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|established=September 30, 1985<ref name="wm" >{{ cite journal |journal= Arkansas Highways |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |volume=31 |editor=Bill Stanton |date= Winter 1985 |title =Final Section of I-630 opens in Little Rock |page=8 |location=Little Rock, Arkansas|url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/historic_bridge/Early%20Arkansas%20Highway%20Magazines/1980-89%20Volumes%2026-35%20pdfs/Volume%2031%20%E2%80%93%201985/Vol.%2031,%20Winter%201985,%20No.%204.pdf |access-date=October 24, 2011 }}</ref>
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'''Interstate&nbsp;630''' ('''I-630''') in [[Arkansas]] is an east&ndash;west connector within [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]. It is also known as the '''Wilbur D. Mills Freeway''' and starts at [[Interstate 30 in Arkansas|I-30]], [[U.S. Route 65 in Arkansas|U.S. Highway&nbsp;65]] (US&nbsp;65), [[U.S. Route 67 in Arkansas|US&nbsp;67]], and [[U.S. Route 167 in Arkansas|US&nbsp;167]], traveling west through downtown Little Rock to [[Interstate 430|I-430]], Financial Centre Parkway, and Shackleford Road.<ref name="wm"/><ref name="supp">{{Cite map |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title=Route and Section Map, Pulaski County Supplemental Sheet |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/Maps/Counties/County%20RAS/RAS%20Maps%20PDF/mpula_minset_ras.pdf |cartography=Planning and Research Division |format=PDF |access-date=October 24, 2011 }}</ref>
'''Interstate&nbsp;630''' ('''I-630''') in [[Arkansas]] is an east&ndash;west connector within [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]. It is also known as the '''Wilbur D. Mills Freeway''' and starts at [[Interstate 430|I-430]] and Shackleford Road as a continuation of Chenal Parkway, traveling east into downtown Little Rock to [[Interstate 30 in Arkansas|I-30]].<ref name="wm"/><ref name="supp">{{Cite map |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title=Route and Section Map, Pulaski County Supplemental Sheet |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/Maps/Counties/County%20RAS/RAS%20Maps%20PDF/mpula_minset_ras.pdf |cartography=Planning and Research Division |format=PDF |access-date=October 24, 2011 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==Route description==
==Route description==
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==History==
==History==
The project was first conceived in the 1930s and was first planned by the Pulaski County Planning Board in their 1941 report.<ref>{{ cite book |title=Arkansas Highways |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |volume=31 |editor=Bill Stanton |edition=Winter |year=1985 |chapter=I-630 History: "A dream becomes a reality" |page=10 |location=Little Rock, Arkansas|url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/historic_bridge/Early%20Arkansas%20Highway%20Magazines/1980-89%20Volumes%2026-35%20pdfs/Volume%2031%20%E2%80%93%201985/Vol.%2031,%20Winter%201985,%20No.%204.pdf |access-date=October 24, 2011 }}</ref> After having many higher powers deny their plans, construction was started by the city of Little Rock in the 1960s as the '''east&ndash;west Expressway''' or '''8th&nbsp;Street Expressway''' and was not originally an [[Interstate Highway System|Interstate]] or an [[List of Arkansas state highways|Arkansas state highway]].<ref name="wm" /> In the 1970s, US Rep. [[Wilbur D. Mills]] was responsible for the route's addition to the Interstate System by rounding down the mileage allocations of all other states, then adding the rounding differences to Arkansas's total; this kept the total nationwide allocation within the original limit of {{convert|42500|mi|km}}.<ref name="wm" />
The project was first conceived in the 1930s and was first planned by the Pulaski County Planning Board in their 1941 report.<ref>{{cite book |title=Arkansas Highways |publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |volume=31 |editor=Bill Stanton |edition=Winter |year=1985 |chapter=I-630 History: "A dream becomes a reality" |page=10 |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/historic_bridge/Early%20Arkansas%20Highway%20Magazines/1980-89%20Volumes%2026-35%20pdfs/Volume%2031%20%E2%80%93%201985/Vol.%2031,%20Winter%201985,%20No.%204.pdf |access-date=October 24, 2011 |archive-date=October 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013054933/http://www.arkansashighways.com/historic_bridge/Early%20Arkansas%20Highway%20Magazines/1980-89%20Volumes%2026-35%20pdfs/Volume%2031%20%E2%80%93%201985/Vol.%2031%2C%20Winter%201985%2C%20No.%204.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> After having many higher powers deny their plans, construction was started by the city of Little Rock in the 1960s as the '''East&ndash;West Expressway''' or '''8th&nbsp;Street Expressway''' and was not originally an [[Interstate Highway System|Interstate]] or an [[List of Arkansas state highways|Arkansas state highway]].<ref name="wm" /> In the 1970s, US Rep. [[Wilbur D. Mills]] was responsible for the route's addition to the Interstate System by rounding down the mileage allocations of all other states, then adding the rounding differences to Arkansas's total; this kept the total nationwide allocation within the original limit of {{convert|42500|mi|km}}.<ref name="wm" />


