United States Highway 271 is a north-south United States highway. Never a long highway, it went from an intra-Arkansas route to a cross-Texas route (via Oklahoma) before being truncated to its current routing.

Termini

As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Fort Smith, Arkansas at an intersection with Business U.S. Highway 71. It enters Arkansas from Oklahoma as a controlled-access highway, but the highway continues as I-540 when US 271 exits toward downtown after a half mile (800 m). Its southern terminus is in Tyler, Texas at an intersection with Texas State highways 31 and 155, five blocks east of U.S. Highway 69 (though signage is indeterminate).

Historic termini

In 1926, US 271 was commissioned between Fort Smith, Arkansas and Mena, Arkansas, but that route was turned over to U.S. Highway 59 in 1930. US 271 was then routed through Oklahoma to Tyler, Texas and on to near the Gulf of Mexico at Beaumont, Texas. The Tyler to Beaumont leg was taken over by U.S. Highway 69 in 1934.

States traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

• Arkansas (2.5 miles, 4 km, in Fort Smith)
• Oklahoma
• Texas

Related US Routes

• U.S. Highway 71
• U.S. Highway 171
• U.S. Highway 371
• List of United States Highways

Sources and external links

• Endpoints of US highways (used with permission)