Section 1

Arkansas Highway 103 is a state highway of 39.7 miles (63.9 km) in Newton

Newton County, Arkansas

Newton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2010, the population is 8,330. The county seat is Jasper. Newton County is Arkansas's 46th county, formed on December 14, 1842, and named for Thomas W. Newton, an Arkansas Congressman...

 and Carroll Counties.

Route description

AR 103 begins at AR 43 near Ponca

Ponca, Arkansas

Ponca is an unincorporated community in Newton County, Arkansas, United States. Ponca is located on Arkansas Highway 43 west of Jasper. Ponca has a post office with ZIP code 72670....

. It runs northwest to US 412

U.S. Route 412

U.S. Route 412 is an east–west United States highway, first commissioned in 1982. Its route number is a "violation" of the usual AASHTO numbering scheme, as it comes nowhere near its implied "parent", US 12. U.S...

/AR 68 near Osage. The route runs with these routes for a short distance until arrowing north to US 62

U.S. Route 62

U.S. Route 62 runs from the US-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas to Niagara Falls, New York, near the United States-Canada border. It is the only east-west US Route that connects Mexico and Canada.Parts of U.S...

 in Green Forest

Green Forest, Arkansas

Green Forest is a city in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,717 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Green Forest is located at ....

. After Green Forest, the route tails north to Oak Forest, where the route terminates at AR 21.

Section 2

Arkansas Highway 103 is a state highway of 23.9 miles (38.5 km) in Johnson County.

Route description

AR 103 begins at Jamestown Road and runs north across I-40

Interstate 40

Interstate 40 is the third-longest major east–west Interstate Highway in the United States, after I-90 and I-80. Its western end is at Interstate 15 in Barstow, California; its eastern end is at a concurrency of U.S. Route 117 and North Carolina Highway 132 in Wilmington, North Carolina...

. The route continues north through Clarksville

Clarksville, Arkansas

Clarksville is a city in Johnson County, Arkansas, United States. The population was approximately 9,300 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Johnson County.. Clarksville is nestled between the Arkansas River and the foot hills of the Ozark Mountains and Interstate 40 and US Hwy 64...

, concurring

Concurrency (road)

A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...

 with US 64

U.S. Route 64

U.S. Route 64 is an east–west United States highway that runs for 2,326 miles from eastern North Carolina to just southwest of the Four Corners in northeast Arizona. The western terminus is at U.S. Route 160 in Teec Nos Pos, Arizona. The highway's eastern terminus is at NC 12 and U.S. Route...

 for 0.4 mile (0.643736 km) and running through the University of the Ozarks

University of the Ozarks

The University of the Ozarks is a private, four-year liberal arts, comprehensive university located in Clarksville, Arkansas, a community of just over 9,000 people and the county seat of Johnson County. U of O is located at the foot of the Ozark Mountains, about west of Little Rock...

. After Clarksville, the route runs northwest to Harmony with AR 164

Arkansas Highway 164

Arkansas Highway 164 is a state highway of that runs in Johnson and Pope Counties.-Route description:The route begins at US 64 near Coal Hill. It runs north across Interstate 40 and AR 352 before turning west. A concurrency begins with AR 103 into Clarksville. The route again meets US 64 before...

. North of Harmony, the route winds through Ozark National Forest until it termiantes at AR 215

Arkansas Highway 215

Arkansas Highway 215 is a state highway of in Crawford, Franklin, and Johnson Counties.-Route description:The route runs north from US 64 in Mulberry to cross I-40 just north of town. AR 215 turns east in Fern, eventually meeting AR 23 in Cass. It continues east through the Ozark National Forest...

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