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U.S. Route 270

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This article is about the current highway in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. For the former proposed highway in Georgia and North Carolina, see U.S. Route 270 (Georgia–North Carolina). For the former highway in Tennessee, see U.S. Route 270 (Tennessee).

U.S. Route 270 (US 270) is a spur of US 70. It travels for 643 miles (1,035 km) from Liberal, Kansas at US 54 and US 83 to White Hall, Arkansas at Interstate 530 (I-530) and US 65. It travels through the states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. It travels through the cities of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Hot Springs, Arkansas, and McAlester, Oklahoma.

U.S. Route 270 marker
U.S. Route 270
Map
US-270 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 70
Length643 mi (1,035 km)
Existed1930[citation needed]–present
Major junctions
West end US-54 / US-83 in Liberal, KS
Major intersections
East end I-530 / US 65 at White Hall, AR
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesKansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas
Highway system

Route description

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Kansas

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US 270 begins in Liberal, Kan., and leaves the state three miles south of there.

US 270 begins in the southeast part of Liberal, Kansas, at an intersection with US 83 (running north–south through the intersection) and US 54. US 270 follows the south leg of this intersection, following US 83 south. US 270 only spends 3 miles (4.8 km) in Kansas before crossing into Oklahoma. Seward County is the only Kansas county that US-270 serves.

Oklahoma

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US 270 runs concurrently with many highways in northwestern Oklahoma.

US 270 enters Oklahoma in Beaver County, the eastern third of the Oklahoma Panhandle. From here it continues east along US 64, then south towards Beaver, the county seat, along SH-23. South of Beaver, the road joins with US 412 (OK) and SH-3, the latter of which US 270 will overlap with through most of northwest Oklahoma. After leaving the Panhandle and picking up US 183 near Fort Supply, the highways turn southwest towards Woodward. US 412 splits away in Woodward. US 270, concurrent with US 183 and SH-3, proceed southeast toward Seiling. West of Seiling, US 183 splits off to the south, but in Seiling, it is replaced by US 281. The routes continue southwest to Watonga, where US 270/281 turn south along SH-8, while SH-3 continues due east to concur with SH-33. In Geary, US 270 splits off on an independent alignment, looping through Calumet before joining with Interstate 40.

US 270 remains concurrent with I-40 from Exit 115 through Exit 181, a distance of 66 miles (106 km). US 270, attached to I-40, runs through the core of the Oklahoma City Metro area, passing through the western suburbs of El Reno and Yukon into Oklahoma City proper. The partnership runs just south of Downtown and the Bricktown entertainment district on the Crosstown Expressway. Major interchanges with I-44 and I-35 (the latter involving a concurrency with the interstate and its accompanying US Highway, US 62) are found in the city. I-40/US 270 also serve two eastern suburbs of Oklahoma City, Del City and Midwest City and form the northern boundary between Midwest City's civilian areas and Tinker Air Force Base. US-270 finally exits from I-40 on the west side of Shawnee.

US 270 serves most of the towns anchoring the area east of Oklahoma City, including Shawnee, Tecumseh, Seminole, Wewoka, and Holdenville. It continues southeast to the city of McAlester, a major southeastern Oklahoma city. It also serves many of the small towns east of McAlester, such as Krebs, Alderson, Bache, Haileyville, and Hartshorne.

After passing through Hartshorne, the roads curves to the northeast before turning onto a due east course taking it through Wilburton, Red Oak, and Wister. In Wister, it turns south, running across Wister Lake's dam, and proceeding southeast to Heavener. There, it meets US 59, which it will follow for the rest of its time in Oklahoma. The town highways head south from Heavener, passing through the Wister Wildlife Management Area before entering the Ouachita National Forest. The route serves as the northern terminus of US 259 near Page. The road then squeezes into a valley between Black Fork Mountain and Rich Mountain. In this valley, it crosses the state line into Arkansas.

Arkansas

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U.S. Route 270 in Sheridan, Arkansas.

