The route runs 17.45 miles (28.08 km) as a connector between Arkansas Highway 27 and Arkansas Highway 7 in the Ouachita National Forest.

The route runs east into Perry County to terminate at AR 7 at Hollis near the South Fourche Campground.

There is a county road which breaks from AR 314 and leads to Shed Cemetery.

The forest road has existed since Arkansas' earliest records, but the route didn't become a state highway until 1964.

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