Arkansas Highway 301 is a north–south state highway in Pike County, Arkansas

Pike County, Arkansas

Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2010, the population was 11,291. The county seat is Murfreesboro. Pike County is Arkansas's 25th county, formed on November 1, 1833, and named for Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak...

. The route of 22.9 miles (36.9 km) runs from AR 26/AR 27 in Murfreesboro

Murfreesboro, Arkansas

Murfreesboro is a city in Pike County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,764 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Pike County....

 through rural Pike County to Highway 29

Arkansas Highway 29

Arkansas Highway 29 is a state highway that extends in South Arkansas. It runs north from the Louisiana state line to its terminus at AR 301 in Antoine. It is intersected by many major thoroughfares including Interstate 30...

 in Antoine

Antoine, Arkansas

Antoine is a town in Pike County, Arkansas, United States, along the Antoine River. The population was 156 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Antoine is located at...

.

Route description

AR 301 begins at Highway 26/Highway 27 at the Pike County Courthouse

Pike County Courthouse (Murfreesboro, Arkansas)

The Pike County Courthouse in Murfreesboro, Arkansas was built in 1931. It was listed on the American National Register of Historic Places in 1986....

 square in Murfreesboro

Murfreesboro, Arkansas

Murfreesboro is a city in Pike County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,764 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Pike County....

. The square also contains the Murfreesboro Cities Service Station and Conway Hotel, both on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

. The route runs south at Washington Avenue before exiting town to the south. Highway 301 serves as the northern edge of Crater of Diamonds State Park, the world's only active diamond

Diamond

In mineralogy, diamond is an allotrope of carbon, where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is less stable than graphite, but the conversion rate from diamond to graphite is negligible at ambient conditions...

 mind open to the public. South of the park the highway becomes a rural route, passing east through forest

Forest

A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...

ed lands. AR 301 has a junction with AR 195 south of Pigsah and AR 19 at Piney Grove.

Further east of this junction, the highway forms a concurrency

Concurrency (road)

A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers...

 with Highway 29

Arkansas Highway 29

Arkansas Highway 29 is a state highway that extends in South Arkansas. It runs north from the Louisiana state line to its terminus at AR 301 in Antoine. It is intersected by many major thoroughfares including Interstate 30...

. After breaking from the overlap, AR 301 turns due east then due north to enter Antoine

Antoine, Arkansas

Antoine is a town in Pike County, Arkansas, United States, along the Antoine River. The population was 156 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Antoine is located at...

. The route intersects Main Street

Arkansas Highway 29

Arkansas Highway 29 is a state highway that extends in South Arkansas. It runs north from the Louisiana state line to its terminus at AR 301 in Antoine. It is intersected by many major thoroughfares including Interstate 30...

 and terminates very close to Highway 26.

History

The route was designated a state highway between 1963 and 1964. The route is entirely two–lane undivided.

Major intersections

Mile markers reset at concurrencies.

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