After it was added to the Interstate System, Little Rock initially renamed it for Mills; however, when the [[Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department|Arkansas State Highway Department]] (AHTD) formally brought it into the state highway system as required by Arkansas law, they removed the name, as their policy at the time prohibited the naming of state highways after individuals.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} AHTD later changed its policy and readopted the Mills name early in the new millennium. As of autumn&nbsp;2019, the highway is now named "Gold Star Families Memorial Highway".{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}
After it was added to the Interstate System, Little Rock initially renamed it for Mills; however, when the [[Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department|Arkansas State Highway Department]] (AHTD) formally brought it into the state highway system as required by Arkansas law, they removed the name, as their policy at the time prohibited the naming of state highways after individuals.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} AHTD later changed its policy and readopted the Mills name early in the new millennium. As of autumn&nbsp;2019, the highway is now named "Gold Star Families Memorial Highway".{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}
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|notes=Eastern terminus; signed as exits 139A (east) and 139B (west); exit nos. correspond to I-30; I-30 exit 139B
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Latest revision as of 20:32, 7 December 2024

Interstate 630 marker
Interstate 630
Map
I-630 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-30
Maintained by ArDOT
Length7.40 mi[1] (11.91 km)
ExistedSeptember 30, 1985[2]–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West end I-430 / Chenal Parkway / Shackleford Road in Little Rock
Major intersections
East end I-30 / US 65 / US 67 / US 167 in Little Rock
Location
CountryUnited States
StateArkansas
CountiesPulaski
Highway system
← AR 612→ AR 818

Interstate 630 (I-630) in Arkansas is an east–west connector within Little Rock. It is also known as the Wilbur D. Mills Freeway and starts at I-430 and Shackleford Road as a continuation of Chenal Parkway, traveling east into downtown Little Rock to I-30.[2][3]

Route description

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The highway connects burgeoning West Little Rock to the downtown core.[4] It feeds into I-430, a north–south route which serves western Little Rock.[2]

History

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The project was first conceived in the 1930s and was first planned by the Pulaski County Planning Board in their 1941 report.[5] After having many higher powers deny their plans, construction was started by the city of Little Rock in the 1960s as the East–West Expressway or 8th Street Expressway and was not originally an Interstate or an Arkansas state highway.[2] In the 1970s, US Rep. Wilbur D. Mills was responsible for the route's addition to the Interstate System by rounding down the mileage allocations of all other states, then adding the rounding differences to Arkansas's total; this kept the total nationwide allocation within the original limit of 42,500 miles (68,400 km).[2]

After it was added to the Interstate System, Little Rock initially renamed it for Mills; however, when the Arkansas State Highway Department (AHTD) formally brought it into the state highway system as required by Arkansas law, they removed the name, as their policy at the time prohibited the naming of state highways after individuals.[citation needed] AHTD later changed its policy and readopted the Mills name early in the new millennium. As of autumn 2019, the highway is now named "Gold Star Families Memorial Highway".[citation needed]

Exit list

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The entire route is in Little Rock, Pulaski County.

mi[1]kmExitDestinationsNotes
7.4011.91–Chenal ParkwayContinuation west
8C
 I-430 south / Shackleford Road to Markham Street / Kanis Road		Exit 6A on I-430
7.311.78 I-430Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; signed as exits 8B (north) and 8A (south); exit 6A on I-430
6.8210.987 Baptist Health DriveNo eastbound exit; access to Baptist Health Medical Center – Little Rock
6.2510.066BBarrow Road
5.809.336AMississippi Street / Rodney Parham RoadMississippi Street signed as Mississippi Avenue
5.488.825University AvenueSigned as exits 5B (south) and 5A (north) westbound
5.008.054Fair Park Boulevard
3.806.123BCedar Street / UAMS Boulevard / Pine Street
2.433.913AWoodrow Street
1.452.332BMarshall Street / Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. DriveNo eastbound access to Marshall Street
1.101.772AChester Street
0.741.191BCenter Street / Broadway Street (US 70 / AR 365)Center Street not signed eastbound; Broadway Street signed as Broadway
0.460.741ACenter Street / Main StreetCenter Street not signed westbound
0.10.16115th StreetEastbound left exit and westbound entrance
0.000.00139 I-30 (US 65 / US 67 / US 167) – North Little Rock, Texarkana, Downtown Little RockEastern terminus; signed as exits 139B (west) and 139A (east); exit nos. correspond to I-30; exit 139B on I-30
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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KML file (edit • help)
Template:Attached KML/Interstate 630
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  1. ^ a b Planning and Research Division (2010). "Arkansas Road Log Database". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original (Database) on June 23, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e Bill Stanton, ed. (Winter 1985). "Final Section of I-630 opens in Little Rock" (PDF). Arkansas Highways. 31. Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department: 8. Retrieved October 24, 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Route and Section Map, Pulaski County Supplemental Sheet (PDF) (Map). Cartography by Planning and Research Division. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved October 24, 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Wilbur Mills' wall - Arkansas Times". 26 January 2011.
  5. ^ Bill Stanton, ed. (1985). "I-630 History: "A dream becomes a reality"". Arkansas Highways (PDF). Vol. 31 (Winter ed.). Little Rock, Arkansas: Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
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