Highway 38 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by AHTD | ||||
Existed: | 1926 – present | |||
Section 1 | ||||
Length: | 49.58 mi (79.79 km) | |||
West end: | AR 367 in Cabot | |||
East end: | US 49 near Hunter | |||
Section 2 | ||||
Length: | 21.43 mi (34.49 km) | |||
West end: | I-40 / US 63 | |||
East end: | AR 147 | |||
Section 3 | ||||
Length: | 0.10 mi (0.16 km) | |||
South end: | US 70 in West Memphis | |||
North end: | I-55 / US 61 / US 64 / US 79 in West Memphis | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | Lonoke, Prairie, Woodruff, St. Francis, Crittenden | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Highway 38 (AR 38, Ark. 38, and Hwy. 38) is a designation for three state highways in Arkansas. One route of 49.58 miles (79.79 km) runs east from Highway 367 at Cabot to US Route 49 (US 49) near Hunter. A second route of 21.43 miles (34.49 km) begins at Interstate 40/US 63 (I-40/US 63) and runs east to Highway 147 near Horseshoe Lake. A third route of 0.10 miles (0.16 km) runs in West Memphis as Martin Luther King Jr. Drive from US 70 north to I-55/US 61/US 64/US 79. All routes are maintained by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).
Highway 38 begins at Highway 367 at the city limits of Cabot in Lonoke County. The highway connects agricultural areas in Arkansas's Grand Prairie, including rice and soybeans as well as aquaculture. Passing east through Austin, where it has an intersection with Highway 319. The intersection is near the Sears House, an 1860 antebellum home in late Greek Revival-Italianate style listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Continuing east, Highway 38 runs through unincorporated area in eastern Lonoke County, intersecting Highway 321 near Sylvania and Highway 31 near Butlerville before entering Prairie County.