Arkansas Highway 10

Eastern terminus of AR 10 at the former interchange with Interstate 30 near Downtown Little Rock

Fort Chaffee serves as a training facility for National Guard and Army Reserve units.

The route begins at Oklahoma State Highway 120 and runs east to Hackett. AR 10 intersects AR 45 in Hackett, and continues east to Greenwood. AR 10 passes through downtown Greenwood, passing the lone AR 10 spur route and the Old Sebastian County Jail, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3] The highway leaves town and passes Fort Chaffee on its way to Logan County.[2] In Booneville, the route intersects the scenic AR 23 near the Bank of Booneville Building and Farmers and Merchants Bank-Masonic Lodge. AR 10 also passes the Booneville Municipal Airport before entering Magazine.[4] The highway passes by the historic Magazine City Hall-Jail and intersects AR 109 in Magazine before entering Yell County.[5]

AR 10 runs on this bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad in Little Rock. It was built in 1928.

AR 10 runs near the historic Little Rock City Hall.

AR 10 begins to cover mountainous terrain, passing Havana, Belleville, and the Danville Municipal Airport. Highway 10 intersects Arkansas Highway 27 in Danville and AR7/AR 28 in Ola. In Perry County, AR 10 continues through mountainous terrain and small towns Cass and Adona before forming a southerly concurrency with Arkansas Highway 9. AR 9/AR 10 run together pass Lake Harris Brake on to Perryville, past the Perry County Courthouse and south to Williams Junction, where AR 10 turns east to Little Rock.[6]

Arkansas Highway 10 enters Pulaski County, passing Lake Maumelle and Pinnacle Mountain State Park before entering the city, becoming Cantrell Road.[7] The far western portions of Cantrell Road in recent years have been the site for increased commercial development in Little Rock, including the controversial 2004 opening of a Wal-Mart Supercenter near upscale residential communities immediately south of the highway in Chenal Valley. In the portion between Interstate 430 in the west and downtown in the east, Arkansas 10/Cantrell Road (as classified by the regional governmental council, Metroplan) is a primary traffic artery for northern Little Rock, including the upper part of the Pulaski Heights section of the city, and is one of the most traveled thoroughfares aside from the Interstates in Little Rock. Cantrell Road runs with neighborhoods to the south and parks to the north, passing Arkansas Baptist High School.[8]

The highway intersects Interstate 430 at a Parclo interchange and runs deeper into downtown Little Rock, passing numerous houses on the National Register of Historic Places.[8] Cantrell Road continues past the Jackson Reservoir near the Cammack Village area, crossing University Avenue. AR 10 proceeds east past the Arkansas State Capitol along the Arkansas River and underneath Broadway Street (US 70), becoming LaHarpe Boulevard in downtown.[8] The route uses one block of Cumberland Street, then ends at East 2nd Street.[8]

Arkansas Highway 10 was one of the original 1926 state highways.

AR 10 was one of the original 1926 Arkansas State Highways, and remains very close to that routing today. The highway roughly parallels US 64 and Interstate 40 for its entire length, both approximately 20 miles (32 km) to AR 10's north until their convergence in Little Rock. Even in 1926, however, US 64 was constructed to higher standards than AR 10, making US 64 always the more feasible route for travelers from Fort Smith to the state capitol. AR 10 remains the "scenic path" from Fort Smith, passing through the Ouachita Mountains at a slower pace than the bustling four-lane limited-access highway.

Mile markers reset at concurrencies.

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Sebastian	​	0.0	0.0	SH-120 west	Oklahoma state line
	Hackett	1.4	2.3	AR 45 south (South Main Street) – Hartford	west end of AR 45 overlap
		1.8	2.9	AR 45 north – Fort Smith	east end of AR 45 overlap
	Excelsior	7.3	11.7	AR 253 south – Midland
	​	9.0	14.5	US 71 – Fort Smith, Mena
	Greenwood			I-49 – Fort Smith, Texarkana	Proposed; I-49 future exit 183
		11.1	17.9	AR 10S west – Fort Smith
		12.2	19.6	AR 96 east to AR 22
	​	21.2	34.1	AR 252 west – Washburn, Milltown
Logan	​	28.6	46.0	AR 60 west
	Booneville	32.2	51.8	AR 23 (North Broadway Avenue)
	​	34.6	55.7	AR 197 (Ralph Rudolph Drive)
	​	34.9	56.2	AR 116 west
	Magazine	39.0	62.8	AR 109 north (North Garland Street)	west end of AR 109 overlap
		39.1	62.9	AR 109 south (South Reveille Street)	east end of AR 109 overlap
Yell	Waveland	49.5	79.7	AR 309 south – Blue Mountain Dam
	Havana	55.8	89.8	AR 309 north (Main Street) – Mount Magazine, Mount Magazine State Park
	Belleville	60.6	97.5	AR 307 north (North Main Street)
	Danville	64.2	103.3	AR 27 north – Dardanelle	west end of AR 27 overlap
		65.0	104.6	AR 27 south – Mount Ida	east end of AR 27 overlap
	Ola	76.1	122.5	AR 7 north (4th Street) – Russellville, Dardanelle	west end of AR 7 overlap
		0.0	0.0	AR 7 south / AR 28 west – Nimrod Dam, Hot Springs, Plainview	east end of AR 7 overlap
Perry	​	9.6	15.4	AR 155 north – Petit Jean
	​	17.0	27.4	AR 324 to AR 155
	Perry	25.3	40.7	AR 9 north to AR 154 – Morrilton, Petit Jean State Park	west end of AR 9 overlap
	Perryville			AR 60 east – Houston, Conway	north end of AR 60 overlap
				AR 60 west (Aplin Avenue) – Nimrod Lake	south end of AR 60 overlap
	​			AR 300 east – Harris Brake State Wildlife Management Area, Pleasant Valley
	​			AR 216 east – Pleasant Valley
	​			AR 324 west – Lake Sylvia
	Harmony (Williams Junction)	0.0	0.0	AR 9 south – Paron	east end of AR 9 overlap
Pulaski	​	7.2	11.6	AR 113 north – Bigelow, Wye Mountain
	Little Rock	18.8	30.3	AR 300 west – Roland, Pinnacle Mountain State Park
		25.3	40.7	I-430 – Memphis, Fort Smith	I-430 exit 9
		34.0	54.7	East 2nd Street / Cumberland Street	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

View from Arkansas' highest point, Mount Magazine.

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