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Title: Was US 271 an original 1926 US highway?
Post by: bugo on December 18, 2014, 03:44:05 AM
Droz says no, Sanderson says yes, Wikipedia says both yes and no, and government documents are fuzzy.
Title: Re: Was US 271 an original 1926 US highway?
Post by: NE2 on December 18, 2014, 03:47:24 AM
Yes, it's on the 1926 "final plan".
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1926us.jpg

Droz says yes: http://www.us-highways.com/us1.htm#US_271 http://www.us-highways.com/1927us.htm
Title: Re: Was US 271 an original 1926 US highway?
Post by: bugo on December 18, 2014, 04:01:08 AM
Quote from: NE2 on December 18, 2014, 03:47:24 AM
Yes, it's on the 1926 "final plan".
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1926us.jpg

Droz says yes: http://www.us-highways.com/us1.htm#US_271 http://www.us-highways.com/1927us.htm

I was going by a link on Wikipedia (which I see that you have since corrected" and didn't even click on the site.

It was omitted from the 1926/27 Seventh Biennial Report by the Arkansas State Highway Commission. Here is my old website which contains a verbatim listing of the original US highways:

http://www.oocities.org/watuzi/old/1926hwys.html
Title: Re: Was US 271 an original 1926 US highway?
Post by: NE2 on December 18, 2014, 04:17:46 AM
Perhaps it was added after the 1925-26 report (http://www.arkansashighways.com/historic_bridge/Beinnial%20Reports/7th%20Biennial%20Report%20%281925-26%29.pdf) was written. Or perhaps Arkansas thought it was poo.
Title: Re: Was US 271 an original 1926 US highway?
Post by: bugo on December 18, 2014, 06:10:43 AM
Now to find proof of its original alignment in Polk County.
Title: Re: Was US 271 an original 1926 US highway?
Post by: US71 on January 23, 2015, 09:41:27 AM
1933 AR Official shows the road, but it's not marked as 271. West of Spiro, it's OK 10.  South of Spiro, it appears as a paved, un-numbered highway until 270 splits off near Poteau.