Highway 250 begins at U.S. Highway 71 Business (US 71B) south of Waldron in Southwest Arkansas. It runs east through a sparsely populated rural area before entering the Ouachita National Forest. The route runs east, paralleling Dutch Creek until an intersection with Highway 80, where it terminates.[3]
The ArDOT maintains Highway 250 like all other parts of the state highway system. As a part of these responsibilities, the Department tracks the volume of traffic using its roads in surveys using a metric called average annual daily traffic (AADT). ArDOT estimates the traffic level for a segment of roadway for any average day of the year in these surveys. As of 2016, the highway was estimated to have 320 vehicles per day (VPD).[4] Highways under 400 VPD are classified as very low volume local road by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).[5]
No segment of Highway 250 has been listed as part of the National Highway System,[2] a network of roads important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.[6]
Highway 250 was created on July 10, 1957 by the Arkansas State Highway Commission during a period of expansion in the state highway system.[1] The Arkansas General Assembly passed the Act 148 of 1957, the Milum Road Act, creating 10–12 miles (16–19 km) of new state highways in each county.[7] It started at US 71 (now US 71B) and ran east for 2.5 miles (4.0 km). It was extended east to Highway 80 on April 24, 1963.[8]
^ abcSystem Information and Research Division (2014). "Arkansas Road Log Database". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original(MDB) on August 29, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
^System Information & Research Division (April 1, 2017) [April 3, 2012]. Annual Average Daily Traffic Estimates, Scott County, Arkansas(PDF) (Map) (Prepared ed.). No scale given. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. p. 63. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
