Crowley's Ridge Parkway
Crowley's Ridge Parkway | |
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| Route information | |
| Maintained by National Park Service | |
| Length | 212.0 mi (341.2 km) |
| Existed | 1997–present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | File:US 49 (AR).svg US 49 in Helena-West Helena, AR |
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| North end | File:Business plate.svg File:MO-25.svg Route 25 Bus. in Malden, MO |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| States | Arkansas, Missouri |
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| Highway system | |
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Crowley's Ridge Parkway is a 212.0-mile-long (341.2 km) National Scenic Byway in northeast Arkansas and the Missouri Bootheel along Crowley's Ridge in the United States. Motorists can access the parkway from US Route 49 (US 49) at its southern terminus near the Helena Bridge over the Mississippi River outside Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, or from Missouri Route 25 (Route 25) near Kennett, Missouri. The parkway runs along Crowley's Ridge, a unique geological formation, and also parts of the St. Francis National Forest, the Mississippi River and the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. Along the route are many National Register of Historic Places properties, Civil War battlefields, parks, and other archeological and culturally significant points. Crowley's Ridge Parkway is not a separately designated route, but a collection of United States highways, Arkansas state highways, Missouri state routes, Missouri supplemental routes, Arkansas state highway business routes, county roads, and city streets. The route also briefly overlaps the Great River Road in Arkansas. The parkway was designated as an Arkansas Scenic Byway in 1997 as a motor route which allowed the traveler to experience the Southern heritage of the area. The National Scenic Byway designation came the following year, with an extension into Missouri in 2000.[1]
Route description
Arkansas
The majority of the route is in Arkansas, and the parkway begins in Phillips County, Arkansas, in Helena-West Helena very near the Helena Bridge over the Mississippi River.[2] Beginning at US Route 49 (US 49) and running north with US 49 Business (US 49B), the route passes historic properties including the Delta Cultural Center, the Jerome Bonaparte Pillow House, the Perry Street Historic District and the site of the Battle of Helena, an American Civil War battle fought in 1863. Upon entering the center of Helena, the byway splits from US 49B and winds along city streets before again following US 49B to West Helena. The parkway turns onto Highway 242 (AR 242) headed north out of town into the St. Francis National Forest, where it turns onto Storm Creek Road (County Route 217, CR 217). Winding through the forest as a narrow two-lane road, the parkway passes Storm Creek Lake and enters Lee County (now following CR 217).[3]
The route continues north onto CR 221 and later CR 239 when it meets Highway 44 near Bear Creek Lake. Following Highway 44 northwest into Marianna, Crowley's Ridge Parkway continues along Highway 44 (Martin Luther King Jr. Drive) until Poplar Street, where it turns north onto Chestnut Street. Near this intersection the byway passes the Marianna Commercial Historic District, the Lee County Courthouse, and a monument for Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Chestnut Street becomes Highway 1 Business before turning north onto US 79/AR 1.[3] Crowley's Ridge Parkway follows Highway 1 north into Haynes and St. Francis County. Just south of Forrest City, the parkway turns onto Highway 1B to downtown Forrest City.[4] The route turns onto Front Street at the St. Francis County Museum, then onto Izard Street as it passes the First United Methodist Church and has a junction with US 70. Crowley's Ridge Parkway follows US 70 for two blocks before turning left onto Forrest Street. Now facing north, the parkway passes the historic Campbell House and the Stuart Springs before joining with Highway 284 and crossing over Interstate 40/US 63 (I-40/US 63). Continuing north, Crowley's Ridge Parkway passes East Arkansas Community College before forming the western boundary of Village Creek State Park and entering Cross County.
The parkway travels among many different unique species of animals and plants, and meets historical sites such as the Parkin Archeological State Park, Chalk Bluff Battlefield and the Battle of Helena Battlefields.[5] The Parkway also runs through Lake Poinsett State Park, which offers numerous campgrounds to travelers.[6] The parkway runs through numerous parks, including Chalk Bluff Battlefield Park, Crowley's Ridge State Park, Delta Cultural Center, Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, Lake Frierson State Park, Lake Poinsett State Park, Louisiana Purchase State Park, Parker Pioneer Homestead, Parkin Archeological State Park, Southland Greyhound Park, and the Village Creek State Park. In Missouri the route runs past Morris State Park. Cities along the Arkansas portion of the route include Piggott, Paragould, Jonesboro, Wynne, Forrest City, Marianna, West Helena and Helena.
