After leaving Hot Springs, AR 6 entered Malvern, crossing present Interstate 30 (I-30), and traveled through downtown with US 67.

US 270 also ended at that intersection until it was truncated to White Hall when US 65 was relocated to a freeway, now I-530.

AR 6 was designated in 1961 from Highway 20 in Helena east across the bridge.

It met AR 1 at Walnut Corner, US 79 near Monroe and US 70 in Brinkley, where it terminated.

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