Arkansas Highway 163 is a state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 of 42.5 miles (68.4 km) that runs in Craighead

Craighead County, Arkansas

Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 96,443. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area. Craighead County is Arkansas's 58th county, formed on February 19, 1859, and named for state Senator Thomas...

, Poinsett, and Cross Counties.

Route description

AR 163 begins at CR 739 in rural Cross County. The route runs north to cross 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...

 in Levesque and AR 42 in Birdeye. AR 163 runs through Lake Poinsett State Park near Lake Poinsett in Poinsett County. Continuing north, the route briefly meets AR 14

Arkansas Highway 14

Arkansas Highway 14 is a designation for two east–west state highway in Arkansas. The primary route from the original 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering runs from Table Rock Lake east to Interstate 555/U.S. Route 63...

/AR 214 east of Harrisburg

Harrisburg, Arkansas

Harrisburg is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 2,192 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area...

. AR 163 and AR 214 form a short 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...

. AR 163 later meets AR 158

Arkansas Highway 158

Arkansas Highway 158 is a designation for two state highways in northeast Arkansas. The main segment of runs east from AR 1 to US 61 in Luxora. A short route of runs from U.S. Route 49 across railroad tracks in rural Craighead County.-Route description:...

, with these two routes concurring until just south of Jonesboro

Jonesboro, Arkansas

Jonesboro is a city in and one of the two county seats of Craighead County, Arkansas, United States. According to the 2010 US Census, the population of the city was 67,263. A college town, Jonesboro is the largest city in northeastern Arkansas and the fifth most populous city in the state...

. AR 163 meets AR 1

Arkansas Highway 1

Arkansas Highway 1 is a north–south state highway in east Arkansas. The route of runs from McGehee to Clay County and the Missouri state line. One of the original 1926 state highways, Highway 1 has remained very close to its original routing. The highway contains an overlap of approximately with...

 south of Jonesboro, where it terminates.

Apt spur

Arkansas Highway 163 Spur is a 0.4 mile (0.643736 km) spur route

Spur route

A spur route is a short road forming a branch from a longer, more important route . A bypass or beltway is never considered a true spur route as it typically reconnects with the major road...

 in Apt south of Jonesboro. It is known as Apt Dr..