Transportation

Plane crash seen from above
American Airlines Flight 1420
American Airlines Flight 1420 departed Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on June 1, 1999, en route to wh...
large multistory brick train station with arched entrances and tall bell tower
Amtrak
Amtrak, with a name derived from the words “America” and “track,” is a partially government-funded Ame...
"Loss of the Steamer Arkadelphia City" newspaper clipping
Arkadelphia City [Steamboat]
The Arkadelphia City was a Ouachita River steamboat that suffered a disastrous boiler explosion on April 25, 1...
large interior space with floor to ceiling windows and various old aircraft and automobiles hanging from ceiling and positioned on the floor
Arkansas Aerospace Education Center (AEC)
aka: Aerospace Education Center
Located near Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport (Adams Fiel...
airplane hangar labeled "Drake Field Fayetteville" with military airplane and helicopter
Arkansas Air and Military Museum
With the mission statement “Promoting Aviation by Preserving the Past,” the Arkansas Air Museum in Fayette...
Arkansas and Oklahoma Western Railroad
The Arkansas and Oklahoma Western Railroad (A&OW), based in Rogers (Benton County), was incorporated on Ju...
"Pig Trail Scenic Byway" sign with stone base
Arkansas Department of Transportation
The Arkansas Department of Transportation oversees the planning, maintenance, and policing of state roads and ...
man and woman sitting in open air airplane
Arkansas Division of Aeronautics (ADA)
The Arkansas Division of Aeronautics (ADA) is responsible for regulating aviation in the state of Arkansas as ...
Country highway with trees on one side and fields on the other
Arkansas Highway 1
Stretching from the Missouri border in the north to McGehee (Desha County), Arkansas Highway 1 spans almost 16...
Metal bridge with obstructions to prevent car traffic and a picnic table on it
Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge
The Arkansas Highway 57 Bridge crosses railroad tracks in Stephens (Ouachita County). Constructed in 1928, the...
Steel arch truss bridge over river
Arkansas Highway 7
Stretching almost the entirety of the state from south to north, Arkansas Highway 7 crosses eleven counties an...
Map of Arkansas showing major roadways
Arkansas Highway Commission
In the early part of the twentieth century, Arkansas’s roads were not designed for the arrival of the automo...
Arkansas Highway Police
The Arkansas Highway Police is the oldest statewide law enforcement agency in Arkansas and serves as the law e...
Sign saying "Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum" with boats and a river and buildings in the background
Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum
The Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum (AIMM) in North Little Rock (Pulaski County) is home to Arkansas’s only ...
Rows of train wheels and axles piled on top of each other inside fence outside multistory brick building
Arkansas Railroad Museum
The Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) grew out of an effort by the Cotton Belt Histori...
Aerial view of river and fields in the background, white man and woman perched on rock outcropping in foreground
Arkansas River
The Arkansas River originates high in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains near Leadville, Colorado, and i...
"Sinking of the Arkansas Traveler" newspaper clipping
Arkansas Traveler [Steamboat]
The Arkansas Traveler was a steamboat that sank after hitting a snag in the Arkansas River below Pine Bluff (J...
Multistory concrete building and end of patched asphalt road lined with trees
Arkansas Waterways Commission
The Arkansas Waterways Commission was established by Act 242 of 1967, and its powers and duties were amended b...
"Charter Granted" newspaper clipping
Arkansas Western Railroad
Beginning in 1896, the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad (later the Kansas City Southern) arrived in He...
Red-white-and-blue airplanes at airport and "Phillips 66" sign with building in the background
Civil Air Patrol Arkansas Wing
The Arkansas Wing is one of the fifty-two chapters—including all the states, Puerto Rico, and the District o...
Illustration of ironclad boat parked at dock with steamboat
Steamboats Named Arkansas
At least twenty nineteenth-century steamboats were called Arkansas or a derivative of the state’s name, acco...
airplane hangar labeled "Drake Field Fayetteville" with military airplane and helicopter
Aviation
Aviation history in Arkansas includes one pioneer inventor, a few attempts at commercial airplane production, ...
Military aircraft flying against blue sky
B-25 Bomber Crash of 1948
During a period of about three months in the winter of 1947 and 1948, Arkansas was the site of the crash of tw...
"The disaster to the steamer B. M. Runyan" newspaper clipping
B. M. Runyan [Steamboat]
The steamboat B. M. Runyan was carrying a regiment of Union soldiers when it struck a snag in the Mississippi ...
Steel railroad bridge across a river
Baring Cross Bridge
The Baring Cross Bridge is located in downtown Little Rock (Pulaski County) over the Arkansas River at river m...
"Towboat sinks near Osceola" newspaper clipping
Bart Tully [Steamboat]
The Bart Tully was a steam towboat that abruptly sank on the Mississippi River near Osceola (Mississippi Count...
Young white boy on bicycle under a diamond shaped Coca-Cola and Dawson's Grocery sign
Batesville Regional Airport
The Batesville Regional Airport is located on Highway 167 (Batesville Boulevard) in the town of Southside (Ind...
Brick building with metal garage extension on gravel parking lot
Bauxite and Northern Railroad
The Bauxite and Northern Railroad (B&N) is a short, three-mile railway built in 1906 by a subsidiary of Al...
Busy streets and gas station with buildings in the background and railroad tracks in the foreground
Roswell Beebe (1795–1856)
Roswell Beebe was the first benefactor of the city of Little Rock (Pulaski County); the town of Beebe (White C...
Belle of Texas [Steamboat]
The Belle of Texas was a steamboat running between Little Rock (Pulaski County) and Memphis, Tennessee, when i...
Steamboat sinking in river with smoke billowing out of its smokestacks
Belle Zane [Steamboat]
The Belle Zane was a sternwheel river packet that struck a snag on the Mississippi River about twelve miles be...
Looking across concrete highway bridge with steel arch trusses
Ben Laney Bridge
The Ben Laney Bridge is located in Camden (Ouachita County). Spanning the Ouachita River, the bridge carries t...