Title 27 — Transportation

(a) The State Highway Commission may pay from funds appropriated for maintenance and operation a tool allowance of five hundred forty dollars ($540) per annum for each mechanic, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical repairer, welder, body repairer, painter, and carpenter employed …

The Arkansas Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to pay amounts not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per claim for damages to personal property of others resulting from the operation of any motor vehicle or other motorized equipment of the department…

The State Highway Commission is hereby authorized to pay from funds appropriated from maintenance and operation the actual expense of moving the household and personal property of those employees of the Arkansas Department of Transportation who because of their job assignments ar…

(1) When a highway police patrol officer of the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation retires from service or dies while still employed with the Arkansas Department of Transportation, in recognition of and appreciation for the service of th…

(a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation shall analyze all reported wrong-way crashes on interstate highways and other freeways that are a part of the state highway system to determine whether the installation of additional traffic control devices is warranted and feasible i…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Transportation-related research” means the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions to provide resilient and sustainable logistics, processes, materials, and methods to …

(a) By December 1 of each year immediately preceding a regular session of the General Assembly, the Director of State Highways and Transportation shall present to the State Highway Commission for its approval, by recorded vote, all draft legislation that will be presented for fil…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Congested route” means a street or highway that is part of the state highway system and is:(A) A rural two-lane street or highway with an average daily traffic count of nine thousand (9,000) or more vehicles each day;(B) An urban two-lane street o…

The Arkansas Department of Transportation may pay an intern a housing stipend in the maximum amount authorized by the State Highway Commission from the department's appropriation act.

(a) (1) The State Highway Commission is authorized and empowered to enter into contracts with as many as two (2) counties of this state under the terms of which, in consideration of the sum agreed to be paid by the particular county, the commission will be authorized, permitted, …

If and when it becomes necessary, the Arkansas Department of Transportation will be permitted to expend highway maintenance funds for the maintenance and repair of highways not in the state highway system and that are constructed with public funds expended under the supervision o…

All public roads in the several counties in this state on which the several county courts have, from time to time, appointed overseers to work, and directed that hands should be apportioned therefor, shall be declared and deemed to be public roads, without regard to any informali…

All roads and highways established by any of the county courts of this state since November 1, 1865, as public roads and all public roads of this state upon which overseers have been appointed by any of the county courts of this state since November 1, 1865, are declared public r…

All roads in this state heretofore laid in pursuance of law, all roads heretofore laid out by the United States in this state and all public roads known as military roads, which have not been vacated according to law are declared public highways.

The county judge in his or her discretion may designate as a county road any road that is the most direct route to the county courthouse for ten (10) or more families if that road is graded and has been used by the general public as a road for at least two (2) years.

The county judge in his or her discretion may designate as a county road any road that is used as a mail route or a free rural mail delivery route if the road is designated as a mail route by the proper postal authorities of the United States Government.

(a) The county judge in his or her discretion may designate as county roads those roads used as school bus routes. (b) Upon declaring a road a county road pursuant to this section, the county judge shall take charge of the road and cause the road to be maintained and repaired the…

(a) The county judge in his or her discretion may designate as a county road any street or road dedicated to the public as a public thoroughfare, provided that a bill of assurance making the dedication is properly recorded. (b) Unless a plat clearly reflects roads that are privat…

The county judge in his or her discretion may designate as a county road any strip of ground deeded by the owners to the county for a public thoroughfare.

This subchapter may be known as the “Arkansas Highway, Road, and Street Systems Classification Law”.

It is the purpose of this subchapter to promote the general welfare of the traveling public and the Arkansas economy.

(a) It is the policy of the State of Arkansas to adopt sound modern planning methods, procedures, and techniques for the proper administration, management, and improvement of the state highway, county road, and municipal street systems of the state and to assure continuing study …

(a) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “functional classification” means the grouping of public ways by likeness of service or purpose into classes or systems according to the character of service they are intended to provide. The frame of referenc…

(a) All public highways, roads, and streets in Arkansas are designated in accordance with the findings of the functional classification study conducted in 1968 and 1970 and identified by maps on file in the office of the State Highway Commission and the offices of the county road…

The six (6) functional classes by levels of service that are made applicable to the network of public highways, roads, and streets in Arkansas are as follows:Click here to view form.

(a) The Arkansas study-classification segment of the 1972 National Transportation Needs Study is established on a continuing basis to conform to the congressional directive of Pub. L. No. 89-139. (b) The State Highway Commission shall continue to keep current this vital informati…

Acceptance of the functional classification plan by the responsible local officials will satisfy the transportation requirements of Acts 1937, No. 246 [repealed] for counties and §§ 14-56-401 — 14-56-425 for cities.

