Arkansas Highway 226
highway in Arkansas
Arkansas Highway 226 (AR 226) is a designation for two state highways in northeast Arkansas. The main segment of 25.28 miles (40.68 km) runs east from Highway 367 near Swifton to Interstate 555 (I-555) in Jonesboro. Much of this route in the eastern segment is concurrent with U.S. Route 78 (US 78) when it was extended into Arkansas on November 2023. A short route of 2.38 miles (3.83 km) runs in rural Jackson County west of Tuckerman.
Route description
AR 226 runs east from Jackson CR 278 to cross AR 17 to AR 37, where it terminates. The route then runs due east near Swifton through AR 18 in Cash, it meets with US 78 at I-57/US 67 and has concurrency with US 78 to Jonesboro while also meeting AR 349 near Jonesboro. Highway 226 winds into Jonesboro, where US 78 departs from AR 226 at US 63/US 49 then terminates at US 63/AR 18.
History
The route became a state highway in 1958, traveling from an area south of Swifton east to Gibson. AR 226 was later extended to Jonesboro, including a concurrency with AR 39 (now US 49). When US 49 replaced AR 39 around 1980, AR 226 was split into its current alignment and AR 226S. The short Jackson County segment was added to the system in 1996.
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