A second route of 1.14 miles (1.83 km) begins at US Highway 67 (US 67) in Friendship and runs north across Interstate 30 (I-30) to Caney Road.

Both routes are maintained by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT).

The route winds northeast to cross De Roche Creek and enter Hot Spring County.

[4] The section near Caney was added to the state highway system on May 29, 1963.

[1] The Friendship to I-30 section was created on February 28, 1968; part of a batch of new state highways created to connect Interstates to the former US Routes they bypassed.