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Interstate 40 in Arkansas

Interstate 40 in Arkansas

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In the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile...

 of Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquin name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the...

, Interstate 40
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 is a major west-east Interstate Highway in the United States. Its western terminus is at Interstate 15 in Barstow, California; its eastern terminus is at a concurrency of U.S. Route 117 and North Carolina Highway 132 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Much of the western portion of I-40,...

 runs from Dora, Arkansas
Dora, Arkansas
Dora is an unincorporated community in Crawford County in the western part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is located approximately 3 miles west of Van Buren on the Arkansas-Oklahoma border along Interstate 40. Dora shares its ZIP code and other municipal services with Van Buren.The community...

 to the Mississippi River
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....

 at West Memphis
West Memphis, Arkansas
West Memphis is the largest city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 27,666 at the 2000 census, with an estimated population of 28,181 in 2005, ranking it as the state's 12th largest city, behind Bentonville...

 via the Hernando De Soto Bridge
Hernando de Soto Bridge
The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a through arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee. It is often called the "M Bridge" as the arches resemble the letter M...

. Some other towns and cities that the interstate passes through are Van Buren
Van Buren, Arkansas
Van Buren is the second largest city in the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area and the county seat of Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. The city is located directly northeast of Fort Smith at the Interstate 40 - Interstate 540 junction...

, Alma
Alma, Arkansas
Alma is a city in Crawford County in the western part of the U.S. state of Arkansas, along I-40 about 13 miles from the Oklahoma border. The city was founded in 1871, and named after the Nephite prophet Alma the Younger, from the Book of Mormon...

, Mulberry
Mulberry, Arkansas
Mulberry is a city in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States and part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,627 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mulberry is located at ....

, Coal Hill
Coal Hill, Arkansas
Coal Hill is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,001 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Coal Hill is located at ....

, Clarksville
Clarksville, Arkansas
Clarksville is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 7,719 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Johnson County.-Geography:Clarksville is located at ....

, Russellville
Russellville, Arkansas
Russellville is the county seat and largest city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States, with a population of 27,602, according to 2008 Census Bureau estimates. It is home to Arkansas Tech University and Arkansas Nuclear One, Arkansas' only nuclear power plant...

, Morrilton
Morrilton, Arkansas
Morrilton is a city in Conway County, Arkansas, 51 miles northwest of Little Rock. The town was home to Harding College, now Harding University of Searcy, Arkansas, for about a decade in the 1920s and 1930s. The population was 6,550 at the 2000 census...

, Conway
Conway, Arkansas
Conway is the county seat of Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 43,167 at the 2000 census. A 2005 special census indicated the population had risen to 52,430, making Conway the eighth most populous city in Arkansas. It is a principal city of the Little Rock–North...

, North Little Rock
North Little Rock, Arkansas
North Little Rock is a city in the central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas across the Arkansas River from Little Rock in Pulaski County. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 58,833 ranking it as the sixth most populous city in the state...

, Lonoke
Lonoke, Arkansas
Lonoke is the second most populous city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States, and serves as its county seat. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,552...

, Carlisle
Carlisle, Arkansas
Carlisle is part of Arkansas' Grand Prairie region. Carlisle and its history are tied largely to its role as an agricultural center with emphasis on rice and soybean farming, and its status as a onetime railroad outpost along the former Rock Island Railroad line...

, Brinkley
Brinkley, Arkansas
Brinkley is the most populous city in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 3,940 at the 2000 census.It is located almost exactly half-way between Little Rock, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee; the city has used the slogan "We'll Meet You Half-Way" in some of its advertising...

, Forrest City
Forrest City, Arkansas
Forrest City is a city in and the county seat of St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who used the location as a campsite for a construction crew completing a railroad between Memphis and Little Rock, shortly after the Civil War...

 and West Memphis.
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In the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile...

 of Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquin name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River. Its diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the...

, Interstate 40
Interstate 40
Interstate 40 is a major west-east Interstate Highway in the United States. Its western terminus is at Interstate 15 in Barstow, California; its eastern terminus is at a concurrency of U.S. Route 117 and North Carolina Highway 132 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Much of the western portion of I-40,...

 runs from Dora, Arkansas
Dora, Arkansas
Dora is an unincorporated community in Crawford County in the western part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is located approximately 3 miles west of Van Buren on the Arkansas-Oklahoma border along Interstate 40. Dora shares its ZIP code and other municipal services with Van Buren.The community...

 to the Mississippi River
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....

 at West Memphis
West Memphis, Arkansas
West Memphis is the largest city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 27,666 at the 2000 census, with an estimated population of 28,181 in 2005, ranking it as the state's 12th largest city, behind Bentonville...

 via the Hernando De Soto Bridge
Hernando de Soto Bridge
The Hernando de Soto Bridge is a through arch bridge carrying Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River between West Memphis, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee. It is often called the "M Bridge" as the arches resemble the letter M...

. Some other towns and cities that the interstate passes through are Van Buren
Van Buren, Arkansas
Van Buren is the second largest city in the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area and the county seat of Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. The city is located directly northeast of Fort Smith at the Interstate 40 - Interstate 540 junction...

, Alma
Alma, Arkansas
Alma is a city in Crawford County in the western part of the U.S. state of Arkansas, along I-40 about 13 miles from the Oklahoma border. The city was founded in 1871, and named after the Nephite prophet Alma the Younger, from the Book of Mormon...

