University Avenue between US 70/AR 5 and AR 10 is built more like a highway than your typical Little Rock city street. The signage resembles AHTD standards. Is it a secret state highway, and if so what is its secret number? Was it built by AHTD then turned over to Little Rock for maintenance?
University Avenue from I-30 to Asher Avenue is U.S. Highway 70.
At this northern intersection, U.S. 70 progresses east on Asher and then follows Roosevelt Road further east.
Otherwise, University Avenue is a major north-south arterial for Little Rock.
Quote from: AHTD on June 16, 2014, 09:59:16 AM
University Avenue from I-30 to Asher Avenue is U.S. Highway 70.
At this northern intersection, U.S. 70 progresses east on Asher and then follows Roosevelt Road further east.
Otherwise, University Avenue is a major north-south arterial for Little Rock.
I know all of that...but was it built by the highway department?
Is AHTD a type of deer?
Quote from: bugo on June 16, 2014, 07:21:13 PM
Quote from: AHTD on June 16, 2014, 09:59:16 AM
University Avenue from I-30 to Asher Avenue is U.S. Highway 70.
At this northern intersection, U.S. 70 progresses east on Asher and then follows Roosevelt Road further east.
Otherwise, University Avenue is a major north-south arterial for Little Rock.
I know all of that...but was it built by the highway department?
Originally built by the city of Little Rock and adopted into the state highway system.
University north of the 5/70 intersection is a state highway? What's the number?
No, they're saying University was built by Little Rock, and the part that is US-70 was adopted into the state highway system later.
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 17, 2014, 03:38:23 PM
No, they're saying University was built by Little Rock, and the part that is US-70 was adopted into the state highway system later.
Actually, the part of University that's US 70 has
always been a state highway. It, along with the original roadbed of I-30 from University to Benton, was built in the mid-to-late 1950's as the "New Benton Highway" (US 67/70). The part north of Asher, originally Hayes Street, is (and always has been) a Little Rock city street. (Edit: The short section south of I-30 to Chicot Road was also built by the city, though with state help.)