(a) (1) When the lands, dwelling house, or plantation of any owner is so situated as to render it necessary to have a road from such lands, dwelling house, or plantation to any public road or navigable watercourse over the lands of any other person and the other person refuses to…

(a) Viewers shall take the same oath and shall be governed in all respects as viewers appointed to public roads are governed under this act. (b) They shall examine the route proposed for the road and any other route which they may deem proper. (c) If a majority of the viewers sta…

(a) (1) If the petitioner has not complied with the court's order under § 27-66-401 and paid into the registry of the county court the estimated sum, the court may dismiss the case without prejudice and provide that the matter may be refiled within one (1) year from dismissal in …

(a) If any person obstructs a road established under the laws of this state by felling any trees across it or by placing an obstruction on the road, he or she shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (b) The person also shall forfeit one hundred dollars ($100) for every day he o…

A county court may not grant an easement for ingress and egress over, through, or across a railroad right-of-way under this subchapter.

(a) Exclusive of city streets, state highways, or interstates, a county judge may post weight limits on public bridges in his or her jurisdiction in connection with federally mandated bridge inspections. (b) Posted weight limit signs shall be in accordance with state and federal …

The using, driving, or operating upon any improved hard-surfaced public highway of this state of any tractor, truck, automobile, or other vehicle having corrugated, spiked, jointed, or other rough-surfaced metal tires is prohibited without first procuring from the county judge of…

Any person violating § 27-66-502 or, after publication of the notices required above, using, driving, or operating on any road or highway any vehicle, loaded or empty of greater weight than that described or provided for in such order or classification as the State Highway Commis…

(a) In addition to the penalty prescribed in § 27-66-503, the person convicted of violation of §§ 27-66-501 — 27-66-504, or of the orders of classifications of the State Highway Commission shall be liable in a civil action for all damage occasioned or caused by such violation. Ho…

(a) The county court of each county acting through the county judge is given the authority in times of emergency caused by unusually heavy or long-continued rainfalls or by freezes, thaws, snows, and other unusual conditions caused by the elements to prohibit vehicles having a ne…

A.C.A. § 27-66-506Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) If, prior to exploration and drilling for oil and gas, it appears that an oil and gas company or an individual who is to explore and drill will be driving heavy equipment on county roads or municipal streets, then the company or individual shall file a reasonable bond with th…

(a) The State Highway Commission shall employ and work as many of the state inmates on the public roads as may not be otherwise employed by the Division of Correction. (b) State inmates working on roads shall be under the care and custody of wardens or other officers named by the…

(a) (1) It shall be lawful to provide in any highway charter for working the male county inmates of any county on the public roads and highways of that county.(2) But if the county inmates are to be worked in any district which is not coextensive with the county from which they c…

Whenever practical, the State Highway Commission may engage such number of state or county inmates as may be available in preparing road materials at quarries or elsewhere, and the expenses of the work shall be charged to the state or the county or district receiving these materi…

It is declared to be the policy of the state to take over, construct, repair, maintain, and control all the public roads in this state comprising state highways as defined in this chapter.

This act shall not be construed as divesting the county court of any of its original jurisdiction over the roads granted by the Arkansas Constitution, but the object of this act is to give aid and assistance in the maintenance and improvement of those parts of the public roads of…

Any person who shall knowingly or willfully neglect or refuse to perform any duty either to do or to desist from doing anything which may be required by law relating to roads, highways, or other public improvements in this state shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon co…

(a) State highways are declared to be those primary roads and secondary roads and connecting roads heretofore designated by the State Highway Commission, as shown by a map on file in the office of the commission, entitled “Map of the State of Arkansas Showing State Highway System…

(a) The State Highway Commission is authorized to designate and establish truck routes through cities and towns, which routes shall be properly marked by the commission. (b) Any truck route so established shall become a part of the state highway system, and the Arkansas Departmen…

(a) The following highways and designated parts of highways within the State of Arkansas are designated as scenic highways:(1) U.S. 65 from the Louisiana line to the Missouri line;(2) U.S. 71 from the Louisiana line to the Missouri line;(3) U.S. 82 from the Mississippi River to T…

(a) The State Highway Commission shall include as a part of the state highway system the most used vehicular roads located within the geographical boundaries of all existing state parks and the most used roads and highways connecting established state highways with state parks. W…

(1) The State Highway Commission may include as a part of the state highway system the principal vehicular road leading to each municipal airport in this state that is located outside the city limits of a municipality and that:(1) Has one (1) or more hard-surfaced runways at leas…