Arkansas Highway 440
Route description
I-440 begins at I-30 at a large interchange with I-530. After this interchange, I-440 intersects AR 365 (Springer Boulevard) and Bankhead Drive near Clinton National Airport (formerly Little Rock National Airport). The highway continues across Lindsey Road northeast to cross the Arkansas River. I-440 has interchanges with US 165 and US 70 before terminating at I-40. On the northside of I-40, I-440 transitions to AR 440, an extension of I-440 built to Interstate standards. AR 440 runs northeast to Jacksonville, connecting North Little Rock's easternmost neighborhoods with US 67/US 167 (Future I-57). There are ghost ramps at the terminus. AR 440 may be redesignated as I-440 when I-57 is designated along US 67.
To avoid repeating the disturbance of the Fourche Creek floodplain by a causeway section of I-30 (including what is now the I-30/I-440/I-530 interchange), most of I-440 between I-30 and the exit leading to the airport is an extended bridge through the floodplain, crossing Fourche Creek several times.
History
Location | North Little Rock–Jacksonville |
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Existed | 2003–present |
The idea of I-440 was first proposed in 1941.
I-440 is part of a planned full loop around the metropolitan area, together with I-430. Part of that effort, an extended route from I-440's east end at I-40 to US 67/US 167, opened in 2003 as AR 440 and is also part of the North Belt Freeway project. However, completing the North Belt Freeway to I-430 has been put on hold after its cost was estimated at over $600 million.
Exit list
The entire route is in Pulaski County.
Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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Little Rock | 0.00 | 0.00 | ![]() ![]() | Western terminus of I-440 | ||
138 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; signed as exits 138A (east) and 138B (south); exit nos. correspond to I-30 | ||||
1.28 | 2.06 | 1 | ![]() | |||
3.44 | 5.54 | 3 | ![]() | |||
3.80 | 6.12 | 4 | Lindsey Road – Little Rock River Port | |||
5.16 | 8.30 | 5 | Fourche Dam Pike – Little Rock River Port | |||
North Little Rock | 6.97 | 11.22 | 7 | ![]() | ||
7.91 | 12.73 | 8 | ![]() | |||
9.55 | 15.37 | 10 | ![]() | |||
9.96 | 16.03 | 11 | ![]() | I-40 exit 159; signed as exits 11B (east) and 11A (west) westbound | ||
I-440 becomes AR 440 | ||||||
Jacksonville | 13.40 | 21.57 | 12 | ![]() | ||
14.16 | 22.79 | 13 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Temporary eastern terminus of AR 440; US 67 exit 6 | ||
| ![]() ![]() | Future continuation beyond US 67/US 167 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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