Arkansas Highway 26

Highway 26
AR 26 in red, AR 26S in blue
Route information
Maintained by ArDOT
Section 1
Length	58.0 mi (93.3 km)
West end	US 371 near Lockesburg
Major intersections	US 278 in Center Point
East end	AR 51 near Arkadelphia
Section 2
Length	2.8 mi (4.5 km)
West end	I-30 near Gum Springs
Major intersections	US 67 in Gum Springs
East end	Alcoa plant entrance near Gum Springs
Location
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
Counties	Howard, Pike, Clark
Highway system
Arkansas Highway System Interstate US State Business Spurs Suffixed Scenic Heritage
← AR 25 → AR 27

Arkansas Highway 26 (AR 26) is a designation for two state highways in Arkansas. One segment of 58.0 miles (93.3 km) runs from U.S. Route 371 (US 371) east of Lockesburg east to Highway 51 west of Arkadelphia. A second segment of 2.8 miles (4.5 km) runs from Interstate 30 (I-30) west of Gum Springs east to the Alcoa plant east of Gum Springs. Highway 26 also has a spur route (designated as Highway 26S), which travels mainly along the corridor of the Clark County Industrial Park south of Gum Springs.^[1][2][3]

Highway 26 begins in rural Howard County, about 7 miles (11 km) east of the city of Lockesburg. The route heads east for just under eight miles (13 km) until it intersects US 278 in the small town of Center Point, which shares a very short concurrency before continuing to head east. For about 12.4 miles (20.0 km), the route continues to head east before intersecting with Highway 27 southwest of Murfreesboro. Both Highway 26 and Highway 27 share a concurrency, including through the city of Murfreesboro before both routes split apart just northeast of the city, about five miles (8.0 km) later. From there, the route continues to head east, traveling through the towns of Delight and Antoine. The entire route through Clark County is very rural, intersecting at Highway 53 in the town of Hollywood, before eventually ending at Highway 51 about five miles (8.0 km) southwest of Arkadelphia.^[4]

The route begins at I-30 west of Gum Springs, and heads southeast for about 1.8 miles (2.9 km) before intersecting US 67 in Gum Springs. The route continues heading west for about one more mile (1.6 km) before ending at the entrance to the Alcoa plant east of Gum Springs.^[5]

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Howard	​	0.0	0.0	US 371 – Lockesburg, De Queen	Western terminus; former AR 24
	Center Point	7.8	12.6	US 278 west – Dierks	West end of US 278 overlap
		7.9	12.7	US 278 east – Nashville	East end of US 278 overlap
	​	12.5	20.1	AR 369 north – Muddy Fork, Newhope	Southern terminus of AR 369
Pike	​	20.4	32.8	AR 27 south – Nashville, Mineral Springs	South end of AR 27 overlap
	Murfreesboro	24.2	38.9	AR 301 south – Crater of Diamonds State Park	Northern terminus of AR 301
		24.8	39.9	AR 19 north – Narrows Dam	South end of AR 19 overlap
		25.3	40.7	AR 27 north – Glenwood, Mt. Ida, Hot Springs	North end of AR 27 overlap
	​	28.5	45.9	AR 379 north	Southern terminus of AR 379
	Delight	36.6	58.9	AR 195 south – McCaskill, Blevins	Northern terminus of AR 195
		36.9	59.4	AR 19 south – Prescott	North end of AR 19 overlap
	Antoine	41.6	66.9	AR 29 south / AR 301 south – Prescott, Blevins	Northern termini of AR 29 and AR 301
Clark	Hollywood	53.1	85.5	AR 53 – Gurdon, Amity
	​	58.0	93.3	AR 51 – Arkadelphia, Okolona	Eastern terminus
	Gap in route
	​	0.0	0.0	I-30 – Little Rock, Texarkana	Western terminus; exit 69 on I-30
	Gum Springs	1.8	2.9	US 67 – Arkadelphia, Gurdon
	​	2.2	3.5	AR 26S south – Clark County Industrial Park	Northern terminus of AR 26S
	​	2.8	4.5	Alcoa plant entrance	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Highway 26S
Location	Clark County
Length	1.2 mi (1.9 km)

Arkansas Highway 26 Spur is a spur route, which is about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) long and mainly runs along the corridor of the Clark County Industrial Park south of Gum Springs in Clark County. The route runs south to north, where its southern terminus is located at US 67 and its northern terminus is at Highway 26. The route is entirely located in the town of Gum Springs.^[6]