 Highway 226 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byArDOT | ||||
| Existed | 1958–present | |||
| Section 1 | ||||
| Length | 2.38 mi[1] (3.83 km) | |||
| West end |  CR 278 nearTuckerman | |||
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| East end |  AR 37 in Tuckerman | |||
| Section 2 | ||||
| Length | 25.28 mi (40.68 km) | |||
| West end |  AR 367 nearSwifton | |||
| Major intersections | ||||
| East end |    I-555 /US 63 /AR 18 in Jonesboro | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Arkansas | |||
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Arkansas Highway 226 (AR 226) is a designation for twostate highways in northeast Arkansas. The main segment of 25.28 miles (40.68 km) runs east fromHighway 367 nearSwifton toInterstate 555 (I-555) inJonesboro. Much of this route in the eastern segment is concurrent withU.S. Route 78 (US 78) when it was extended into Arkansas on November 2023.[1][2] A short route of 2.38 miles (3.83 km) runs in ruralJackson County west ofTuckerman.[3]
AR 226 runs east from Jackson CR 278 to crossAR 17 toAR 37, where it terminates. The route then runs due east nearSwifton throughAR 18 inCash, it meets with US 78 at I-57/US 67 and has concurrency with US 78 toJonesboro while also meetingAR 349 nearJonesboro. Highway 226 winds into Jonesboro, where US 78 departs from AR 226 at US 63/US 49 then terminates atUS 63/AR 18.
The route became a state highway in 1958, traveling from an area south ofSwifton east toGibson. AR 226 was later extended to Jonesboro, including a concurrency withAR 39 (now US 49). When US 49 replaced AR 39 around 1980, AR 226 was split into its current alignment and AR 226S. The short Jackson County segment was added to the system in 1996.[1]
In 2012, construction was completed that widened four miles of the highway to a four-lane divided facility from the highway's intersection withUS 67 to just west of Cash.[4] This was the first section of a larger plan that will ultimately widen Highway 226 to four lanes divided from US 67 toUS 49 near Gibson.[5] This widening project will give motorists a four-lane, divided route the entire length fromLittle Rock toJonesboro.
Had I-30 been extended, there were plans to upgrade AR 226 toInterstate standards and designate it as "Interstate 730".[6][7] I-30 extension was recycled into extending I-57 from Missouri and just making AR 226 into a standard four lane highway.
US 78 was extended north from Tennessee into Arkansas in November 2023 which follows eastern part of AR 226.[8]
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Jackson | | 0 | 0.0 | CR 278 | Western terminus |
| | 1.0 | 1.6 |  AR 17 | ||
| Tuckerman | 2.4 | 3.9 | AR 37 –Tuckerman,Cord | Eastern terminus | |
| AR 226 short segment ends, AR 226 main segment begins atArkansas Highway 367 | |||||
| | 0 | 0.0 | AR 367 –Tuckerman,Walnut Ridge | Western terminus; formerUS 67 | |
| | 1.4 | 2.3 |  AR 224 | ||
| Craighead | | 7.4 | 11.9 |   I-57 /US 67 –St. Louis,Little Rock  US 78 begins | Western terminus of US 78; exit 102 on I-57 |
| Cash | 12.3 | 19.8 |   AR 18 toAR 91 –Grubbs | ||
| | 19.3 | 31.1 |   AR 349 north toAR 91 | Southern terminus of AR 349 | |
| | 22.0 | 35.4 |   US 49 south /US 63 south –Waldenburg | West end of US 49/US 63 overlap | |
| | 23.0 | 37.0 |  US 49 north /US 63 north /US 78 east –Jonesboro | East end of US 49/US 63/US 78 overlap | |
| Jonesboro | 25.5 | 41.0 | I-555 /US 63 /AR 18 –Trumann,Hoxie | Eastern terminus; exit 46 on I-555 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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 Highway 226S | |
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| Location | Jonesboro |
| Length | 1.03 mi (1.66 km) |
| Existed | 1980–present |
Arkansas Highway 226 Spur is aspur route inJonesboro. Known locally as Wood Springs Road, the route is 1.03 miles (1.66 km) in length.[9]
The entire route is inJonesboro,Craighead County.
| mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0 | 0.0 |  AR 226 | Northern terminus | ||
| 1.0 | 1.6 | US 49 (Southwest Dr) | Southern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
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