Arkansas Highway 88


Highway 88 is a designation for five state highways in Arkansas. All routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.

Oklahoma to Washita

Highway 88 is a state highway of in Western Arkansas. The route begins at the Oklahoma state line at OK-1 and runs west to Highway 27 at Washita. Between the western terminus and Mena, the route passes through the Ouachita Mountains and is designated as part of the Talimena Scenic Drive, an Arkansas Scenic Byway and National Scenic Byway.

Route description

At Mena, it runs along the north direction of U.S. 71 for until U.S. 71 turns back to the north. From there, Highway 88 continues east for parallelling the Ouachita River and passing through the communities of Ink, Cherry Hill, Pine Ridge and Oden before intersecting U.S. Highway 270 at Pencil Bluff. Highway 88 then continues east another passing through the community of Sims before ending at Highway 27 at Washita.

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Mile markers reset at some concurrencies.

Hot Springs

Route description

Highway 88 begins and ends at Highway 7 in Hot Springs. It runs about 3 miles and has an intersection with the U.S. 70-270 bypass of Hot Springs along its route.

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Lonsdale

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Benton

Route description

A second segment of Highway 88 begins at an intersection with Highway 35 in Benton, runs for a few blocks on Military Road, then runs west approximately 2½ miles as Alcoa Road before ending at Benton Parkway.

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Altheimer to Reydell

Route description

Highway 88 begins at U.S. Highway 79 at Altheimer and runs south and east passing through the communities of Cornerstone, Sweden, and Swan Lake before ending at Highway 11 at Reydell.

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