Arkansas Highway 245
| Texarkana Loop | |
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 21.4 mi (34.4 km) |
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| CCW end: |
   I-30 / I-369 / US 59 in Texarkana, TX
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| CW end: |
 US 59 / US 71 in Texarkana, AR |
| Location | |
| States: | Texas, Arkansas |
| Counties: | TX: Bowie; AR: Miller |
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The Loop is a beltway around Texarkana, a twin city in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Texas, running about 16 miles (26 km). Consisting a section of Interstate 49 in Arkansas, and Loop 151 and a section of I-369 and U.S. Highway 59 in Texas, it forms a three-quarter loop around the east, south and west sides of the city. (Interstate 30 completes the circle on the north side.) The Loop is built to Interstate Freeway Standards.
The south side is bisected by State Line Avenue, which runs north–south along the state line. The whole half in Arkansas is Interstate 49 and State Route 151 (unsigned). US 59 intersects the Loop near the southwest corner, only the south side in Texas is Loop 151. Old US 59 into Texarkana (Lake Drive) is now State Highway 93.
North of the junction with and U.S. Highway 71, The former Highway 245 is part of the north–south Corridor, Interstate 49 north to Kansas City.
The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department submitted this piece, as well as its continuation west to the state line, as Interstate 130 (I-130) in fall 2000. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials denied the part from US 71 west to Texas, as "the state of Texas has not submitted a companion application for a suitable terminus in Texas", but the piece from US 71 north to I-30 was approved on December 8, 2000 as Future I-130. Once it is upgraded to Interstate standards and added to the Interstate Highway System by the Federal Highway Administration, it will be signed as I-130.
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