ArDOT estimates the traffic level near the midpoint at 860 vehicles per day in 2019, on average.

[6] Highway 179 begins in eastern Franklin County near the Arkansas River at the unincorporated community of Greenwood.

AR 179 runs due north from this junction, passing an industrial facility and crossing the Union Pacific Railroad tracks before turning into the Altus city limits.

Once in Altus, AR 179 is named Carbon Plant Road; it runs due north to US 64 (US 64, Park Street), where it terminates.

[7] Between February 28, 1973[8] and April 1, 1998, the roadway between US 64 and West Creek Public Use Area had been designated as Highway 924, an Arkansas Game and Fish Commission access road.