US 270 enters Arkansas with US 59, and runs east to Acorn, where it meets US 71. The route then travels 15 miles north on US 71 to Y City where it splits off and continues east. The route then meets AR 88 in Pencil Bluff and AR 27 in Mt. Ida before heading to Hot Springs. Entering the city, US 270 meets US 70 southwest of town and runs concurrent with it around Hot Springs using the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway before leaving the freeway and running along Malvern Avenue southeast of the city. US 270 intersects with I-30 just outside Malvern, running a short distance northeast on the freeway before interchanging with the George Hopkins Loop bypass and running south around the city. After meeting with US 67 east of town, the alignment then turns east-southeast meeting AR 229 in Poyen and AR 190/AR 291 in Prattsville before crossing paths with US 167 in Sheridan. The route trails east towards Pine Bluff terminating at and interchanging with I-530/US 65 in White Hall.

Directly east of this interchange, the highway used to continue along Sheridan Road before terminating at AR 365/Dollarway Road in northwest Pine Bluff. This former section of the route is now signed AR 365 Spur.

History

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The route was extended into Arkansas in 1931, supplanting State Road 8 from Oklahoma to Acorn and State Road  6 between Y City and Hot Springs.[1] The roadway was mostly gravel or graded earth, with some segments in the Ouachita Mountains still under construction upon designation.[2] In 1935, the US 270 designation supplanted the remainder of State Road 6 between Hot Springs and US 65 west of Pine Bluff.[3] By this time, the entire route was gravel surfaced.[4]

Between February 1937 and January 1938, US-270 was extended into Kansas, and overlapped K-27 from Johnson north to US-50 in Syracuse, where it terminated.[5][6] KDOT requested that US-270 be extended north along K-27 to I-70 south of Goodland. This request was denied by the American Association of State Highway Officials in an October 14, 1967 meeting.[7] In a November 14, 1980 resolution, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved a request by KDOT to truncate US-270 to its current terminus in Liberal.[8] Then in a May 18, 1981 resolution, US-270 was truncated to Liberal and the designation was removed from K-27.[9]

Future

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In Arkansas, it has been proposed that part of AR-51 will become part of US-270. On I-30's current concurrency with US-270, going east, drivers can take exit 99 and make a right on US-270 East. If drivers make a left when they take exit 99, they must make a left to get on I-30 West/US-270 West because there is currently no outlet past that. That road has been proposed to be extended to AR-51. This will form the future northern terminus of AR-51. This means that drivers can make a left to get on AR-51 South and will have to make a right to get on US-270 West. Then, US-270 will meet the current US-270. Drivers can make a left to get on the future US-270 Business East and must make a right to get on US-270 West, just like AR-51 did. From east to west, the future US-270 will go through the cities of Rockport, Butterfield, and Magnet Cove.[citation needed]

Major intersections

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StateCountyLocationmi[10][11]kmExitDestinationsNotes
KansasSewardLiberal0.000.00  
  US-54 (Pancake Boulevard) / US-83 north (Country Estates Road) – Garden City, Guymon OK, Meade		Western end of US-83 concurrency; western terminus
OklahomaBeaver​ 
  
  US 64 west / US 83 south – Perryton, Guymon		Eastern end of US-83 concurrency; western end of US-64 concurrency
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  US 64 east / SH-23 north – Buffalo		Eastern end of US-64 concurrency; western end of SH-23 concurrency
Elmwood 
  
  
  US 412 west / SH-3 west / SH-23 south – Booker Tx., Guymon		Eastern end of SH-23 concurrency; western end of US-412/SH-3 concurrency
HarperLog Cabin Corner  US 283 – Laverne, Shattuck
May  SH-46 – Buffalo, Gage
Ellis
 No major junctions
Woodward​ 
  US 183 north – Buffalo		Western end of US-183 concurrency
Woodward 
  SH-15 west (Oklahoma Avenue) – Shattuck
 
