{{Short description|Highway in Arkansas}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=AR |type=AR |route=124 |map=Arkansas 124.png |established=1927 |maint=AHTD |length_mi1=72.17 |length_ref1=<ref name="db">"[Arkansas] State Highways 2009 (Database)." April 2010. AHTD: Planning and Research Division. [http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/technical_services/databases/Arkansas_Roadlog_2009.zip Database.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707161957/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/technical_services/databases/Arkansas_Roadlog_2009.zip |date=2011-07-07 }} Retrieved December 8, 2010.</ref> |direction_a1=West |direction_b1=East |terminus_a1={{jct|state=AR|US|64|city1=Russellville}} |terminus_b1={{jct|state=AR|AR|36|city1=Rose Bud}} |length_mi2=9.17 |length_ref2=<ref name="db" /> |direction_a2=West |direction_b2=East |terminus_a2={{jct|state=AR|AR|110|city1=Pangburn}} |terminus_b2={{jct|state=AR|AR|157|city1=Sunnydale}} |previous_type=AR |previous_route=123 |next_type=AR |next_route=125 }}
'''Arkansas Highway 124''' is a designation for two state highways in Central Arkansas. The western segment of {{convert|72.17|mi|km}} runs from Russellville to Rose Bud.<ref name="db" /><ref name="pop">{{Cite map |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title=State Highway Route and Section Map - Pope County (District 8) |url=https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Pope_RAS.pdf |edition=9-17-2021 |accessdate=October 24, 2021}}</ref> An eastern segment of {{convert|9.17|mi|km}} runs east in White County from Pangburn to Highway 157.<ref name="whi">{{Cite map |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title=General Highway Map - White County, Arkansas |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/WhiteCounty.pdf |edition=1/7/09 |accessdate=March 21, 2011}}</ref>
==Route description== ===Russellville to Rose Bud=== The route begins at U.S. Route 64 (US 64) in Russellville and runs north to Interstate 40 (I-40). It continues east to intersect Highway 164 in Moreland and Highway 105 in Caglesville before entering Conway County.<ref name="pop"/> AR 124 winds east and then south in Conway County before forming a concurrency with Highway 95.<ref name="con">Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. [http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/counties/county%20PDFs/ConwayCounty.pdf# AHTD Conway County map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718224906/http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/counties/county%20PDFs/ConwayCounty.pdf |date=2011-07-18 }} Retrieved on March 27, 2010.</ref> The highway runs east to concur with Highway 9 in Center Ridge, becoming Highway 92/Highway 124 until Springfield. Highway 124 briefly enters Faulkner County, where it intersects and concurs with US 65 for {{convert|2.2|mi|km}}.<ref name="fau">"Faulkner County, Arkansas." Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. [http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/counties/county%20PDFs/FaulknerCounty.pdf# AHTD Faulkner County map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025825/http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/FaulknerCounty.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }} Retrieved on December 8, 2010.</ref><ref name="van">"Van Buren County, Arkansas." Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. [http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/counties/county%20PDFs/VanBurenCounty.pdf# AHTD Van Buren County map] Retrieved on December 8, 2010.</ref> Highway 124 enters Cleburne County and has many intersections in Quitman, including Highway 25.<ref name="cle">"Cleburne County, Arkansas." Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. [http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/counties/county%20PDFs/CleburneCounty.pdf# AHTD Cleburne County map] Retrieved on December 8, 2010.</ref> The highway continues east into White County to Highway 36 in Rose Bud, where it terminates.<ref name="whi" /> This route is entirely two-lane,<ref name="db" /> and has an officially designated exception of {{convert|0.66|mi|km}} over Highway 25 in Cleburne County.<ref>"State Highway Route and Section Map - Cleburne County." Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. [http://www.arkansashighways.com/Maps/Counties/County%20RAS/RAS%20Maps%20PDF/mcleb_ras.pdf Map.] Retrieved November 29, 2010.</ref>
===Pangburn to Sunnydale=== thumb|First reassurance marker for Arkansas Highway 124 east of the Highway 110 junction in Pangburn, Arkansas Highway 124 begins at Highway 110 in Pangburn and runs east. The highway intersects Highway 305, and a short concurrency forms. The highway runs further east to intersect Highway 157 in Sunnydale, where it terminates. It is entirely two-lane and undivided.<ref name="db" />
==History== The route was added to the state highway system in 1927, a year after Arkansas first numbered its highways.<ref>{{Cite map|publisher=[Arkansas] State Highway Department |title=Map of State of Arkansas showing State Highway System |url=http://geostor-imagery.geostor.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Maps/AHTD/STATEWIDE/AR_Tourist_Map_1927.tif |edition=1927 |accessdate= December 23, 2017 }}</ref> The route ran from Russellville to Caglesville and was an unimproved road. The following year, Highway 124 was extended to Highway 95 in Conway County.<ref>{{Cite map|publisher=[Arkansas] State Highway Department |title=Map of State of Arkansas showing System of State Highways |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1928.tif |edition=September 1, 1928 |accessdate=March 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013003605/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1928.tif |archivedate=October 13, 2011 }}</ref> At this time, Highway 124 from Russellville to Caglesville was graded, but the extension was not. In 1933, the route was shortened, running only from Russellville to Appleton (entirely in Pope County).<ref>{{Cite map|publisher=[Arkansas] State Highway Commission |title=Highway Service Map |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1933.tif |accessdate=March 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013002909/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1933.tif |archivedate=October 13, 2011 }}</ref> By 1926, the unimproved segment from Appleton to AR 95 was again added to AR 124. The routing remained unchanged until 1953, when the route was extended along its modern alignment.<ref>{{Cite map|publisher=Arkansas State Highway Commission |title=Official Highway Map of Arkansas |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1953.tif |accessdate=March 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013002608/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1953.tif |archivedate=October 13, 2011 }}</ref>
Formerly, Highway 124 had its western terminus at the intersection of Highway 7 and O Street in Russellville. The highway passed over I-40 without an interchange before meeting its current alignment east of town. When Highway 124 was widened northeast of Russellville, it was realigned onto Weir Road, formerly a stretch of Highway 326.
