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Arkansas Highway 76

highway in Arkansas

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 13, 2025
Entity authorityQ104882194 ↗
Source-derived summary

Arkansas Highway 76 (AR 76, Ark. 76 and Hwy. 76) is the designation for a state Highway in the U.S. state of Arkansas. AR 76 is located in southwest Arkansas, and is split into two sections. The first section begins at U.S. Route 371 (US 371), and ends at US 278. The second section begins at AR 57 and AR 387 south of Chidester, and ends at AR 24 near Bragg City, or about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northwest of Camden. Both sections are very rural.

Route description

Section 1

The western terminus for AR 76 is at US 371 just south of Rosston. From there, the route heads east towards US 278 where its eastern terminus is located. The entire route is about 7.2 miles (11.6 km) long and does not intersect any communities or other highways.

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The public source identifies “Arkansas Highway 76” as highway in Arkansas. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Arkansas, Highway and highway.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 138-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Arkansas, Highway and highway providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Arkansas Highway 76” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.