  
  US 412 east (Oklahoma Avenue) / SH-34 north (9th Street) – Enid		Eastern end of US-412 concurrency; western end of SH-34 concurrency
​ 
  SH-34 south – Elk City, Vici		Eastern end of SH-34 concurrency
​ 
  SH-50 north – Mooreland
Woodward–Major
county line		​ 
  US 183 south – Taloga, Clinton		Eastern end of US-183 concurrency
DeweySeiling 
  
  US 60 east / US 281 north – Waynoka, Fairview		Western end of US-60/US-281 concurrency
 
  
  
  US 60 west / SH-51 west (Shepherd Street) to US 183 – Vici		Eastern end of US-60 concurrency; western end of SH-51 concurrency
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  SH-51 east – Canton, Southard		Eastern end of SH-51 concurrency
Blaine​ 
  
  SH-33 west / SH-58 north – Canton, Thomas		Western end of SH-33 concurrency
Watonga 
  
  
  SH-3 east / SH-33 east / SH-8 north – Kingfisher, Okeene		Eastern end of SH-3/SH-33 concurrency; western end of SH-8 concurrency
Geary 
  
  
  US 281 south / SH-8 south to I-40 – Anadarko		Eastern end of US-281/SH-8 concurrency
Canadian​Western end of freeway section
​115 
  I-40 west – Amarillo		Western end of I-40 concurrency
see I-40
PottawatomieClarks Heights181 
  
  
  
  I-40 east / US 177 north / SH-3E east to SH-270 – Okemah, Stillwater, Fort Smith		Eastern end of I-40/SH-3 concurrency; western end of US-177/SH-3W concurrency
Eastern end of freeway section
Shawnee 
 
  US 270 Bus. east (Kickapoo Spur)		Interchange
 
 
  
  US 270 Bus. west / SH-18 north (Farrall Avenue)		Interchange
TecumsehTecumseh (Broadway)Interchange
 
  
  
  US 177 south / SH-3W east / SH-9 west – Sulphur, Ada, Norman		Eastern end of US-177/SH-3W concurrency; western end of SH-9 concurrency; interchange
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  SH-9A south – Harjo, Maud		Western end of SH-9A concurrency
Earlsboro 
  SH-9A north – Earlsboro		Eastern end of SH-9A concurrency
SeminoleSeminole 
  SH-3E west (Boren Boulevard) – Shawnee		Western end of SH-3E concurrency
  
   US 377 / SH-3E east / SH-99 (North Milt Phillips)		Eastern end of SH-3E concurrency
 
  SH-9 east – Eufaula		Eastern end of SH-9 concurrency; former northern terminus of SH-270A
​ 
 
  US 270 Bus. east – Wewoka
​  SH-59Interchange
Wewoka 
 
   US 270 Bus. west / SH-56 – Wewoka, Ada
HughesHoldenville 
 
   
  US 270 Bus. east / SH-48 to SH-9 – Holdenville
​ 
 
  US 270 Bus. west – Holdenville
Horntown 
  US 75 north – Lamar, Tulsa		Western end of US-75 concurrency
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  US 75 south / SH-1 west – Coalgate, Calvin, Ada		Eastern end of US-75 concurrency; western end of SH-1 concurrency; interchange
​ 
  SH-31A south – Stuart
Pittsburg​   
  Indian Nation Turnpike to US 69 – Henryetta, Tulsa, Paris		Indian Nation Turnpike exit 70
McAlester 
  SH-31 west (North West Street)		Western end of SH-31 concurrency
 
  US 69 Bus. (Main Street)
  US 69 – Muskogee, Eufaula, Atoka, DurantInterchange
Krebs 
  SH-31 east – Krebs		Eastern end of SH-31 concurrency; interchange
Haileyville 
  SH-63 west – Kiowa		Western end of SH-63 concurrency
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  SH-1 east / SH-63 east – Talihina		Eastern end of SH-1/SH-63 concurrency
LatimerWilburton 
  SH-2 south – Clayton, Talihina		Western end of SH-2 concurrency
 