Missouri
Crowley's Ridge Parkway continues through unique countryside and American Civil War era battlefields in the Missouri Bootheel. It terminates at Business Route 25 in Malden after 14.2 miles (22.9 km) in the state.[7]
History
The route was designated a state scenic byway in Arkansas in 1997 and a National Scenic Byway in 1998. The Missouri scenic byway designation was granted in 2000.[8]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[9][10] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River | 0.00 | 0.00 | Southern end of the National Scenic Byway at the Helena Bridge; US 49 continues southward | ||
| Phillips | Helena-West Helena | 0.56 | 0.90 | File:North plate.svg File:US 49 (AR).svgFile:US 49B (AR).svg US 49 north (Martin Luther King Jr Drive) / US 49B (Biscoe Street) | US 49 departs the byway northward, begin concurrency with US 49B |
| 2.19 | 3.52 | File:North plate.svg File:US 49B (AR).svg US 49B north (Columbia Street) | US 49B departs the byway northward | ||
| 3.25 | 5.23 | File:North plate.svg File:US 49B (AR).svg US 49B north (Porter Street/Perry Street) | begin concurrency with US 49B, separate one-ways | ||
| 3.80 | 6.12 | File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 185.svg AR 185 south (Perry Street) | |||
| 6.64 | 10.69 | File:North plate.svg File:US 49B (AR).svgFile:Arkansas 242.svg US 49B north (Plaza Avenue) / AR 242 | US 49B departs the byway northward, begin concurrency with AR 242 | ||
| St. Francis National Forest | 8.39 | 13.50 | File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 185.svg AR 185 south | ||
| 8.83 | 14.21 | File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 242.svgFile:Arkansas 242S.svg AR 242 west (Storm Creek Road) / AR 242S | AR 242 departs the byway eastward, begin concurrency with AR 242S | ||
| 8.94 | 14.39 | File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 242S.svgFile:CR 217 jct.svg AR 242S east (Storm Creek Road) / CR 217 | AR 242S ends, route continues along Phillips CR 217 | ||
| Lee | 25.2 | 40.6 | File:Arkansas 44.svg AR 44 | Begin concurrency at eastern terminus of AR 44 | |
| Marianna | 32.1 | 51.7 | File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 44.svg AR 44 west (Martin Luther King Drive) | AR 44 departs the byway westward | |
| 33.1 | 53.3 | File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 1B.svg AR 1B south (Alabama Street) | Begin concurrency with AR 1B | ||
| 33.4 | 53.8 | File:South plate.svg File:US 79 (AR).svgFile:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 1.svg US 79 south / AR 1 south (Forrest Avenue) | AR 1B ends, Begin concurrency with US 79/AR 1 | ||
| 33.6 | 54.1 | File:North plate.svg File:US 79 (AR).svg US 79 north | US 79 departs the byway northward | ||
| Felton | 36.3 | 58.4 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 121.svg AR 121 north | ||
| Haynes | 42.0 | 67.6 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 131.svg AR 131 north | ||
| St. Francis | | 46.3 | 74.5 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 1.svgFile:Arkansas 1B.svg AR 1 north / AR 1B | AR 1 departs the byway northward, begin concurrency with AR 1B |
| | 46.6 | 75.0 | File:East plate blue.svg File:Arkansas 980(Airport).svg AR 980 east – Forest City Municipal Airport | ||
| Forrest City | 49.8 | 80.1 | File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 334.svg AR 334 east (Linden Road) | ||
| 50.6 | 81.4 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 1B.svg AR 1B north (Washington Street) | AR 1B departs the byway northward | ||
| 50.7 | 81.6 | File:West plate.svg File:US 70 (AR).svg US 70 west (Broadway Avenue) | Begin concurrency with US 70 | ||
| 50.8 | 81.8 | File:East plate.svg File:US 70 (AR).svg US 70 east (Broadway Avenue) | US 70 departs the byway eastward | ||
| 51.5 | 82.9 | File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 284.svg AR 284 west (Arkansas Avenue) | Begin concurrency with AR 284 | ||
| 53.0 | 85.3 | File:I-40.svgFile:US 63 (AR).svg I-40 / US 63 – West Memphis, Little Rock | |||
| Colt | 61.9 | 99.6 | File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 306.svg AR 306 west | ||
| Cross | | 68.2 | 109.8 | File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 284.svgFile:CR 734 jct.svg AR 284 west / CR 734 | AR 284 departs the byway westward, route continues along Cross CR 734 |
| Wynne | 70.7 | 113.8 | File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 1.svg AR 1 south (Falls Boulevard) | Begin concurrency with AR 1 | |
| 71.2 | 114.6 | File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 284.svg AR 284 west (Union Avenue) | |||
