Arkansas Highway 124
Highway in Arkansas
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Arkansas Highway 124 is a designation for two state highways in Central Arkansas. The western segment of 72.17 miles (116.15 km) runs from Russellville to Rose Bud.[1][2] An eastern segment of 9.17 miles (14.76 km) runs east in White County from Pangburn to Highway 157.[3]
Highway 124 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by AHTD | ||||
| Existed | 1927–present | |||
| Section 1 | ||||
| Length | 72.17 mi[1] (116.15 km) | |||
| West end |  US 64 – Russellville | |||
| East end |  AR 36 – Rose Bud | |||
| Section 2 | ||||
| Length | 9.17 mi[1] (14.76 km) | |||
| West end |  AR 110 – Pangburn | |||
| East end |  AR 157 – Sunnydale | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Arkansas | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
Russellville to Rose Bud
The route begins at U.S. Route 64 (US 64) in Russellville and runs north to Interstate 40 (I-40). It continues east to intersect Highway 164 in Moreland and Highway 105 in Caglesville before entering Conway County.[2] AR 124 winds east and then south in Conway County before forming a concurrency with Highway 95.[4] The highway runs east to concur with Highway 9 in Center Ridge, becoming Highway 92/Highway 124 until Springfield. Highway 124 briefly enters Faulkner County, where it intersects and concurs with US 65 for 2.2 miles (3.5 km).[5][6] Highway 124 enters Cleburne County and has many intersections in Quitman, including Highway 25.[7] The highway continues east into White County to Highway 36 in Rose Bud, where it terminates.[3] This route is entirely two-lane,[1] and has an officially designated exception of 0.66 miles (1.06 km) over Highway 25 in Cleburne County.[8]
Pangburn to Sunnydale
Highway 124 begins at Highway 110 in Pangburn and runs east. The highway intersects Highway 305, and a short concurrency forms. The highway runs further east to intersect Highway 157 in Sunnydale, where it terminates. It is entirely two-lane and undivided.[1]
History
The route was added to the state highway system in 1927, a year after Arkansas first numbered its highways.[9] The route ran from Russellville to Caglesville and was an unimproved road. The following year, Highway 124 was extended to Highway 95 in Conway County.[10] At this time, Highway 124 from Russellville to Caglesville was graded, but the extension was not. In 1933, the route was shortened, running only from Russellville to Appleton (entirely in Pope County).[11] By 1926, the unimproved segment from Appleton to AR 95 was again added to AR 124. The routing remained unchanged until 1953, when the route was extended along its modern alignment.[12]
Formerly, Highway 124 had its western terminus at the intersection of Highway 7 and O Street in Russellville. The highway passed over I-40 without an interchange before meeting its current alignment east of town. When Highway 124 was widened northeast of Russellville, it was realigned onto Weir Road, formerly a stretch of Highway 326.
Major intersections
Mile markers reset at concurrencies.[1]
| County | Location | mi[2][3][4] [5][6][7] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Pope | Russellville | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 64 (East Main Street) | Western terminus | ||
| 0.85 | 1.37 |  I-40 – Fort Smith, Little Rock, Morrilton, Clarksville | I-40 exit 83 | ||||
| Gum Log | 6.7 | 10.8 |   AR 326 east | AR 326 western terminus | |||
| Moreland | 10.2 | 16.4 |  AR 164 – Dover, Oak Grove | ||||
| Caglesville | 13.8 | 22.2 |   AR 105 south – Atkins | AR 105 concurrency begins | |||
| 0.8 miles (1.3 km) AR 105 concurrency north | |||||||
| | 0.0 | 0.0 |  AR 105 north – Hector | AR 105 concurrency ends | |||
| Conway | | 15.0 | 24.1 |  AR 213 south – Old Hickory, Hattieville | AR 213 northern terminus | ||
| Wonderview | 17.5 | 28.2 |  AR 95 south – Morrilton | AR 95 concurrency begins | |||
| 6.3 miles (10.1 km) AR 95 concurrency north | |||||||
| Mt. Zion | 0.0 | 0.0 | AR 95 north – Clinton | AR 95 concurrency ends | |||
| Center Ridge | 11.0 | 17.7 |   AR 9 / AR 92 north – Clinton, Bee Branch | AR 9/AR 92 concurrency begins | |||
| Birdtown | 7.5 miles (12.1 km) AR 9/AR 92 concurrency south | ||||||
| Springfield | 0.0 | 0.0 | AR 92 south – Plumerville | AR 92 concurrency ends | |||
| Faulkner | | 8.0 | 12.9 |  AR 285 south – Wooster | AR 285 northern terminus | ||
| Damascus | 12.0 | 19.3 |  US 65 south – Greenbrier | US 65 concurrency begins | |||
| 2.2 miles (3.5 km) US 65 concurrency north | |||||||
| Van Buren | | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 65 north – Clinton | US 65 concurrency ends | ||
| Cleburne | Quitman | 9.7 | 15.6 |  AR 25 south (Heber Springs Rd) – Greenbrier, Conway | AR 25 concurrency begins | ||
| 10.1 | 16.3 |  AR 356 north (Bee Branch Rd) | AR 356 southern terminus | ||||
| 10.3 | 16.6 | AR 25 north (Heber Springs Rd) | AR 25 concurrency ends | ||||
| 15.2 | 24.5 |  AR 107 north | AR 107 southern terminus | ||||
| White | Rose Bud | 18.4 | 29.6 | AR 36 north | Eastern terminus of western section | ||
| Gap in route | |||||||
| Pangburn | 0.0 | 0.0 | AR 110 (Arkansas Ave) | Western terminus of eastern section | |||
| Dewey | 5.1 | 8.2 |  AR 305 south | AR 305 concurrency begins | |||
| Little Red | 6.5 | 10.5 | AR 305 north | AR 305 concurrency ends | |||
| Sunnydale | 8.8 | 14.2 | AR 157 | Eastern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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