{{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=80 |established= |map=Arkansas 80 map.png |length_mi=49.87 |length_ref=<ref name="db">{{cite web |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/System_Info_and_Research/traffic_info/databases/Road%20Log%20Database.zip |title= Arkansas Road Log Database |author= System Information and Research Division |year= 2014 |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |format= MDB |accessdate= March 27, 2016 |archive-date= August 29, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170829203521/http://www.arkansashighways.com/System_Info_and_Research/traffic_info/databases/Road%20Log%20Database.zip |url-status= dead }}</ref> |direction_a=West |terminus_a={{jct|state=AR|AR|28}} in Hon |junction={{jct|state=AR|US|71}} in Waldron |direction_b=East |terminus_b={{jct|state=AR|AR|27}} in Danville |counties=Scott, Yell |previous_type=US |previous_route=79 |next_type=AR |next_route=81 }}
'''Highway 80''' ('''AR 80''', '''Ark. 80''', and '''Hwy. 80''') is an east–west state highway in the Ouachita Mountains. The route of {{convert|49.87|mi|km}} begins at AR 28 at Hon and runs east to AR 27 in Danville. The route is maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT).
==Route description== The highway begins at AR 28 in western Scott County within the Ouachita Mountains. AR 28 runs southeast to Waldron, where it has a junction with US Highway 71 (US 71) on the city's west side. After this intersection, AR 80 continues due east as a section line road and major east–west route in the city. An intersection with US Highway 71 Business (US 71B) just south of downtown Waldron gives access to the primary commercial areas of Waldron. Continuing east, the highway serves as the western terminus for AR 248 just south of the Poteau River near the eastern city limits of Waldron. Just east of this junction, AR 80 passes the Poteau Work Center owned and operated by the United States Forest Service. East of Waldron, AR 80 enters the Ouachita National Forest, a dense pine and cypress forest. The route winds through the forest, serving as the eastern terminus of AR 250 before entering Yell County.<ref name="sco">{{Cite map |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department: Transportation Planning and Policy Division |title= General Highway Map, Scott County, Arkansas |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/ScottCounty.pdf |location= Little Rock |format= PDF |date= October 9, 2013 |scale= 1:62500 |accessdate= July 30, 2016 |archive-date= March 4, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001610/http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/ScottCounty.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref>
AR 80 continues through the National Forest to Waltreak, where it passes the Mitchell House listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nris" >{{NRISref|2010a|dateform=mdy}}</ref> It continues east through Chalybeate Springs before leaving the Forest near Macedonia. It curves northeast and runs along Dutch Creek as the highway enters Danville. AR 80 intersects AR 27 in southern Danville, where it terminates.<ref name="yel">{{Cite map |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department: Transportation Planning and Policy Division |title= General Highway Map, Yell County, Arkansas |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/YellCounty.pdf |location= Little Rock |format= PDF |date= April 3, 2014 |scale= 1:62500 |accessdate= July 24, 2016 |archive-date= March 3, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171107/http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/counties/county%20PDFs/YellCounty.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref>
==History== An earlier AR 80 was designated in the 1926 Arkansas state highway numbering from AR 45 at Prairie Grove to the Oklahoma border.<ref name="firfor" >{{cite map |author= Arkansas State Highway Commission |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/Trans_Plan_Policy/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1926.TIF |format= TIF |title= Map of the State of Arkansas Showing System of State Highways |date= April 1, 1926 |publisher= Arkansas State Highway Commission |accessdate= December 14, 2016 |archive-date= January 18, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170118042848/http://www.arkansashighways.com/Trans_Plan_Policy/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1926.TIF |url-status= dead }}</ref> This was deleted in 1931, as it was replaced by US 62.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansashighways.com/Trans_Plan_Policy/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1931.TIF|title=Archived copy|access-date=2019-01-23|archive-date=2017-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510123258/http://www.arkansashighways.com/Trans_Plan_Policy/mapping_graphics/archived_tourist_maps/1931.TIF|url-status=dead}}</ref> The current route was designated in 1945.
==Major intersections== {{jcttop|state=AR|length_ref=<ref name="db" />}} {{ARint |county=Scott|cspan=5 |location=Hon |mile=0.00 |road={{jct|state=AR|AR|28}} |notes=Western terminus }} {{ARint |location=Waldron |lspan=3 |mile=5.34 |road={{jct|state=AR|US|71|city1=Texarkana|city2=Fort Smith}} }} {{ARint |mile=6.55 |road={{jct|state=AR|US-Bus|71|dab1=Waldron|name1=Main St}} }} {{ARint |mile=7.37 |road={{jct|state=AR|AR|248|dir1=east}} |notes=Western terminus of AR 248 }} {{ARint |location=none |mile=19.96 |road={{jct|state=AR|AR|250|dir1=west}} |notes=Eastern terminus of AR 250 }} {{ARint |county=Yell |location=Danville |mile=49.87 |road={{jct|state=AR|AR|27|city1=Danville|city2=Rover}} |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{jctbtm}}
==Former route== {{Infobox road small |state=AR |route=80 |type=AR 1926 |length_mi=10.3 |length_ref= |formed= |decommissioned= 1931 |location=Washington County }}
'''State Road 80''' ('''AR 80''', '''Ark. 80''', and '''Hwy. 80''') was a state highway of {{convert|10.3|mi|km}} in Washington County. The route began at the Oklahoma state line and ran east to AR 45 east of Lincoln.
===Major intersections=== {{jcttop|state=AR|county=Washington}} {{ARint |location=none |mile=0.0 |road=Oklahoma state line |notes=Western terminus }} {{ARint |location=Summers |mile=2.5 |road={{jct|state=AR|AR 1926|99|city1=Siloam Springs|dir1=north}} |notes= }} {{ARint |location=none |mile=10.3 |road={{jct|state=AR|AR 1926|45|city1=Cane Hill|city2=Prairie Grove}} |notes=Eastern terminus }} {{jctbtm}}
==See also== *{{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} {{commons category-inline|Arkansas Highway 80}}
080 Category:Transportation in Scott County, Arkansas Category:Transportation in Yell County, Arkansas