| 71.3 | 114.7 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 1B.svg AR 1B north (Falls Boulevard) | AR 1B departs the byway northward | ||
| 72.1 | 116.0 | File:US 64B (AR).svgFile:Arkansas 1B.svg US 64B / AR 1B (Falls Boulevard) | Begin concurrency at western terminus of US 64B | ||
| | 74.0 | 119.1 | File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 284.svg AR 284 east | ||
| | 76.5 | 123.1 | File:West plate.svg File:US 64 (AR).svg US 64 west | US 64B ends, begin concurrency with US 64 | |
| Levesque | 77.1 | 124.1 | File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 163.svg AR 163 south | Begin concurrency with AR 163, continue concurrency with US 64 | |
| 77.2 | 124.2 | File:East plate.svg File:US 64 (AR).svg US 64 east | US 64 departs the byway eastward, continue concurrency with AR 163 | ||
| | 84.1 | 135.3 | File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 364.svg AR 364 west | ||
| Birdeye | 86.2 | 138.7 | File:Arkansas 42.svg AR 42 | ||
| Poinsett | | 92.7 | 149.2 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 373.svg AR 373 north | |
| | 100.4 | 161.6 | File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 14.svg AR 14 east | Begin concurrency with AR 14, continue concurrency with AR 163 | |
| | 100.9 | 162.4 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 163.svg AR 163 north | AR 163 departs the byway northward | |
| Harrisburg | 101.4 | 163.2 | File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 14.svg AR 14 west (Jackson Street) | AR 14 departs the byway westward | |
| | 102.1 | 164.3 | File:Arkansas 14.svgFile:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 163.svg AR 14 / AR 163 south | Begin concurrency with AR 163 | |
| | 107.0 | 172.2 | File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 214.svg AR 214 east | ||
| | 110.1 | 177.2 | File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 158.svg AR 158 west | ||
| | 112.2 | 180.6 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 69.svg AR 69 north | ||
| Craighead | | 117.1 | 188.5 | File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 158.svg AR 158 east | |
| Jonesboro | 119.0 | 191.5 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 163S.svg AR 163S north (Apt Drive) | ||
| 119.2 | 191.8 | File:Arkansas 1.svgFile:Arkansas 1B.svg AR 1 (Stadium Boulevard) / AR 1B (Harrisburg Road) | AR 163 ends, begin concurrency at AR 1B southern terminus | ||
| 122.1 | 196.5 | File:I-555.svgFile:US 49 (AR).svgFile:US 63 (AR).svg I-555 / US 49 / US 63 (Joe N. Martin Expressway) | Interchange | ||
| 123.2 | 198.3 | File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 18.svg AR 18 west (Highland Drive) | Begin concurrency with AR 18 | ||
| 123.4 | 198.6 | File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 18.svg AR 18 east (Southwest Drive) | AR 18 departs the parkway westward | ||
| 127.8 | 205.7 | File:US 49 (AR).svgFile:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 1.svg US 49 / AR 1 south (Stadium Boulevard) | Begin concurrency with US 49/AR 1 | ||
| 128.8 | 207.3 | File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 91.svg AR 91 south (Johnson Avenue) | |||
| 129.4 | 208.2 | File:US 49 (AR).svgFile:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 1.svgFile:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 351.svg US 49 / AR 1 north / AR 351 south (Johnson Avenue) | US 49/AR 1 departs the parkway northward, begin concurrency with AR 351 | ||
| | 133.6 | 215.0 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 351.svgFile:CR 766 jct.svg AR 351 north / CR 766 (New Haven Church Road) | AR 351 departs the parkway northward, route continues along Craighead CR 766 | |
| | 137.1 | 220.6 | File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 141.svg AR 141 south | CR 766 ends, begin concurrency with AR 141 | |
| Greene | Lorado | 140.0 | 225.3 | File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 168.svg AR 168 west | Begin concurrency with AR 168, continue concurrency with AR 141 |
| | 140.6 | 226.3 | File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 358.svg AR 358 east (Finch Road) | ||
| Walcott | 144.5 | 232.6 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 141.svg AR 141 north | AR 141 departs the byway northward, continue concurrency with AR 168 | |
| | 147.0 | 236.6 | File:West plate.svg File:US 412 (AR).svg US 412 west | AR 168 ends, begin concurrency with US 412 | |
| Paragould | 150.9 | 242.9 | File:East plate.svg File:US 412 (AR).svg US 412 east | End concurrency with US 412; begin concurrency with US 412B | |
| 155.6 | 250.4 | File:US 49 (AR).svgFile:Arkansas 1.svg US 49 / AR 1 (Linwood Drive) | |||