  SH-2 north – Robbers Cave, Kinta		Eastern end of SH-2 concurrency
Red Oak 
  SH-82 south (Southeast 2nd Street) – Talihina		Western end of SH-82 concurrency
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  SH-82 north – Lequire, Stigler		Eastern end of SH-82 concurrency
Le FloreFanshawe 
  US 271 south – Talimena Drive, Talihina		Western end of US-271 concurrency
Wister 
  US 271 north – Poteau		Eastern end of US-271 concurrency
Heavener 
  US 59 north – Poteau		western end of US-59 concurrency
 
  SH-128 east – Waldron
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  US 259 south – Broken Bow
ArkansasPolkRich Mountain6.8811.07  
  AR 272 to AR 88 – Talimena Scenic Drive, Queen Wilhelmina State Park
Acorn15.65625.196 
  
  US 59 south / US 71 south – Mena, Texarkana		Eastern end of US 59 concurrency; western end of US 71 concurrency
Scott"Y" City31.0750.00 
  US 71 north		Eastern end of US 71 concurrency
  I-49Proposed
MontgomeryPencil Bluff53.4586.02 
  AR 88 east – Sims		Western end of AR 88 concurrency
53.7986.57 
  AR 88 west – Oden, Pine Ridge, Mena, Queen Wilhelmina State Park		Eastern end of AR 88 concurrency
​58.1793.62 
  AR 298 north – Sims
​62.15100.02 
   AR 27 north / AR 379 (Southfork Road) – Story		Western end of AR 27 concurrency
Mount Ida63.70102.52 
  AR 27 south – Glenwood		Eastern end of AR 27 concurrency
​72.35116.44  AR 949-2 (Ouachita Shores Parkway) – Denby Point Recreation Area
​73.56118.38  AR 949-3 (Shangri-La Drive) – Tompkins Bend Recreation Area
Joplin74.57120.01  AR 949-4 (Mount Harbor Road) – Joplin Recreation Area
Garland​85.82138.11 
  AR 227 south (Sunshine Road) – Sunshine
​86.03138.45  AR 926 (Brady Mountain Road) – Brady Mountain Recreation Area
Piney94.69152.39 
  AR 227 north – Mountain Pine, Lake Ouachita State Park
Hot Springs95.79154.16Western end of freeway section
1 
  US 270B east – Hot Springs		Western terminus of US 270B
96.60155.462 
  
  US 70 west / US 70B east (Airport Road) – Glenwood		Western end of US 70 concurrency; western terminus of US 70B
98.46158.463McLeod Street
99.53160.184  AR 88 (Higdon Ferry Road)
100.35161.505  AR 7 (Central Avenue)Signed as exits 5A (south) and 5B (north)
102.61165.137  AR 128 (Carpenter Dam Road)
104.57168.299 
  
  US 70 east / US 270B west (Malvern Avenue) – Little Rock		Eastern end of US 70 concurrency; eastern terminus of US 270B
Eastern end of freeway section
​108.17174.08 
  AR 171 north
Hot SpringMagnet Cove110.34177.58 
  AR 51 south – Butterfield
​116.73187.86 
  AR 51 north – Butterfield
Rockport117.76189.52Western end of freeway section
98 
  
  I-30 west / US 270B east – Malvern, Texarkana, Dallas		Western end of I-30 concurrency; signed as exits 98B (west) and 98A (east)
119.26191.9399 
  I-30 east – Benton, Little Rock		Eastern end of I-30 concurrency
Eastern end of freeway section
Malvern  
  US 67 / US 270B west – Glen Rose, Perla, Malvern
GrantPoyen  AR 229 – Haskell, Leola
Prattsville 
  AR 291 north		Western end of AR 291 concurrency
 
  AR 291 south – Jenkins Ferry State Park		Eastern end of AR 291 concurrency
 
  AR 190 east
Sheridan  US 167 – Little Rock, El Dorado
 
  AR 46 west (Rose Street) – Jenkins Ferry State Park, Grant County Museum
  
  US 167B (Rock Street) to I-530 – Fordyce
 
  AR 46 east
Jefferson​ 
  AR 104 east – Samples
White Hall  I-530 (US 65) – Little Rock, Pine BluffI-530 exit 34
 
