Arkansas Highway 37

Highway 37 marker

Highway 37

Route information

Maintained by AHTD

Existed:

1926 – present

Section 1

Length:

52.40 mi^[1] (84.33 km)

South end:

AR 17 north of McCrory

North end:

AR 122, Cord

Section 2

Length:

0.61 mi^[1] (0.98 km)

South end:

US 62, Gateway

North end:

Route 37, Missouri state line

Highway system

Arkansas Highway System

←

AR 36

AR 38

→

Arkansas Highway 37 is a designation for two state highways in Arkansas. The main segment of 52.40 miles (84.33 km) runs from McCrory to Cord.^[1] A short segment of 0.61 miles (0.98 km) runs north in Benton County from U.S. Route 62 to the Missouri state line.^[2]

Route description

Highway 37 near its southern terminus in Gateway.

McCrory to Cord

AR 37 begins north of McCrory at AR 17 and runs north to AR 145 near Beedeville and AR 14 in Amagon. The route passes near the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge.^[3] The route continues north to AR 18 in Grubbs and US 67 in Tuckerman.^[4] AR 37 also passes the historic Tuckerman Water Tower in Tuckerman. Arkansas Highway 37 continues northwest to Cord, where the route meets AR 122 and terminates.^[5]

Gateway to Missouri

The only town on the route, Gateway, is also the southern terminus (at US 62). The northern terminus is at the Missouri state line where the road continues as Route 37.

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at concurrencies.

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Woodruff		0	0.0	AR 17 – McCrory, Tupelo
		0.6	0.97	AR 269 south – Morton
		4.4	7.1	AR 145 north
Jackson		6.8	10.9	AR 33 south – Tupelo
		8.9	14.3	AR 42 east – Hickory Ridge
		14.1	22.7	AR 145 north – Blackville
	Amagon	20.9	33.6	AR 14 – Newport, Waldenburg
	Gap in route
		0	0.0	AR 14 / AR 384 south – Balch, Waldenburg, Newport
		6.5	10.5	AR 18 east – Jonesboro, Cash	south end of AR 18 overlap
	Grubbs	0	0.0	AR 18 west – Newport	north end of AR 18 overlap
		6.4	10.3	US 67 – Newport, Little Rock, Cash, Jonesboro	interchange; US 67 exit 95
	Tuckerman	12.5	20.1	AR 367 north – Hoxie	south end of AR 367 overlap
	Tuckerman	0	0.0	AR 367 south – Newport	north end of AR 367 overlap
		2.4	3.9	AR 226 west
		5.3	8.5	AR 17 south – Diaz
Independence	Cord	12.9	20.8	AR 122 to AR 25 – Newark
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Benton	Gateway	0	0.0	US 62 – Eureka Springs, Rogers, Fayetteville
Benton		0.6	0.97	Route 37 north – Seligman	Missouri state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

History

Highway 47
Location:	Benton County
Existed:	1926–1979

Arkansas Highway 37 was first formed in the original 1926 state highway plan as a route from AR 17 near McCrory north to AR 18 near Grubbs.^[6] By 1940, the route had been extended north to Tuckerman, existing as a gravel road, and in some portions, an unimproved dirt road.^[7] By 1945, the routing was extended to Cord. The highway's routing has remained essentially unchanged since this extension, though the route is now paved.

Highway 47 was the former designation for U.S. Highway 62 between Rogers and Gateway and Highway 37 between Gateway and the Missouri State Line. Running a distance of approximately 18 miles (29 km), its southern terminus was at the intersection of U.S. Route 71 (aka 8th & Walnut Streets) in Rogers then passed through the communities of Avoca and Garfield before it ended at the Missouri state line just north of Gateway. When U.S. 62 was designated in Arkansas in 1930, Highway 47 was truncated to the ¹⁄₂-mile (0.80 km) segment from Gateway to the Missouri state line where it continued as Route 37. The brief connector segment was renumbered in January 1976 to match the Missouri designation, thus providing continuity for travelers seeking Eureka Springs.^[8]

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1 2 3 4 "[Arkansas] State Highways 2009 (Database)." April 2010. AHTD: Planning and Research Division. Database. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
↑ General Highway Map - Benton County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (8/24/10 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
↑ General Highway Map - Woodruff County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (9/2/00 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
↑ General Highway Map - Jackson County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (10/21/2010 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
↑ General Highway Map - Independence County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (10/06/2006 ed.). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
↑ Map of State of Arkansas showing System of State Highways (Map) (Initial 1926 ed.). Arkansas State Highway Department. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
↑ Map of the StateHighway System of Arkansas (Map) (1940 ed.). Arkansas State Highway Department. Retrieved April 25, 2011.
↑ "Minutes of the Meeting" (PDF). Arkansas State Highway Commission. January 29, 1976. p. 604. Retrieved December 2, 2013.

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