The route is maintained by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD).

A minor route in the rural Arkansas Timberlands, almost all of the route saw an average daily traffic count of under 1000 vehicles per day in 2014.

A brief overlap with US 79 begins northward toward Camden, but Highway 57 turns west north of downtown Stephens.

The route intersects Highway 24 in Chidester, where it terminates.

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