==Major intersections== Mile markers reset at concurrencies.<ref name="db" /> {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="pop" /><ref name="whi" /><ref name="con" /><br><ref name="fau" /><ref name="van" /><ref name="cle" /> }} {{ARint |county=Pope |cspan=7 |location=Russellville |lspan=2 |mile=0.00 |road={{Jct|state=AR|US|64|name1=East Main Street}} |notes=Western terminus }} {{ARint |mile=0.85 |road={{Jct|state=AR|I|40|city1=Fort Smith|city2=Little Rock|city3=Morrilton|city4=Clarksville}} |notes=I-40 exit 83 }} {{ARint |location=Gum Log |mile=6.7 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|326|dir1=east}} |notes=AR 326 western terminus }} {{ARint |location=Moreland |mile=10.2 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|164|city1=Dover|city2=Oak Grove|countydab2=Pope}} |notes= }} {{ARint |location=Caglesville |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=13.8 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|105|dir1=south|city1=Atkins}} |notes=AR 105 concurrency begins }} |colspan=4 align=center|{{convert|0.8|mi|km}} AR 105 concurrency north {{ARint |location=none |type=concur |mile=0.0 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|105|dir1=north|city1=Hector}} |notes=AR 105 concurrency ends }} {{ARint |county=Conway |cspan=7 |location=none |mile=15.0 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|213|dir1=south|city1=Old Hickory|city2=Hattieville}} |notes=AR 213 northern terminus }} {{ARint |location=Wonderview |type=concur |mile=17.5 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|95|dir1=south|city1=Morrilton}} |notes=AR 95 concurrency begins }} |colspan=5 align=center|{{convert|6.3|mi|km}} AR 95 concurrency north {{ARint |location=Mt. Zion |type=concur |mile=0.0 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|95|dir1=north|city1=Clinton}} |notes=AR 95 concurrency ends }} {{ARint |location=Center Ridge |type=concur |mile=11.0 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|9|AR|92|dir2=north|city1=Clinton|city2=Bee Branch}} |notes=AR 9/AR 92 concurrency begins }} |Birdtown |colspan=4 align=center|{{convert|7.5|mi|km}} AR 9/AR 92 concurrency south {{ARint |location=Springfield |type=concur |mile=0.0 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|92|dir1=south|city1=Plumerville}} |notes=AR 92 concurrency ends }} {{ARint |county=Faulkner |cspan=3 |location=none |mile=8.0 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|285|dir1=south|city1=Wooster}} |notes=AR 285 northern terminus }} {{ARint |location=Damascus |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=12.0 |road={{Jct|state=AR|US|65|dir1=south|city1=Greenbrier}} |notes=US 65 concurrency begins }} |colspan=4 align=center|{{convert|2.2|mi|km}} US 65 concurrency north {{ARint |county=Van Buren |location=none |type=concur |mile=0.0 |road={{Jct|state=AR|US|65|dir1=north|city1=Clinton}} |notes=US 65 concurrency ends }} {{ARint |county=Cleburne |cspan=4 |location=Quitman |lspan=4 |type=concur |mile=9.7 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|25|dir1=south|name1=Heber Springs Rd|city1=Greenbrier|city2=Conway}} |notes=AR 25 concurrency begins }} {{ARint |mile=10.1 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|356|dir1=north|name1=Bee Branch Rd}} |notes=AR 356 southern terminus }} {{ARint |type=concur |mile=10.3 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|25|dir1=north|name1=Heber Springs Rd}} |notes=AR 25 concurrency ends }} {{ARint |mile=15.2 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|107|dir1=north}} |notes=AR 107 southern terminus }} {{ARint |county=White |cspan=6 |location=Rose Bud |mile=18.4 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|36|dir1=north}} |notes=Eastern terminus of western section }} {{jctgap}} {{ARint |location=Pangburn |mile=0.0 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|110|name1=Arkansas Ave}} |notes=Western terminus of eastern section }} {{ARint |location=Dewey|ctdab=White |type=concur |mile=5.1 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|305|dir1=south}} |notes=AR 305 concurrency begins }} {{ARint |location=Little Red |type=concur |mile=6.5 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|305|dir1=north}} |notes=AR 305 concurrency ends }} {{ARint |location=Sunnydale |mile=8.8 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|157}} |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==See also== {{Portal|United States|U.S. Roads}} * List of state highways in Arkansas {{clear}}
==References== {{reflist|22em}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} {{commons category-inline|Arkansas Highway 124}}
124 Category:Transportation in Pope County, Arkansas Category:Transportation in Conway County, Arkansas Category:Transportation in Faulkner County, Arkansas Category:Transportation in Van Buren County, Arkansas Category:Transportation in Cleburne County, Arkansas Category:Transportation in White County, Arkansas