Arkansas Highway 334

Highway 334
Highway 334
Route information
	Maintained by ArDOT
Existed	June 23, 1965–present
Section 1
Length	5.51 mi (8.87 km)
West end	AR 1B in Forrest City
East end	CR 734 / CR 735 / CR 736 at Tuni
Section 2
Length	3.27 mi (5.26 km)
West end	US 79 near Hughes
East end	CR 621 near Council
Location
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
Counties	Lee, St. Francis
Highway system
	Arkansas Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Business; Spurs; Suffixed; Scenic; Heritage;

Highway 334 (AR 334, Ark. 334, and Hwy. 334) is a designation for two state highways in the Arkansas Delta. One segment begins at Highway 1 Business (AR 1B) in Forrest City and runs southeast to Tuni. A second route begins at US Highway 79 (US 79) at Bledsoe and runs east. Both routes were created in the mid-1960s, and have remained along the same alignment since. Both routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).

Route description

Forrest City to Tuni

Highway 334 begins at Highway 1B (Washington Street) in Forrest City, a city of regional importance in the Arkansas Delta region. The highway winds southeast toward the Lee County line through Crowley's Ridge. The loess hill terrain makes the route wind and curve more than the surrounding highways in St. Francis County covering the Mississippi Alluvial Plain. Highway 334 intersects St. Francis County Road 735 (CR 735) at Tuni, with CR 734 and CR 736 continuing west and east, respectively.^[3]

As of 2016, the route had an annual average daily traffic (AADT) of 1,500 vehicles per day (VPD) within Forrest City, but 270 VPD east of the city, earning a classification as a very low volume local road by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), meaning fewer than 400 vehicles per day.^[4]

Bledsoe to Frenchman Bayou

Highway 334 begins at US 79 on the St. Francis-Lee County line in the Arkansas Delta. The route runs southeast across Millseed Lake. It turns south along a section line road to Lee County Road 621 (CR 621), where it terminates near a levee. The eastern terminus is less than one mile (1.6 km) from the Mississippi River and the Mississippi state line.^[5]

Near the eastern terminus, the AADT was measured as 120 VPD in 2016, dropping to 70 further east.^[6]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
St. Francis	Forrest City	0.00	0.00	AR 1B (Washington Street) – Marianna	Western terminus
St. Francis	Tuni	5.51	8.87	CR 734 / CR 735 / CR 736 (Tuni Road)	Eastern terminus
Gap in route
St. Francis–Lee county line	Bledsoe	0.00	0.00	US 79 / Great River Road – Marianna, Hughes	Western terminus
Lee		3.27	5.26	CR 621	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

History

Both highways were created during a period of expansion in the state highway system in the 1960s. Highway 334 was first created in St. Francis County on June 23, 1965.^[1] The Lee County segment was created on November 23, 1966.^[7] Neither alignment has changed since creation.

References

^ ^a ^b Arkansas State Highway Commission (1969). "Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission" (PDF). Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway Commission. pp. 662–663. OCLC 21798861. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018..
^ ^a ^b ^c System Information and Research Division (2015). "Arkansas Road Log Database". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original (MDB) on August 29, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
^ Transportation Planning and Policy Division (October 2, 2014) [August 13, 2008]. General Highway Map, St. Francis County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (Revised ed.). 1:62,500. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. OCLC 919314462. Retrieved July 11, 2018. {{cite map}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ System Information & Research Division (2016). Annual Average Daily Traffic Estimates, Van Buren County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map). No scale given. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. p. 68A. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
^ Transportation Planning and Policy Division (March 11, 2014) [December 29, 2008]. General Highway Map, Lee County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (Revised ed.). 1:62,500. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. OCLC 913880304. Retrieved July 11, 2018. {{cite map}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ System Information & Research Division (April 1, 2017) [March 11, 2014]. Annual Average Daily Traffic Estimates, Lee County, Arkansas (PDF) (Map) (Prepared ed.). No scale given. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. p. 39. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
^ Arkansas State Highway Commission (1969), p. 562.