) for 2miles until U.S. 71 turns back to the north. From there, Highway 88 continues east for 24miles parallelling the Ouachita River and passing through the communities of Ink, Cherry Hill, Pine Ridge and Oden before intersecting U.S. Highway 270 at Pencil Bluff. Highway 88 then continues east another 14miles passing through the community of Sims before ending at Highway 27 at Washita.

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at some concurrencies.

Hot Springs

Country:USA
State:AR
Type:AR
Route:88
Higdon Ferry Road
Location: in Hot Springs to
in Hot Springs
Length Mi:2.92
Length Round:2

Route description

Highway 88 begins and ends at Highway 7 in Hot Springs. It runs about 3 miles and has an intersection with the U.S. 70-270 bypass of Hot Springs along its route.

Major intersections

Lonsdale

Country:USA
State:AR
Type:AR
Route:88
Location:Spring Street in Lonsdale to
Length Mi:1.84
Length Round:2

Major intersections

Benton

Country:USA
State:AR
Type:AR
Route:88
Location: in Benton to
End state maintenance at Alcoa Road in Benton
Length Mi:2.60
Length Round:2

Route description

A second segment of Highway 88 begins at an intersection with Highway 35 in Benton, runs for a few blocks on Military Road (a former route of U.S. 67-70 and US 70C/I-30 Business Loop), then runs west approximately miles as Alcoa Road before ending at Benton Parkway.

Major intersections

Altheimer to Reydell

Country:USA
State:AR
Type:AR
Route:88
Location: in Altheimer to
at Reydell
Length Mi:23.39
Length Round:2

Route description

Highway 88 begins at U.S. Highway 79 at Altheimer and runs 24miles south and east passing through the communities of Cornerstone, Sweden, and Swan Lake before ending at Highway 11 at Reydell.

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 Commission . Map of the State of Arkansas Showing System of State Highways . TIF . April 1, 1926 . Arkansas State Highway Commission . Little Rock . December 15, 2016 .
  3. Web site: Talimena Scenic Drive National Scenic Byway . . July 8, 2011 .