, Mulberry
Mulberry, Arkansas
Mulberry is a city in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States and part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,627 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mulberry is located at ....

, Coal Hill
Coal Hill, Arkansas
Coal Hill is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,001 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Coal Hill is located at ....

, Clarksville
Clarksville, Arkansas
Clarksville is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 7,719 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Johnson County.-Geography:Clarksville is located at ....

, Russellville
Russellville, Arkansas
Russellville is the county seat and largest city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States, with a population of 27,602, according to 2008 Census Bureau estimates. It is home to Arkansas Tech University and Arkansas Nuclear One, Arkansas' only nuclear power plant...

, Morrilton
Morrilton, Arkansas
Morrilton is a city in Conway County, Arkansas, 51 miles northwest of Little Rock. The town was home to Harding College, now Harding University of Searcy, Arkansas, for about a decade in the 1920s and 1930s. The population was 6,550 at the 2000 census...

, Conway
Conway, Arkansas
Conway is the county seat of Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 43,167 at the 2000 census. A 2005 special census indicated the population had risen to 52,430, making Conway the eighth most populous city in Arkansas. It is a principal city of the Little Rock–North...

, North Little Rock
North Little Rock, Arkansas
North Little Rock is a city in the central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas across the Arkansas River from Little Rock in Pulaski County. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 58,833 ranking it as the sixth most populous city in the state...

, Lonoke
Lonoke, Arkansas
Lonoke is the second most populous city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States, and serves as its county seat. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,552...

, Carlisle
Carlisle, Arkansas
Carlisle is part of Arkansas' Grand Prairie region. Carlisle and its history are tied largely to its role as an agricultural center with emphasis on rice and soybean farming, and its status as a onetime railroad outpost along the former Rock Island Railroad line...

, Brinkley
Brinkley, Arkansas
Brinkley is the most populous city in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 3,940 at the 2000 census.It is located almost exactly half-way between Little Rock, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee; the city has used the slogan "We'll Meet You Half-Way" in some of its advertising...

, Forrest City
Forrest City, Arkansas
Forrest City is a city in and the county seat of St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States. It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who used the location as a campsite for a construction crew completing a railroad between Memphis and Little Rock, shortly after the Civil War...

 and West Memphis.

Exit list

County Location #
Exit number
An exit number is a number assigned to a road junction, usually an exit from a freeway. It is usually marked on the same sign as the destinations of the exit, as well as a sign in the gore....

Destinations Notes
Crawford 1 Dora
Dora, Arkansas
Dora is an unincorporated community in Crawford County in the western part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is located approximately 3 miles west of Van Buren on the Arkansas-Oklahoma border along Interstate 40. Dora shares its ZIP code and other municipal services with Van Buren.The community...

Eastbound exit is in Oklahoma and is signed as exit 330
Van Buren 3 Lee Creek Road
5
7 West end of I-540/U.S. 71 overlap
Alma 12 East end of I-540 overlap
13 East end of U.S. 71 overlap
Mulberry 20 Dyer
Dyer, Arkansas
Dyer is a town in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 585 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Dyer is located at ....

, Mulberry
Mulberry, Arkansas
Mulberry is a city in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States and part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,627 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mulberry is located at ....

24
Franklin Ozark 35
37
Wiederkehr Village 41
Johnson 47
Clarksville 55
57 Clarksville
Clarksville, Arkansas
Clarksville is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 7,719 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Johnson County.-Geography:Clarksville is located at ....

58
Lamar 64
Knoxville 67
Pope London 74
78
Russellville 81 Arkansas Ave.
83 Weir Road
84
Pottsville 88 Pottsville
Pottsville, Arkansas
Pottsville is a town in Pope County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2000 census the population was 1,271. It is part of the Russellville Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Pottsville is located at...

 (Hwy. 363)
Atkins 94
Conway 101 Blackwell
Morrilton 107
108
Plumerville 112
Menifee 117 Menifee
Menifee, Arkansas
Menifee is a town in Conway County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 311 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Menifee is located at ....

Faulkner Conway 124 As of May 1, 2008 this exit now includes on-ramps and off-ramps in both directions.
125 West end of U.S. 65 overlap
127
129 Signed as exits 129A (east) and 129B (north/west) westbound
Mayflower 135
Pulaski 142
North Little Rock
North Little Rock, Arkansas
North Little Rock is a city in the central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas across the Arkansas River from Little Rock in Pulaski County. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 58,833 ranking it as the sixth most populous city in the state...

147
148
150 Burns Park
152 Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
152 Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
153A
153B East end of U.S. 65 overlap; west end of U.S. 67/U.S. 167 overlap
154 Lakewood Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
155 East end of U.S. 67/U.S. 167 overlap
156 Springhill Drive — Baptist Health Medical Center-NLR
157
159
161
Lonoke 165 Kerr Road
169
Lonoke 175
Carlisle 183
Prairie Hazen 193 West end of U.S. 63 overlap
202
Monroe Brinkley 216
St. Francis Wheatley 221
Palestine 233
239
Forrest City 241 Signed as exits 241A (south) and 241B (north)
242
247
256
260
Crittenden Jennette 265
West Memphis 271
275
276 Eastbound exit only
277 East end of U.S. 63 overlap; west end of I-55/U.S. 61/U.S. 64 overlap
278
279A Ingram Boulevard
279B East end of I-55/U.S. 61/U.S. 64 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
280 Club Road
281 Westbound exit and eastbound entrance