Arkansas Highway 22

Highway 22
Route information
Maintained by AHTD
Length:	75.60 mi (121.67 km)
Existed:	1926 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 64 / US 71B
	I-540 I-49 – Fayetteville, Waldron AR 23 – Caulksville
East end:	AR 7 – Dardanelle
Location
Counties:	Sebastian, Franklin, Logan, Yell
Highway system
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Arkansas Highway 22 is a state highway of 75.60 miles (121.67 km) in Sebastian, Franklin, Logan, and Yell Counties.

Route description

The route begins in Fort Smith at US 64/US 71B. It runs east, crossing I-540/US 71. AR 22 concurs with AR 255 through Fort Chaffee and intersects AR 96 east of the installation. The route next enters Charleston where it meets AR 217 before crossing AR 41 in Branch. County Line High School is located on this highway near Branch.

Caulksville brings a junction with AR 23, and meetings with AR 109, AR 288, and AR 309 occur in Paris. AR 22/AR 109/AR 288 run together until Subiaco, when the route loses AR 288 but crosses AR 197. AR 22 eventually loses AR 109 at Midway, running alone to Dardanelle. The route terminates at AR 7 after a very brief concurrency with AR 155.

The road itself is fairly straight and in reasonably good repair. Passing can be safely accomplished in several stretches of Highway 22 despite a lack of constructed passing areas.

History

The route was one of the original 1926 Arkansas state highways. AR 22 ran from Fort Smith to Dardanelle along a routing very similar to the modern-day routing of AR 22.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Sebastian	Fort Smith			US 64 / US 71B (Garrison Avenue / Towson Avenue / North 11th Street) – National Historic Site, National Cemetery
				I-540 to I-40 / US 71 – Van Buren	I-540 exit 8
	Barling			AR 253
				AR 255 north
				AR 59 north – Van Buren, Trimble Lock & Dam, Springhill Park
				I-49 south	Opened to traffic and signed as AR 549, northbound segment into Crawford County unbuilt; future I-49 exit 193
	Central City			AR 255 south – Vache Grasse Park
	Diamond Grove			AR 96 – Lavaca, Greenwood
	​			AR 255 north – Lavaca
	​			AR 252 west
Franklin	Charleston			AR 217 north (Greenwood Street) – Vesta
				AR 217 south (South Rattlesnake Road)
	Branch			AR 41 south – Chismville	West end of AR 41 overlap
				AR 41 north – Cecil	East end of AR 41 overlap
Logan	Ratcliff			AR 398
	Caulksville			AR 23 – Ozark, Booneville
	Paris			AR 369 south (South Charcoal Plant Road)
				AR 109 south / AR 309 (Elm Street) – Mount Magazine State Park
	Subiaco			AR 197 north – Scranton
	Midway			AR 109 north – Clarksville, Cane Creek Recreation Area, Dublin Recreation Area
	New Blaine			AR 197 north – Shoal Bay Recreation Area
	Delaware			AR 393 north – Delaware Recreation Area
Yell	Dardanelle			AR 155 west – Mount Nebo State Park
				AR 7 to AR 27 south – Ola, Danville, Russellville
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access