Arkansas Highway 124 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Arkansas Highway 124 is a designation for two state highways in Central Arkansas. The western segment of 72.17 miles (116.1 km) runs from Russellville

Russellville, Arkansas

Russellville is the county seat and largest city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States, with a population of 27,920, according to the 2010 Census. It is home to Arkansas Tech University and Arkansas Nuclear One, Arkansas' only nuclear power plant...

to Rose Bud

Rose Bud, Arkansas

Rose Bud is a town in White County, Arkansas, in the United States. Tammy Tipton Bomar is the current mayor. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 429...

. An eastern segment of 9.17 miles (14.8 km) runs east in White County

White County, Arkansas

White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2010, the population was 77,076. The county seat is Searcy. White County is Arkansas's 31st county, formed on October 23, 1835, from portions of Independence, Jackson, and Pulaski counties and named for Hugh Lawson White, a...

from Pangburn

Pangburn, Arkansas

Pangburn is a city in White County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 654 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Pangburn is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land....

to AR 157

Arkansas Highway 157

Arkansas Highway 157 is a state highway of in White and Independence Counties.-Route description:AR 157 begins in Judsonia at AR 367. The route runs under US 64/US 167 and continues north until Pleasant Plains. AR 157 meets AR 87 and again crosses US 167 in Pleasant Plains. The route turns east...

Russellville to Rose Bud

The route begins at AR 7 in Russellville

Russellville, Arkansas

and runs east across Interstate 40

Interstate 40 in Arkansas

Interstate 40 is an east–west Interstate Highway that has a section in the U.S. state of Arkansas connecting sections in Oklahoma to Tennessee. The route enters Arkansas from the west just north of the Arkansas River near Dora...

. It continues east to intersect 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...

in Moreland

Moreland, Arkansas

Moreland, Arkansas is an unincorporated community in Moreland Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States.Moreland was formerly known as Cross Plains or Isbel Creek. It was renamed to Moreland after a stagecoach passenger observed that the community would need "more land"....

and AR 105

Arkansas Highway 105

Arkansas Highway 105 is a state highway of in Pope County, Arkansas.-Route description:The route begins in southern Pope County at Galla Creek Wildlife Management Area and runs north through Atkins. AR 105 meets Interstate 40 in Atkins and then continues north. The route briefly meets AR 124...

in Caglesville

Caglesville, Arkansas

Caglesville, Arkansas is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States. The community was named for N. P. Cagle, a local mill operator....

before entering Conway County. AR 124 winds east and then south in Conway County before forming a concurrency with AR 95

Arkansas Highway 95

Arkansas Highway 95 is a mostly north–south state highway of in north-central Arkansas.-Route description:AR 95 begins in Morrilton at U.S. Route 64. The route runs north, with AR 95 Spur leaving the route after . AR 94 crosses Interstate 40 and begins to arrow due north until a concurrency...

. The highway runs east to concurr with 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...

in Center Ridge

Center Ridge, Arkansas

Center Ridge is an unincorporated census-designated place in Conway County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population is 388. Clifton Clowers lived in Center Ridge. He was the subject of the hit song Wolverton Mountain, written by Merle Kilgore and Claude King, and released in...

, becoming AR 92

Arkansas Highway 92

Arkansas Highway 92 is a mostly north–south state highway of in north-central Arkansas.-Route description:AR 92 begins at US 64 in Plumerville. The route crosses Interstate 40 and continues north through Conway County. A concurrency begins with AR 124 in Springfield and also AR 9 north of...

/AR 124 until Springfield

Springfield, Arkansas

Springfield is an unincorporated community located in the north central part of Arkansas in Conway County.-Notes:...

. AR 124 briefly enters Faulkner County, where AR 124 intersects and concurs with U.S. Route 65

U.S. Route 65

U.S. Route 65 is a north–south United States highway in the southern and midwestern United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 425 in Clayton, Louisiana. The northern terminus is at Interstate 35 just south of Interstate 90 in Albert Lea, Minnesota...

for 2.2 miles (3.5 km). AR 124 enters Cleburne County and has many intersections in Quitman

Quitman, Arkansas

Quitman is a city in Cleburne and Faulkner counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Its population was 714 at the 2000 census. Due to its partial location in Faulkner County, it is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Quitman is...

, including AR 25. The highway continues east into White County to AR 36 in Rose Bud

Rose Bud, Arkansas

Rose Bud is a town in White County, Arkansas, in the United States. Tammy Tipton Bomar is the current mayor. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 429...

, where it terminates. This route is entirely two-lane, and has an officially designated exception of 0.66 miles (1.1 km) over Arkansas Highway 25 in Cleburne County.

Pangburn to Sunnydale

AR 124 begins at AR 110

Arkansas Highway 110

-Section 2:Arkansas Highway 110 is a state highway of that runs in Cleburne County.-Route description:AR 110 begins at AR 16/AR 92 in Greers Ferry...

in Pangubrn

Pangburn, Arkansas

and runs east. The highway in intersected by Arkansas Highway 305, and a short concurrency froms. The highway runs further east to intersect AR 157

Arkansas Highway 157

in Sunnydale, where it terminates. It is entirely two lane undivided.

History

The route was added to the state highway system in 1927, a year after Arkansas first numbered its highways. The route ran from Russellville to Caglesville

Caglesville, Arkansas

Caglesville, Arkansas is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States. The community was named for N. P. Cagle, a local mill operator....

and was an unimproved road. The following year, AR 124 was extended to Arkansas Highway 95

Arkansas Highway 95

in Conway County. At this time, AR 124 from Russellville to Caglesville was graded, but the extension was not. In 1933, the route was shortened, running only from Russellville to Appleton

Appleton, Arkansas

Appleton, Arkansas is an unincorporated community in Griffin Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States.The town contained a post office from 1879 until 1968. It was named for an apple orchard that surrounded an early drug store....

(entirely in Pope County). 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.

Major intersections

Pangburn, Arkansas

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