Arkansas Highway 226 is a designation for two state highways in northeast Arkansas. The main segment of 25.28 miles (40.7 km) runs east from an intersection of U.S. Route 67

U.S. Route 67

U.S. Route 67 is a 1,560 mile long north–south U.S. highway in the Central United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the United States-Mexico border in Presidio, Texas, where it continues south as Mexican Federal Highway 16 upon crossing the Rio Grande. The northern...

/Arkansas Highway 367 to future I-555

Interstate 555

Interstate 555 is a future Interstate Highway that is slated to connect Turrell, Arkansas at Interstate 55 to Jonesboro, Arkansas at Highway 91. I-555 is currently under construction as U.S...

/US 63/AR 18

Arkansas Highway 18

Arkansas Highway 18 is a state highway of in Northeastern Arkansas.-Route description:AR 18 begins at AR 69 near Jacksonport. Brief concurrencies begins with AR 17 and US 67 in Newport, and Arkansas Highway 18 Spur leads to Newport Municipal Airport as AR 18 continues east. The route runs east to...

 in Jonesboro

Jonesboro, Arkansas

Jonesboro is a city in and one of the two county seats of Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city was 67,263. A college town, Jonesboro is the largest city in northeastern Arkansas and the fifth most populous city in the state...

. A short route of 2.38 miles (3.8 km) runs in rural Jackson County west of Tuckerman

Tuckerman, Arkansas

Tuckerman is a city in Jackson County, Arkansas, USA. The population was 1,757 at the 2000 census.Each year on the second weekend of May, Tuckerman hosts Hometown Days, a festival for the town and fundraiser for the Tuckerman Fire Department.-Geography:...

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Western Jackson County

AR 226 runs east from Jackson CR 278 to cross AR 17 to AR 37, where it terminates.

Swifton to Jonesboro

The route then runs due east near Swifton

Swifton, Arkansas

Swifton is a city in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 871 at the 2000 census. Swifton was the hometown of Baseball Hall of Famer George Kell.-Geography:Swifton is located at ....

 through AR 18

Arkansas Highway 18

Arkansas Highway 18 is a state highway of in Northeastern Arkansas.-Route description:AR 18 begins at AR 69 near Jacksonport. Brief concurrencies begins with AR 17 and US 67 in Newport, and Arkansas Highway 18 Spur leads to Newport Municipal Airport as AR 18 continues east. The route runs east to...

 in Cash

Cash, Arkansas

Cash is a town in Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 294 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Cash is located at ....

, also meeting AR 349

Arkansas Highway 349

-Section 1:Arkansas Highway 349 is a state highway of that runs in Craighead County.-Route description:AR 349 runs from US 49 north across AR 226 to terminate at AR 18/AR 91 in Herman.-Section 2:...

 near Jonesboro

Jonesboro, Arkansas

Jonesboro is a city in and one of the two county seats of Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city was 67,263. A college town, Jonesboro is the largest city in northeastern Arkansas and the fifth most populous city in the state...

. Highway 226 winds into Jonesboro, meeting US 63

U.S. Route 63

U.S. Route 63 is a long north–south United States highway primarily in the Midwestern United States. The southern terminus of the route is at Interstate 20 in Ruston, Louisiana. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 2 in Benoit, Wisconsin, about east of Duluth, Minnesota. It is not related to U.S...

/AR 18 and terminating. US 67 traffic is currently routed onto AR 226 while the AHTD continues to build US 67 to interstate standards. The limited access

Limited-access road

A limited-access road known by various terms worldwide, including limited-access highway, dual-carriageway and expressway, is a highway or arterial road for high-speed traffic which has many or most characteristics of a controlled-access highway , including limited or no access to adjacent...

 portion of US 67 currently ends at AR 226 between Cash and Swifton, and AR 226 is being used to redirect traffic from the new route to the old alignment. The route is two-lane undivided for its entire length, passing through flat, square farmland for most of its length.

History

The route became a state highway in 1958, running from an area south of Swifton

Swifton, Arkansas

Swifton is a city in Jackson County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 871 at the 2000 census. Swifton was the hometown of Baseball Hall of Famer George Kell.-Geography:Swifton is located at ....

 east to Gibson. AR 226 later later was extended to Jonesboro, including a concurrency with Arkansas Highway 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.

Major intersections

|colspan=4 align=center| AR 226 short segment ends, AR 226 main segment begins at U.S. Route 67

U.S. Route 67

U.S. Route 67 is a 1,560 mile long north–south U.S. highway in the Central United States. The southern terminus of the route is at the United States-Mexico border in Presidio, Texas, where it continues south as Mexican Federal Highway 16 upon crossing the Rio Grande. The northern...

/Arkansas Highway 367

Jonesboro spur

Arkansas Highway 226 Spur is a spur route

Spur route

A spur route is a short road forming a branch from a longer, more important route . A bypass or beltway is never considered a true spur route as it typically reconnects with the major road...

 in Jonesboro

Jonesboro, Arkansas

Jonesboro is a city in and one of the two county seats of Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city was 67,263. A college town, Jonesboro is the largest city in northeastern Arkansas and the fifth most populous city in the state...

. Known locally as Wood Springs Road, the routes is1.03 miles (1.7 km) in length.
Major intersections