U.S._Route_371_in_Louisiana
U.S. Route 371
Highway in the United States
U.S. Route 371 is a north–south United States highway in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Louisiana. The highway's northern terminus is in De Queen, Arkansas at an intersection with U.S. Highway 70. It is co-signed for its last 13 miles (21 km) between Lockesburg, Arkansas and DeQueen with U.S. Highway 59 and U.S. Highway 71. Its southern terminus is 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Coushatta, Louisiana at an intersection with Interstate 49.
US 371 highlighted in red | |||||||||||||
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| Auxiliary route of US 71 | |||||||||||||
| Maintained by LaDOTD and AHTD | |||||||||||||
| Length | 214 mi (344 km) | ||||||||||||
| Existed | 1994[citation needed]–present | ||||||||||||
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| South end |   I-49 / LA 177 at Evelyn, LA | ||||||||||||
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| North end |     US 59 / US 70 / US 71 / AR 41 at DeQueen, AR | ||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||
| States | Louisiana, Arkansas | ||||||||||||
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Louisiana
U.S. 371 is an afterthought in the federal highway system. Within Louisiana it was merely the 1990s renumbering and re-signing of the post-1955 Louisiana Highway 7 north of US 71, which after the 1990s change ceased to exist as a number for a state highway in Louisiana. The section south of US 71 was the post-1955 Louisiana Highway 179, which after the 1990s change ceased to exist as a number for a state highway in Louisiana. It also replaced a section of Louisiana Highway 177. Although signage is on I-49, US 371 begins just north of Coushatta, Louisiana at an intersection with US 71. Intersecting I-20 and US 80 at Minden, it then crosses the Arkansas Line at Springhill, Louisiana. Louisiana Highway 371, on the other hand, was renumbered to Louisiana Highway 3277 because of the creation of US 371.
Arkansas
US 371 contains about 134 miles (216 km) in South Arkansas.
US 371 enters Arkansas in Columbia County. The route runs north to intersect AR 160 in Taylor and winds east to Magnolia. A concurrency with US 82 begins in Magnolia, and continues north to the city limits. US 371 continues west to meet AR 98 in Waldo, before heading north to enter Nevada County. The route next meets AR 32 and AR 76 before entering Rosston, where a short concurrency with US 278 forms. US 371 meets AR 372 before entering Prescott, where the route runs with AR 24 and is intersected by Interstate 30 before entering Hempstead County.
US 371 winds through Hempstead County west and north, concurring briefly with AR 195 and eventually entering Howard County. The route passes through Nashville, again meeting US 278, and runs west through rural land and into Sevier County. In Sevier County, US 371 meets US 59/US 71, which form a northern concurrency, eventually adding US 70 as well. These four routes run together west to De Queen, at which US 371 terminates.
Initially referenced as the Bi-State Corridor, the Arkansas State Highway Commission designated several state highways as a proposed corridor to seek AASHTO approval as a US highway in January 1994.[1] Upon receiving approval, the route was officially commissioned in Arkansas as Highway 371 on 24 August 1994.[2]
Minnesota
A prior, unrelated US 371 was decommissioned in Minnesota in 1971.[3] The route still bears the designation of MN 371.
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| State | County/Parish | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Louisiana | DeSoto | |  I-49 / LA 177 south – Alexandria, Shreveport | I-49 exit 162; south end of LA 177 overlap | ||
| Evelyn |   LA 510 west | |||||
| Red River | |  LA 177 north | north end of LA 177 overlap | |||
| Armistead |   US 84 west / LA 1 – Mansfield, Shreveport, Natchitoches | south end of US 84 overlap | ||||
| Coushatta |    US 84 east to US 71 south – truck route to LA 480 | north end of US 84 overlap | ||||
 LA 480 south (Front Street) | ||||||
| US 71 south to US 84 east – Alexandria, truck route to LA 480 | south end of US 71 overlap | |||||