  
  AR 365S east (Sheridan Road) to US 65B – White Hall		Continuation east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Special routes

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Hot Springs business route

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U.S. Highway 270B
LocationHot Springs, Arkansas
Length8.90 mi (14.32 km)
ExistedJune 5, 1991[12]–present

U.S. Highway 270B is a 8.90-mile-long (14.32 km) business route in Garland County, Arkansas. It runs through downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Major intersections

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The entire route is in Hot Springs, Garland County.

mi[11]kmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000 
  US 270 west – Mount Ida		Western terminus
 
  US 270 east – Malvern, Little Rock		Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; exit 1 on US 270
1.6872.715 
  US 70B west (Airport Road) – Glenwood		Western end of US 70B concurrency
3.776.07  AR 7 (Central Avenue) – Business District
4.256.84 
  US 70B east (East Grand Avenue)		Eastern end of US 70B concurrency
7.0011.27 
  AR 128 west (Carpenter Dam Road)		Eastern terminus of AR 128
8.9014.32   US 70 / US 270 (Malvern Avenue) – Glenwood, Mount Ida, Benton, Little RockEastern terminus; exit 9 on US 70/US 270
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Malvern business route

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U.S. Highway 270B
LocationMalvern, Arkansas
Length2.628 mi[11] (4.229 km)
ExistedJanuary 11, 2006[13]–present

U.S. Highway 270B is a business route of US 270 in Malvern, Arkansas, the small-town county seat of Hot Spring County. Created in 2006 from a former alignment of the parent route, US 270B passes through downtown Malvern, before forming an overlap with US 67.

Major intersections

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The entire route is in Malvern, Hot Spring County.

mi[10]kmDestinationsNotes
0.000.00   I-30 / US 270 – Texarkana, Hot Springs, Little RockWestern terminus
2.634.23 
   US 67 south (Page Avenue) / AR 9 (Main Street)		Western end of US 67 concurrency
5.538.90 
   US 67 north / US 270 – Glen Rose, Sheridan		Eastern terminus; eastern end of US 67 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Other loops and spurs

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References

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  1. ^ Arkansas State Highway Commission (June 1, 1931). Official Highway Service Map (TIF) (Revised). Scale not given. Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 9, 2020 – via Arkansas GIS Office.
  2. ^ Arkansas State Highway Commission (January 1, 1932). Official Highway Service Map (TIF) (Map). Scale not given. Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 9, 2020 – via Arkansas GIS Office.
  3. ^ Arkansas State Highway Commission (April 1935). Map of the State Highway System of Arkansas (TIF) (Map). Scale not given. Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 9, 2020 – via Arkansas GIS Office.
  4. ^ Arkansas State Highway Commission (1935). Official Highway Service Map (TIF) (Map). Scale not given. Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway Commission. Retrieved December 9, 2020 – via Arkansas GIS Office.
  5. ^ State Highway Commission of Kansas (1937). Kansas State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  6. ^ State Highway Commission of Kansas (1938). Kansas State Highway System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  7. ^ U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee (October 14, 1967). "U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee Agenda Showing Action Taken by the Executive Committee" (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway Officials. p. 354 – via Wikisource.
  8. ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (November 14, 1980). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. p. 522 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  9. ^ State Highway Commission of Kansas (January 4, 1939). "Resolution to withdraw a US Numbered Route from the State Highway System in several counties in Kansas". Topeka: State Highway Commission of Kansas. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  10. ^ a b Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (2015). "Arkansas Road Log Database". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original (MDB) on August 29, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  11. ^ a b c Arkansas Centerline File (GIS Map) (Map) (Updated ed.). Various. Arkansas GIS Office. December 13, 2019 [September 29, 2014]. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  12. ^ "Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission" (PDF). Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1990–1999. p. 142-143. OCLC 21798861. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 21, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  13. ^ Arkansas State Highway Commission (2009). "Minutes of the Meeting of the Arkansas State Highway Commission" (PDF). Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway Commission. pp. 831–832. OCLC 21798861. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 24, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
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