Arkansas Highway 298 is a designation for three state highways in Lower Arkansas. The eastern segment of 3.71 miles (6 km) begins at Sims

Sims, Arkansas

Sims is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States. Sims is located on Arkansas Highway 88 north-northwest of Mount Ida. Sims has a post office with ZIP code 71969....

 at Arkansas Highway 88 and runs southeast to US Route 270. A middle segment of 28.39 miles (45.7 km) runs from AR 27 at Story

Story, Arkansas

Story is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States. Pencil Bluff is located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 27 and Arkansas Highway 298 northeast of Mount Ida. Story has a post office with ZIP code 71970....

 east to AR 7. A segment in Saline County of 13.81 miles (22.2 km) runs east from Arkansas Highway 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...

 to Arkansas Highway 5 near Benton

Benton, Arkansas

Benton is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Arkansas, United States and a suburb of Little Rock. It was established in 1837. According to a 2006 Special Census conducted at the request of the city government, the population of the city is 27,717, ranking it as the state's 16th largest...

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Sims to Highway 270

The route begins at a junction with Arkansas Highway 88 at Sims

Sims, Arkansas

Sims is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States. Sims is located on Arkansas Highway 88 north-northwest of Mount Ida. Sims has a post office with ZIP code 71969....

 and runs southeast to US 270. This segment does not cross or concur

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 any other state highways.

Story to Highway 7

The route begins at Arkansas Highway 27 at Story, Arkansas

Story, Arkansas

Story is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States. Pencil Bluff is located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 27 and Arkansas Highway 298 northeast of Mount Ida. Story has a post office with ZIP code 71970....

 in Montgomery County

Montgomery County, Arkansas

Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2010, the population was 9,487. The county seat is Mount Ida. Montgomery County is Arkansas's 45th county, formed on December 9, 1842, and named after Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War...

 and runs east through the Ouachita National Forest

Ouachita National Forest

The Ouachita National Forest is a National Forest that lies in the western portion of Arkansas and portions of eastern Oklahoma.-History:The Ouachita National Forest is the oldest National Forest in the southern United States. The Forest encompasses , including most of the scenic Ouachita Mountains...

 for almost its entire length. Highway 298 passes through very wooded area with sparce populations, crossing over many feeder streams for Lake Ouachita

Lake Ouachita

Lake Ouachita is a reservoir created by the damming of the Ouachita River by Blakely Mountain Dam . The lake is located near Hot Springs, Arkansas. Lake Ouachita is the largest lake completely in Arkansas, as the larger Bull Shoals Lake extends into Missouri. Lake Ouachita has over of shoreline...

. The highway ends at a junction with Arkansas Highway 7 north of Hot Springs

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas, the county seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area encompassing all of Garland County...

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Saline County

The Saline County routing begins at Arkansas Highway 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 unincorporated

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 Saline County and runs southeast through Bland and Grape before terminating at Arkansas Highway 5 approximately 1 miles (1.6 km) north of Benton

Benton, Arkansas

Benton is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Arkansas, United States and a suburb of Little Rock. It was established in 1837. According to a 2006 Special Census conducted at the request of the city government, the population of the city is 27,717, ranking it as the state's 16th largest...

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Major intersections

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Story, Arkansas

Story is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Arkansas, United States. Pencil Bluff is located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 27 and Arkansas Highway 298 northeast of Mount Ida. Story has a post office with ZIP code 71970....

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