It runs north–south through Texas County for a total of 14.92 miles (24.01 km).

The highway was commissioned around 1943 as a dirt road and was upgraded to gravel, and later, pavement throughout the 1950s.

[3] SH-94 briefly passes through the Optima National Wildlife Refuge while crossing the Beaver River (which is dammed downstream to form Optima Lake).

The highway is mostly straight and level for its entire length.

At this time, the highway had the same termini and routing as it does today, but was entirely dirt.