Pine Bluff business route U.S. Route 63 Business (
US 63B and
Hwy. 63B) is a former business route of US 63 in
Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The route began at Exit 43 on
I-530/
US 79; where US 63 joins the freeway eastbound and the northbound
Olive Street continuing as US 63B. Olive Street runs north, bridging
Bayou Bartholomew and entering a residential section of the city. It passed the historic McDonald's Store#433 Sign, as well as the
Puddephatt House and
Howson House before turning onto Harding Avenue and then to Main Street. It turned onto 8th Street, entering the
Pine Bluff Commercial Historic District and passing the
George Howard Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse,
Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, the
Pine Bluff Civic Center, and the
Pine Bluff Convention Center. US 63B next turned onto Convention Center Drive and briefly overlapping
Highway 190 (5th Avenue/6th Avenue, a
one-way pair) and crossing the
Union Pacific Railway tracks before turning onto
US 65B (Martha Mitchell Expressway) eastbound. US 63B followed US 65B until an intersection with US 63/US 79, where US 63B terminated The route was created by renumbering
Highway 15 Business (AR 15B) when US 63 supplanted
AR 15 as part of an extension south from West Memphis to
Ruston, Louisiana; approved by AASHTO on October 2, 1999. before turning left onto
Livermore Street and terminating at
US 70 (South Front Street) in downtown Hazen. The roadway was previously part of
Highway 11 (AR 11), and was later redesignated
Highway 11 Spur. The US 63B designation replaced AR 11S when US 63 supplanted
AR 11 as part of an extension south from West Memphis to
Ruston, Louisiana; approved by AASHTO on October 2, 1999. US 63B turned left onto Gayosa Street, beginning an
concurrency with
AR 14, with
AR 140 beginning eastward from this junction. US 63B/AR 14 continued southwest together over the
St. Francis River to I-555/US 63, where US 63B terminated. ;Major intersections This table reflects the highway's junctions upon decommissioning.
Trumann city route U.S. Route 63 City (
US 63C and
Hwy. 63C) is a former
city route of in
Trumann, Arkansas. The US 63C designation began at US 63 (now
AR 463 in Trumann, a small town in
Northeast Arkansas. It ran northeast along
Melton Avenue before curving northwest and paralleling the
St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco) railroad tracks. The highway designation turned onto
Oak Street through a residential area before turning onto
Pine Street for one block, then onto
Speedway Street to again parallel the Frisco railroad before terminating at an intersection with US 63. The roadway continued west as
AR 69. The City of Trumann requested the
Arkansas State Highway Commission add this segment to the state highway system as a city
truck route, however adding routes within municipalities was not permitted initially. Following a change in policy, Trumann again requested the route's addition, which was granted on March 4, 1959. The route ran through downtown
Jonesboro until being redesignated
Arkansas Highway 91 on October 27, 2006. US 63 BUS ran northwest from US 63 to meet
AR 18. US 63 BUS/AR 18 became
Highland Drive east across
US 49/
AR 1 and north with
AR 141 (former
US 49 BUS). The route ran west as
Dan Ave. to terminate at US 63. In 1961, the
Arkansas Highway Department collaborated with the
city planning division of
Arkansas State University, the City of Jonesboro, and
Craighead County to develop transportation plans for the area. The top priority in the plan was the "Johnson Street Connection", which connected Main Street (
AR 1) and US 63 along Johnson Avenue, Floyd Street, and Dan Avenue. On November 8, 1961, the Arkansas State Highway Commission designated the Johnson Avenue Extension as
U.S. 63 City Route (
US 63C). and were officially confirmed by the United States Route Number Committee of the
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) later in the year. ==See also==