| 156.2 | 251.4 | File:East plate.svg File:US 412B (AR).svg US 412B east (King's Highway) | US 412B departs the parkway eastward | ||
| 156.7 | 252.2 | File:US 49B (AR).svg US 49B (2nd Street) | |||
| 157.0 | 252.7 | File:US 49B (AR).svg US 49B (2nd Street) | |||
| 157.9 | 254.1 | File:US 49 (AR).svgFile:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 1.svg US 49 / AR 1 south (Linwood Drive) | Begin concurrency with US 49/AR 1 | ||
| 159.1 | 256.0 | File:US 49 (AR).svgFile:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 1.svgFile:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 135.svg US 49 / AR 1 north (Linwood Drive) / AR 135 south | US 49/AR 1 departs the parkway northbound, begin concurrency with AR 135 | ||
| Oak Grove Heights | 164.3 | 264.4 | File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 34.svg AR 34 west | ||
| Lafe | 168.5 | 271.2 | File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 34.svg AR 34 east | ||
| Hooker | 170.6 | 274.6 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 135.svgFile:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 141.svg AR 135 north / AR 141 south | AR 135 departs the parkway northbound, begin concurrency with AR 141 | |
| Clay | | 181.9 | 292.7 | File:West plate.svg File:Arkansas 90.svg AR 90 west | Begin concurrency with AR 90, continue concurrency with AR 141 |
| Boydsville | 185.2 | 298.1 | File:East plate.svg File:Arkansas 90.svg AR 90 east | AR 90 departs the parkway eastward, continue concurrency with AR 141 | |
| McDougal | 192.4 | 309.6 | File:West plate.svg File:US 62 (AR).svg US 62 west | AR 141 ends, begin concurrency with US 62 | |
| Pollard | 199.5 | 321.1 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 139.svg AR 139 north | ||
| Piggott | 199.5 | 321.1 | File:East plate.svg File:US 62 (AR).svg US 62 east (12th Avenue) | US 62 departs the byway eastward | |
| 200.5 | 322.7 | File:West plate.svg File:US 62 (AR).svg US 62 west (3rd Avenue) | Begin concurrency with US 62 | ||
| 200.9 | 323.3 | File:US 49 (AR).svgFile:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 1.svg US 49 / AR 1 south (Thornton Avenue) | Begin concurrency with AR 1, continue concurrency with US 62 | ||
| Trinnon | 202.6 | 326.1 | File:South plate.svg File:Arkansas 139.svg AR 139 south | ||
| 202.9 | 326.5 | File:North plate.svg File:Arkansas 1.svg AR 1 north | AR 1 departs the byway northward | ||
| St. Francis River | 197.8 | 318.3 | Arkansas–Missouri state line | ||
| Dunklin | Campbell | 202.7 | 326.2 | File:East plate.svg File:US 62.svgFile:South plate.svg File:MO-53.svgFile:MO-supp-WW.svg US 62 east / Route 53 south (Allen Road) / Route WW | US 62 departs the byway eastward, begin concurrency with SSR-WW |
| | 207.5 | 333.9 | File:East plate.svg File:MO-supp-J.svg Route J east | SSR-WW ends, begin concurrency with SSR-J | |
| Malden | 212.0 | 341.2 | File:Business plate.svg File:MO-25.svg Route 25 Bus. (Douglas Street) | Northern terminus | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
References
- ↑ Staff. "Crowley's Ridge Parkway Official Designations". America's Byways. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on March 21, 2007. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
- ↑ General Highway Map, Phillips County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 General Highway Map, Lee County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 26, 2021. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ↑ General Highway Map, St. Francis County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ↑ Staff. "Crowley's Ridge Parkway: Arkansas". America's Byways. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on June 30, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
- ↑ Staff. "Lake Poinsett State Park". Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
- ↑ Staff. "Crowley's Ridge Parkway: Missouri". America's Byways. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
- ↑ Staff. "Crowley's Ridge Parkway". America's Byways. Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original on June 8, 2007. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
- ↑ Planning and Research Division (2010). "Arkansas Road Log Database". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original (Database) on June 23, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
- ↑ Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department; U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (2015). General Highway Map - Greene County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). [1:62500]. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
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