{{short description|State highway in Arkansas, United States}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=AR |type=AR |route=201 |map=Arkansas 201.png |length_mi=24.05 |length_round=2 |length_ref=<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 March 15, 2011.</ref> |established=July 10, 1957<ref name="min">{{cite web |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo53-69.pdf |title= Minutes of the Meeting |date= July 10, 1957 |publisher= Arkansas State Highway Commission |page= 1778 |accessdate= January 29, 2013 |archive-date= October 1, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181001143728/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo53-69.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref> |direction_a=South |terminus_a={{jct|state=AR|AR|341}} in Norfork |junction= *{{jct|state=AR|US|62|US|412}} in Mountain Home *{{jct|state=AR|AR|5}} in Mountain Home *{{jct|state=AR|US|62B|dab1=Mountain Home}} in Mountain Home |direction_b=North |terminus_b={{jct|state=MO|Supp|J}} at the Missouri state line in Clarkridge |counties=Baxter |previous_type=AR |previous_route=200 |next_type=AR |next_route=202 }}
'''Highway 201''' ('''AR 201''', '''Ark. 201''', and '''Hwy. 201''') is a north–south state highway in Baxter County, Arkansas. The route runs {{convert|24.05|mi|km}} from Arkansas Highway 341 in Salesville north to the Missouri state line through Mountain Home, the county seat of Baxter County.<ref name="bax" >{{Cite map |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title=General Highway Map - Baxter County, Arkansas |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/BaxterCounty.pdf |edition=4/27/07 |accessdate=March 15, 2011}}</ref>
==Route description== thumb|left|250px|AR 201 passes the Baxter County Courthouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. AR 201 begins in Salesville at Push Mountain Road. The highway runs west to Shady Grove, when it curves north to Mountain Home. Upon reaching Mountain Home, AR 201 intersects US 62/US 412 before the lone AR 201 spur leaves the main route. AR 201 continues north as '''S College Street''' past the Casey House until intersecting 9th Street.<ref name="mou" >{{Cite map |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title=Map of Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/cities/mountainhome_city.pdf |edition=November 2002 |accessdate=March 15, 2011}}</ref> A concurrency forms east then north through downtown Mountain Home. AR 5/AR 201 intersect and follow US 62B for six blocks north, passing the Mountain Home Commercial Historic District and Baxter County Courthouse, both on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nris" >{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref> The routes run together as '''Hickory Street''' when AR 5/AR 201 branch west and US 62B stays east. Shortly after this fork, AR 201 departs AR 5 and heads due north. The highway runs through north Mountain Home and exits town, becoming a winding rural route. AR 201 runs through the unincorporated community of Clarkridge near the Missouri state line, when the road becomes state supplemental route J.<ref name="bax" />
==History== The first portion of Highway 201 was from Mountain Home to Missouri, and was designated on July 10, 1957.<ref name="min" /> The highway was entirely gravel.<ref name="ahd59">{{Cite map|publisher=Arkansas State Highway Department |title=State Highway Map - State of Arkansas |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1959.tif |edition=1959 |accessdate=March 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313203011/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1959.tif |archivedate=March 13, 2012 }}</ref> The southern half of this segment was paved in 1961.<ref name="ahd62">{{Cite map|publisher=Arkansas State Highway Department |title=State Highway Map - State of Arkansas |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1962.tif |edition=1962 |accessdate=March 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707163214/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1962.tif |archivedate=July 7, 2011 }}</ref> The highway was extended south to Salesville in 1963.<ref name="ahd64">{{Cite map|publisher=Arkansas State Highway Department |title=State Highway Map - State of Arkansas |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1964.tif |edition=1964 |accessdate=March 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707163228/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1964.tif |archivedate=July 7, 2011 }}</ref> The entire northern segment was paved to the Missouri state line the following year.<ref name="ahd65">{{Cite map|publisher=Arkansas State Highway Department |title=State Highway Map - State of Arkansas |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1965.tif |edition=1965 |accessdate=March 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707163244/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1965.tif |archivedate=July 7, 2011 }}</ref> The entire southern portion was paved by 1979.<ref name="db" />
==Major intersections== Mile markers reset at concurrencies. {{jcttop|length_ref=<ref name="bax" /> |state=AR |county=Baxter }} {{ARint |location=Salesville |mile=0.0 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|341|city1=Norfork}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{ARint |location=Mountain Home |lspan=5 |mile=10.0 |road={{Jct|state=AR|US|62|US|412}} |notes= }} {{ARint |mile=10.5 |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|201S|dir1=south}} |notes=AR 201S northern terminus }} {{ARint |mile=11.5 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|5|dir1=south|name1=9th St.}} |notes=AR 5 concurrency north }} |- |colspan=4 align=center| {{convert|0.8|mi|km}} concurrency north with {{jct|state=AR|AR|5}} and {{jct|state=AR|US|62B|dab1=Mountain Home}} |- {{ARint |mile=0.0 |type=concur |road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|5|dir1=north|city1=Midway|countydab1=Baxter|location2=Gainesville MO}} |notes=AR 5 concurrency ends }} {{ARint |location=Clarkridge |mile=12.6 |road={{Jct|state=MO|Supp|J}} |notes=Northern terminus; Missouri state line }} {{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==Mountain Home spur== {{Infobox road small |state=AR |route=201 |type=AR-Spur |formed=July 31, 1974<ref>{{harvp|"Minutes"|1970–79|pp= 1010-1011}}.</ref> |length_mi=0.25 |length_ref=<ref name="db" /> |length_round=2 |deleted=June 1, 2011<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo10-19.pdf |title= Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission |date= 2010–2019 |page= 163 |publisher= Arkansas State Highway Commission |location= Little Rock |accessdate= January 19, 2020 |oclc= 21798861 |archive-date= March 4, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043247/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo10-19.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref> |location=Mountain Home }}
'''Highway 201 Spur''' is a former spur route of {{convert|0.25|mi|km|adj=on}} in Mountain Home.<ref name="db" />
==See also== * {{Portal-inline|United States}} * {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}} * List of state highways in Arkansas
==References== {{reflist}} {{refbegin}} * {{cite web |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo70-79.pdf |title= Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission |date= 1970–1979 |publisher= Arkansas State Highway Commission |location= Little Rock |accessdate= January 19, 2020 |oclc= 21798861 |ref= {{harvid|"Minutes"|1970–79}} |archive-date= November 5, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111105110847/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo70-79.pdf |url-status= dead }} {{refend}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} {{commons category-inline|Arkansas Highway 201}}
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