It junctions with Highway 306 near Colt a few miles north before crossing the county line.

It enters Cross County from the South before joining US 64B and forming a concurrency.

[6] A second segment was created from a proposed Forrest City bypass north to the Cross county line on November 23, 1966.

[7] The bypass was never built, and the route was extended south in Brinkley over New Castle Road and Arkansas Avenue to the current southern terminus at Highway 1B (Washington Street) on August 26, 1970.

[9] On January 8, 1993, following a rerouting around East Arkansas Community College, a minor alignment change resulted in redesignating a former section as Highway 890.