A small portion of the route is designated as an Arkansas Heritage Trail for its use during the Civil War.

[2] Dallas and Grant counties are both within the Arkansas Timberlands region, known for silviculture, vast farms of tall pine trees, small towns, and sparse rural population.

Highway 229 continues north to Bunn, where it curves into a straight alignment along an abandoned railroad line to Carthage.

Continuing north to Poyen Highway 229 intersects US 270, which gives access to Malvern to the west and Sheridan and Pine Bluff to the east.

I-30 and US 67 concur to the north, with Highway 229 through a rural area until terminating at South Drive near the I-30/US 67 southbound frontage road.

[10] The segment of Highway 229 north of I-30 is an Arkansas Heritage Trail, used during the Civil War by Union General Frederick Steele to approach the Confederate States of America army in the Camden Expedition.