Arkansas Highway 300
 Highway 300 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ArDOT | ||||
| Section 1 | ||||
| Length | 34.11 mi[1] (54.89 km) | |||
| West end |   AR 9 / AR 10 near Perryville | |||
| East end | AR 10 in Little Rock | |||
| Section 2 | ||||
| Length | 1.45 mi[1] (2.33 km) | |||
| West end |  I-430 in Little Rock | |||
| East end |  US 70 in Little Rock | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Arkansas | |||
| Counties | Perry, Pulaski | |||
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Highway 300 (AR 300, Ark. 300 and Hwy. 300) is a designation for two state highway segments in Central Arkansas. The main route of 34.11 miles (54.89 km)[1] runs from Highway 9/Highway 10 east to Highway 10 (Cantrell Road) in Little Rock.[2] A second segment runs 1.45 miles (2.33 km) east from Interstate 430 (I-430) as Colonel Glenn Road.[3]
Route description
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Perryville to Little Rock
[edit]The main route begins at Highway 9/Highway 10 south of Perryville and runs east along the northern shore of Harris Brake Lake. Highway 300 forms a quasi-concurrency[4] south with Highway 216 to Antioch before continuing east through the communities of Oakgrove and Pleasant Valley to Highway 113. After a brief quasi-concurrency south with Highway 113 where it climbs Wye Mountain, the route becomes very rural. Highway 300 skirts Lake Maumelle, the Ouachita National Recreation Trail, the Arkansas River, and Pinnacle Mountain State Park crossing both the Big and Little Maumelle Rivers (as well as the Pegasus Pipeline) while serving many unincorporated communities including Wye, Little Italy, Monnie Springs, Roland, Natural Steps, and Pinnacle before terminating at Highway 10 (Cantrell Road) in Little Rock near the base of Shinall Mountain. Immediately prior to this terminus, Highway 300 intersects Chenal Parkway, a thoroughfare connecting the route to Little Rock's Financial Centre District.
Arkansas River Trail
[edit]Between its northern quasi-concurrent split with Highway 113 at the base of Wye Mountain and its intersection with Roland Cutoff Road near Lundsford Corner, Highway 300 is designated as part of the Arkansas River Trail. Highway 300 reacquires this designation at its intersection with Henry Street in Roland and carries it south until it intersects Pinnacle Valley Road at Pinnacle Mountain State Park.
Big Maumelle River Truss Bridge
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In the 1920s, a one-lane truss bridge was built on Highway 300 to cross the Big Maumelle River. The bridge still stands in the shadow of Pinnacle Mountain, but was made obsolete by a new bridge in 1981. Today, it is only open to pedestrians for fishing and hiking. It is part of the Ouachita National Recreation Trail and is visible from the current bridge.
Colonel Glenn Road
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The second segment of Highway 300 begins at I-430 and runs east as Colonel Glenn Road. The route runs to U.S. Route 70 (US 70), which maintains the Colonel Glenn Road designation east and is named Stagecoach Road to the west. Highway 300 had an average daily traffic (ADT) of 15,000 vehicles in 2010 near its eastern terminus.[1]
Major intersections
[edit]| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Perry | Harris Brake Wildlife Management Area | 0.00 | 0.00 | AR 9 / AR 10 – Perryville, Thornburg | Western terminus | ||
| Antioch | 3.83– 5.50 | 6.16– 8.85 |  AR 216 – Houston | Quasi-concurrency | |||
| Wye Mountain | 10.50– 13.61 | 16.90– 21.90 |  AR 113 – Bigelow | Quasi-concurrency | |||
| Little Italy | 16.73 | 26.92 | Ross Hollow Road | Former AR 300S | |||
| Pulaski | Little Rock | 34.11 | 54.89 | AR 10 (Cantrell Road) – Downtown Little Rock, Perryville | Eastern terminus | ||
| Gap in route | |||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | I-430 – Fort Smith, Texarkana, Memphis | Western terminus; I-430 exit 4 | ||||
| 1.45 | 2.33 | US 70 (Colonel Glenn Road / Stagecoach Road) – Downtown Little Rock | Eastern terminus; former AR 5 | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||||
Former Ledwidge spur
[edit] Highway 300S | |
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| Location | Little Italy to Ledwidge |
| Length | 1.55 mi (2.49 km) |
| Existed | May 23, 1973–September 30, 1992 |
In Little Italy, Highway 300 Spur followed Ross Hollow Road eastward to its intersection with Ledwedge Road. The spur then continued north along Ledwedge Road toward the community of Ledwidge near the Little Rock and Western Railway and the Arkansas River. Servicing Ledwidge was likely the original purpose of this branch of Highway 300.
See also
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Notes and References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Planning and Research Division (2010). "Arkansas Road Log Database". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original (Database) on 23 June 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ^ General Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (Perry County ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
- ^ General Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (Pulaski County ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
- ^ Historically, this segment of Highway 300 ran continuously. However, modern-day Arkansas Department of Transportation guidelines has eliminated most state highway concurrencies, and sectioning has become the rule. Consequently, this main segment of Highway 300 now exists as three disjointed sections while still functioning as a continuous route. For the purposes of this article, former true concurrencies are referred to as "quasi-concurrencies" with regard to their history and function as well as the current aforementioned guidelines.
External links
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Media related to Arkansas Highway 300 at Wikimedia Commons