Arkansas Highway 113 is a north–south state highway that runs in Central Arkansas. The route runs 29.48 miles (47.4 km) from Arkansas Highway 10 to Morrilton

Morrilton, Arkansas

Morrilton is a city in Conway County, Arkansas, United States, 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...

. This also gives access to some rural areas west of Morrilton. It runs through Pulaski, Perry, and Conway Counties. It contains no spur of business routes.

Route description

AR 113 begins near Lake Maumelle west of Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...

. It runs north 5.8 miles (9.3 km) to Wye where AR 300

Arkansas Highway 300

Arkansas Highway 300 is a designation for two state highway in Central Arkansas. The main route of runs from AR 9/AR 10 east to Cantrell Road in Little Rock...

 forms a concurrency

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...

. The route then continues heading north for 3.2 miles (5.1 km) to Pleasant Valley where AR 300 continues west. AR 113 continues heading north and heads through Bigelow, Arkansas

Bigelow, Arkansas

Bigelow is a town in Perry County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 329 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Bigelow is located at ....

 and then joins with AR 60

Arkansas Highway 60

-Section 1:Arkansas Highway 60 is a long state highway in Central Arkansas. It connects U.S. Route 65 Business in Conway with AR 29 near Plainview, Arkansas. It runs through Faulkner, Perry, and Yell Counties. It has a spur route in Conway that connects to the Offices of Emergency...

 west to Houston

Houston, Arkansas

Houston is a town in Perry County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 159 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

.

In Houston, AR 113 departs AR 60 and heads north again to where it meets AR 9

Arkansas Highway 9

Arkansas Highway 9 is a designation for two state highways in east Arkansas. The northern segment of runs from AR 5 to U.S. Route 63 in Mammoth Spring. A southern segment of begins at U.S. Route 79 at Eagle Mills and heads north to U.S. Route 67 in Malvern before terminating.-Crows to Mammoth...

 south of the Arkansas River

Arkansas River

The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. The Arkansas generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's initial basin starts in the Western United States in Colorado, specifically the Arkansas...

. It crosses the Arkansas River into Morrilton

Morrilton, Arkansas

Morrilton is a city in Conway County, Arkansas, United States, 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...

. There, it joins US 64 for a short time then departs west to run on its own course parallel to that highway. It joins back up with US 64 near Blackwell.

Junction list

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|align=center colspan=4| concurrency west, 3.8 miles (6.1 km)
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|align=center colspan=4| and concurrency north, 4.1 miles (6.6 km)
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History

The route was not one of the original 1926 state highways, but instead was first numbered as Arkansas Highway 113 on the 1928 Arkansas State Highway Map. The route ran from AR 10 north to Bigelow

Bigelow, Arkansas

Bigelow is a town in Perry County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 329 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Bigelow is located at ....

 and was labeled 'impassable'. Between 1943 and 1945, the highway was extended to Morrilton

Morrilton, Arkansas

Morrilton is a city in Conway County, Arkansas, United States, 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...

. The segment along US 64 was added in 1963.