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Arkansas Highway 106

highway in Arkansas

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ2431172 ↗
Source-derived summary

Highway 106 (AR 106, Ark. 106, and Hwy. 106) is an east–west state highway in Independence County. The highway of 12.42 miles (19.99 km) runs from Highway 69 near Cushman south and east to Highway 69B (AR 69B) in Batesville.

Route description

Highway 106 begins at Highway 69 south of Cushman in western Independence County. The highway runs south past the Batesville Livestock and Forestry Research Station, a branch of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Highway 106 continues south where Highway 106 Spur begins, running west to Bethesda. The parent route turns east at this point, passing a quarry and Ruddle Hill before entering the Batesville city limits and terminating at Highway 69B.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Independence County.

Bethesda spur

Highway 106 Spur (AR 106S, Ark. 106S, or Hwy.

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The public source identifies “Arkansas Highway 106” as highway in Arkansas. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Arkansas, Highway and highway.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 136-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 106” 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.