Arkansas Highway 204


Highway 204 is a designation for three former east–west state highway in Benton County, Arkansas. The route of ran from Bentonville Municipal Airport west to US 71B in Bentonville.

Route description

Siloam Springs

Its western terminus was AR 43 and its eastern terminus was AR 59 approximately one mile north of U.S. Route 412.

Bentonville

The route began at the Bentonville Municipal Airport and runs west to terminate at US 71B. The route was two-lane, undivided its entire length. A 2010 study of average daily traffic determined that Highway 204 served 3000 vehicles per day. Bentonville Municipal Airport serves as a general use airport, supersceeded within Northwest Arkansas by Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport.

History

The first section of Highway 204 was created between Highway 99 and Highway 59 in Siloam Springs on July 10, 1957. A spur route was created north of Siloam Springs to an industrial facility on April 24, 1974. On March 25, 1975, a second section between US 71 and the Bentonville Airport was added to the state highway system. A third section of Highway 204 was created in Gentry on January 30, 1980. The Gentry route was renumbered Highway 59 Spur on January 26, 1994, due to road user confusion with the Siloam Springs route. The Siloam Springs main section and spur were deleted on July 17, 1996, replaced by Highway 43 and Highway 264, respectively. The remaining highway in Bentonville was decommissioned at the request of the City of Bentonville on April 22, 2015, becoming a city street.

Major intersections

Former spur

Highway 204 Spur was a roadway just north of Siloam Springs. Its western terminus was AR 43 and its eastern terminus was AR 59 approximately one mile north of U.S. Route 412. In the mid-1990s Highway 204 was redesignated as an extension of Highway 264.