Arkansas Highway 96 is an 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 38.2 miles (61.5 km) in western Arkansas.

Route description

The southern portion of AR 96 begins at the Oklahoma state line west of Hartford

Hartford, Arkansas

Hartford is a city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 642 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hartford is located at ....

. It runs through Hartford and east to Mansfield

Mansfield, Arkansas

Mansfield is a city in Scott and Sebastian counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Sebastian County portion of the city is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, where it ends at U.S. Route 71.

AR 96 begins at AR 10 in Greenwood

Greenwood, Arkansas

Greenwood is a city in and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States, perhaps best known locally for its Arkansas high school football...

. The route runs north through Fort Chaffee

Fort Chaffee

Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center is in the northwest Arkansas region adjacent to the city of Fort Smith, located one mile southeast of Fort Smith Regional Airport. The Arkansas River flows eastward along the northern border of the post. Interstate 40 is five miles to the north on the...

 and crosses AR 22 and AR 255. It continues north then east to cross AR 41 and eventually terminate at AR 23

Arkansas Highway 23

Arkansas Highway 23 is a north–south state highway in north Arkansas. The route runs from US 71 near Elm Park north to the Missouri state line through Ozark and Eureka Springs. Between AR 16 at Brashears and Interstate 40 north of Ozark , Highway 23 winds through the Ozark National Forest and is...

 in Franklin County.