 LA 155 east (Ashland Road) – Martin, Ashland | ||||||
| US 71 north – Bossier City | north end of US 71 overlap | |||||
| |  LA 786 east | |||||
| |  LA 788 west – Hall Summit | |||||
| |  LA 514 west | south end of LA 514 overlap | ||||
| | LA 514 east – Castor | north end of LA 514 overlap | ||||
| Bienville | Woodardville |  LA 783 south | ||||
| |  LA 790 west | |||||
| Ringgold |   LA 4 east / LA 154 east (Bienville Road) – Jamestown, Castor | south end of LA 4 / LA 154 overlap | ||||
| LA 4 west / LA 154 west – Loggy Bayou | south end of LA 4 / LA 154 overlap | |||||
| Davis |  LA 516 east – Fryeburg | |||||
| Webster | |  LA 531 north – Heflin | ||||
| Sibley |  LA 164 west – Doyline, Lake Bistineau State Park | |||||
| Minden |    I-20 east / LA 159 north – Minden, Monroe | south end of I-20 overlap; US 371 south follows exit 47 | ||||
| |  I-20 west – Shreveport | north end of I-20 overlap; US 371 north follows exit 44 | ||||
| Dixie Inn |   US 79 / US 80 – Minden | |||||
| |  LA 528 west – Bellevue | |||||
| Cotton Valley |  LA 3014 east (Humble Avenue) | |||||
 LA 160 | ||||||
| Sarepta |  LA 2 | |||||
 LA 2 Spur east – Shongaloo | ||||||
| Porterville |  LA 802 east (Porterville Road) | |||||
| Springhill |  LA 803-1 | |||||
 LA 157 – Plain Dealing, Haynesville | ||||||
| Arkansas | Columbia | Taylor | 5.70 | 9.17 |  AR 160 west – Walker Creek | south end of AR 160 overlap |
| 5.83 | 9.38 | AR 160 east – Macedonia | north end of AR 160 overlap | |||
| | 21.95 | 35.33 |  AR 344 west – Lake Columbia | |||
| Magnolia | 25.16 | 40.49 |  US 82B east (Main Street) | |||
| 27.23 | 43.82 |   US 82 to US 79 – Texarkana, El Dorado, Southern Arkansas University | ||||
| Waldo | 31.45 | 50.61 |  AR 98 east – Camden | south end of AR 98 overlap | ||
| 32.57 | 52.42 | AR 98 west – Texarkana | north end of AR 98 overlap | |||
| Lamartine | 35.58 | 57.26 |  AR 355 north – Falcon | |||
| Nevada | Willisville | 44.11 | 70.99 |   AR 32 west / CR 8 – Bodcaw | ||
| Irma | 46.80 | 75.32 |  AR 76 east – Waterloo | |||
| Rosston | 49.28 | 79.31 |   US 278 east to AR 57 – Camden | south end of US 278 overlap | ||
| 49.70 | 79.98 |  AR 200 east – Cale | ||||
| 50.16 | 80.72 | US 278 west – Hope | north end of US 278 overlap | |||
| |  AR 372 east – Serepta Springs | |||||
| Laneburg | AR 372 west | |||||
| |  AR 299 south – Bluff City | south end of AR 299 overlap | ||||
| |  AR 53 south / AR 299 north – Emmet | north end of AR 299 overlap | ||||
| Prescott |  US 67 south – Hope | south end of US 67 overlap | ||||
 US 67 north / AR 24 east – Bluff City | north end of US 67 overlap | |||||
   AR 19 north (West Main Street) to I-30 east | ||||||
| AR 200 east (Ron Harrod Drive) | ||||||
| I-30 – Texarkana, Little Rock | I-30 exit 44 | |||||
| Hempstead | |  AR 195 south – De Ann | ||||
| Blevins |  AR 29 to AR 19 – Hope | |||||
| Dotson | AR 195 north – Delight | |||||
| Howard | Nashville |  US 278 east / AR 27 (Mine Street) – Hope, Murfreesboro | south end of US 278 overlap | |||
  AR 980 north (Main Street) – Business District, Airport | ||||||
| US 278 west – Dierks | north end of US 278 overlap | |||||
| | AR 355 – Mineral Springs, Center Point | |||||
| |  AR 26 east – Center Point, Murfreesboro | |||||
| Sevier | Lockesburg | US 59 south / US 71 south / AR 24 west – Horatio, Ashdown, Texarkana | south end of US 59 / US 71 overlap | |||
| | US 70 east – Dierks, Lake Greeson, Hot Springs, Crater of Diamonds State Park, Daisy State Park | south end of US 70 overlap | ||||
| De Queen |  US 59 north / US 70 west / US 71 north / US 70B west / AR 41 south – Hugo, OK, Foreman, Fort Smith | north end of US 59 / US 70 / US 71 overlap | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Related routes:
- "Minute Order 94-004" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. ASHC. 26 January 1994. pp. 470–471. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- "Minute Order 94-263" (PDF). Minutes of the Meeting. ASHC. 24 August 1994. pp. 470–471. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee (3 December 1971). "U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee Agenda" (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway Officials. p. 2. Retrieved 10 April 2016 – via Wikisource.