The highway also passes over the Cove Creek Tributary Bridge prior to exiting the forest northbound to Paris.

The route runs north, briefly along the Arkansas River before it enters Franklin County.

The route runs almost due north to Webb City, where it terminates at Highway 23.

A segment of 20.4 miles (32.8 km) winds from Havana north through the Ozark National Forest to an area south of Paris.

[7] The route passes by Mount Magazine, which at 2,753 feet (839 m) is Arkansas's highest point.

Magazine Recreation Areas, with views of Blue Mountain Lake available from an overlook.

[13] Although the Commission requested the study's findings be reported at a later meeting, no record of the report's findings exist in subsequent meeting minutes between 1978 and June 1, 1991, when the Commission authorized the extension to Highway 219.