Arkansas Highway 69
Route description
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Melbourne to Newport
AR 69 begins at AR 367 in Newport and heads north to Jacksonport. A Spur Route 69 develops in Jacksonport. The route leads northwest to AR 122 in Newark and AR 233 in Sulphur Rock. Continuing north, the route passes through Cushman and Mount Pleasant.
Shady Grove to Lunsford
Arkansas Highway 69 begins in Poinsett County and heads east from AR 163. It crosses Interstate 555 (I-555) as Exit 29 continuing east to Trumann. After detaching a spur route that leads through Trumann, AR 69 leads mostly north and ends at AR 158.
Paragould segment
AR 69 runs from US 49/AR 1 south of Paragould. The route runs east then north to terminate at US 412B/AR 135 in downtown Paragould.
Major intersections
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Jackson | Newport | ![]() ![]() | |||
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Batesville | ![]() ![]() | ||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | south end of US 167 / AR 25 overlap | ||||
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Izard | | ![]() ![]() | south end of AR 58 overlap | ||
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Melbourne | ![]() ![]() | ||||
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1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Poinsett | | ![]() | |||
Trumann | ![]() | I-555 exit 29 | |||
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Melton Avenue | former US 63C south | ||||
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| Stephens Access St. Francis River | former AR 198 east | |||
Craighead | Lunsford | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
The entire route is in Paragould, Greene County.
mi | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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0.00 | 0.00 | ![]() ![]() | |||
5.90 | 9.50 | ![]() | |||
6.30 | 10.14 | ![]() ![]() | |||
7.48 | 12.04 | ![]() | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Auxiliary routes
Highway 69 has three business routes and four spur routes. As cities have grown, bypasses have become necessary, and the former downtown alignments of AR 69 have become the business routes discussed here.