Arkansas Highway 2

State Road 2
Route information
Maintained by AHD
Length:	195 mi[1] (314 km)
Existed:	1926 – ca. 1932
Major junctions
West end:	US 67 in Texarkana
	AR 3 in Magnolia US 167 in El Dorado US 165 in Montrose US 65 in Lake Village
East end:	MS 10 at the Mississippi River
Location
Counties:	Ashley, Chicot, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union
Highway system
Arkansas Highway System Interstate US State Business Spurs Scenic Heritage Trails ← AR 1 AR 3 →

Arkansas Highway 2 (AR 2, Hwy. 2, formerly State Road 2) was an east–west state highway in South Arkansas. The route was approximately 195 miles (314 km) from US Route 67 (US 67) in Texarkana east to cross the Mississippi River near Lake Village, continuing as Mississippi Highway 10.^[1] Between 1931 and 1932, the route was entirely replaced by U.S. Route 82. Except near cities, the current US 82 closely follows the original 1926 routing. One section of its original pavement, known as the Old Arkansas 2-Mayton Segment, survives north of Garland.

History

Several bypasses have been built since the original 1926 routing following the growth of the cities it passes through.

• Garland was bypassed in the 1980s by a new bridge over the Red River; the western part of old Highway 2 (from modern U.S. 82 into Garland) is now Highway 134.
• North of Garland, an S-shaped section of the highway was replaced with a new alignment in 1948, smoothing out the sharp curves. The old alignment, now part of County Roads 122 and 123, and one of the drivable sections of AR 2's original pavement, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Old Arkansas 2-Mayton Segment" in 2008.^[2]
• Waldo and most of Magnolia were bypassed in the 1970s. The Waldo segment is now Highway 98 and Highway 19; the Magnolia segment is now a business route.
• El Dorado was bypassed in the 1980s; Highway 2 is now a business route.
• The segment between Crossett and Hamburg has been rerouted several times, most recently in the 1970s. Highway 2 is now parts of Highway 133 and Highway 52 north of Crossett, a short spur of Highway 189 in Hamburg, and a county road from the end of Highway 189 south to Highway 52.
• Montrose was bypassed in the 1940s by a railroad overpass; Highway 2 is now a minor business route.
• East of Lake Village, U.S. 82 (Highway 2) turned northeast along Lake Chicot to the old ferry crossing near Greenville, Mississippi; that alignment is now Highway 144 from Lake Village past Lake Chicot State Park to its end at the Mississippi River levee.^[3] U.S. 82 was rerouted south of Lake Chicot when the Benjamin G. Humphreys Bridge opened in 1940, and retained most of that alignment for the current Greenville Bridge.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Miller	Texarkana	0.0	0.0	US 67	Western terminus
	Garland City	22.0	35.4	AR 134 south	intersection at a toll bridge
Lafayette	Lewisville	32.5	52.3	AR 29
Columbia	Waldo	45.4	73.1	AR 19 north
	Magnolia	52.9	85.1	AR 3 / AR 19 south / AR 132 west
Union	​	70.9	114.1	AR 57 north
	El Dorado	88.6	142.6	US 167 north / AR 15 north
		90.9	146.3	US 167 south
	Strong	107.1	172.4	AR 129 south
Ouachita River		122.1	196.5	Toll bridge
Ashley	Crossett	129.5	208.4	AR 133 south
	Hamburg	142.4	229.2	AR 13
	Montrose	164.1	264.1	US 165
Chicot	Lake Village	176.6	284.2	US 65
Mississippi River		195	314	Ferry to MS 10
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Red River Bridge (Arkansas)
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Miller County, Arkansas

References