Editing Interstate 430

{{short description|Highway in Arkansas}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=AR
|type=I
|route=430
|map={{maplink-road |from=Interstate 430.map }}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=I-430 highlighted in red
|length_mi=12.93
|length_round=2
|length_ref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/?redirect|title=Route Log - Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2|publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]]|access-date=5 October 2014}}</ref>
|established=early 1980s
|spur_type=I
|spur_of=30
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=AR|I|30|US|67|US|70}} in [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]
|junction={{jct|state=AR|I|630|road|Chenal Parkway}} in Little Rock
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=AR|I|40|US|65|AR|100}} in [[North Little Rock, Arkansas|North Little Rock]]
|counties=[[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski]]
|previous_type=US
|previous_route=425
|next_type=I
|next_route=440
}}

'''Interstate&nbsp;430''' ('''I-430''') is a {{convert|12.93|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} [[Interstate Highway System|Interstate highway]] in [[Pulaski County, Arkansas|Pulaski County]], [[Arkansas]], that bypasses the cities of [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]] and [[North Little Rock, Arkansas|North Little Rock]]. I-430 begins at an interchange southwest of Downtown Little Rock with [[Interstate 30|I-30]] and travels north to cross the [[Arkansas River]] and end at [[Interstate 40 in Arkansas|I-40]]. The first plans for the freeway appeared in 1955.

==Route description==

I-430 starts its {{convert|12.93|mi|km|adj=on}} route at a [[Interchange (road)#Trumpet interchange|trumpet interchange]] with [[Interstate 30|I-30]]/[[U.S. Route 67 in Arkansas|US&nbsp;67]]/[[U.S. Route 70 in Arkansas|US&nbsp;70]]. From the interchange, US&nbsp;70 [[Concurrency (road)|joins]] I-430 as it travels northwest and passes over [[Arkansas Highway 338|Highway&nbsp;338]] (Baseline Road) before having a [[diamond interchange]] with [[Arkansas Highway 5|Highway 5]] (Stagecoach Road). At the interchange, US&nbsp;70 splits off onto Stagecoach Road to the east, with Highway 5 running west. I-430 goes north to pass [[Remington College]] and intersect [[Arkansas Highway 300|Highway 300]] (Colonel Glenn Road) before curving eastward to intersect Shackleford Road and then turning back north. Immediately after passing under Kanis Road, the highway has a [[cloverleaf interchange]] with [[Interstate 630|I-630]] at its western terminus. After I-630, the roadway goes past Immanuel Baptist Church and Breckenridge Village to intersect Rodney Parham Road near the Colony West Shopping Center and later [[Arkansas Highway 10|Highway 10]] (Cantrell Road). The Highway 10 interchange is the final I-430 interchange before the freeway crosses the [[Arkansas River]] on the I-430 Bridge. After the bridge, the roadway passes Rosenbaum Lake and intersects with [[Arkansas Highway 100|Highway 100]] (Crystal Hill Road) before ending at a three-way interchange with [[Interstate 40 in Arkansas|I-40]]/[[U.S. Route 65 in Arkansas|US&nbsp;65]].<ref name="map">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Unknown+road&daddr=34.81863,-92.343864&hl=en&geocode=FYPlEAIdKA1--g%3B&mra=mi&mrsp=1,0&sz=15&rtol=0&sll=34.821202,-92.341375&sspn=0.019976,0.032959&ie=UTF8&ll=34.754025,-92.314682&spn=0.319873,0.527344&z=11 |title=Interstate 430 |accessdate=2009-03-10}}</ref>

==History==
[[Image:Little Rock, Arkansas 1955 Yellow Book.jpg|thumb|left|1955 plan for I-430 and other Little Rock freeways]]

Early plans for the [[Interstate Highway System]] include a route along roughly the same alignment as the present [[Interstate 30 (Arkansas)|I-30]] through the Little Rock area but are not detailed enough to show exactly how the cities would be served.<ref>[[Bureau of Public Roads]], [[:Image:Interregional Highway plan 1939.jpg|Proposed Interregional Highway System]], 1939</ref> Later, in 1955, a map of the Interstate Highway's plans shows a complete beltway around Little Rock, including present-day I-430 and [[Interstate 440 (Arkansas)|I-440]].<ref>[[Bureau of Public Roads]], [[:Image:Interstate Highway plan September 1955.jpg|National System of Interstate and Defense Highways]], September 1955</ref> When preliminary urban routes were laid out in 1955, the beltway was shortened to the current route of I-430.<ref>[[Bureau of Public Roads]], [[General Location of National System of Interstate Highways]], 1955</ref>

The [[American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials]] (AASHTO) rerouted US&nbsp;70 onto a portion of I-430 in May 2021 as part of a US&nbsp;70 rerouting across Little Rock.<ref>{{ cite web |last=Tudor |first=Lorie H. |date=January 19, 2021 |title=Minute Order 2020-111 |work=Administrative Circular 2021-02 |url=https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Admin-Cir.-2021-02-Minutes-of-the-Dec.-9-AHC-Meeting.pdf |location=Little Rock |publisher=Arkansas Department of Transportation |pages=9–10 |access-date=January 7, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{AASHTO minutes |year=2021S |page=2 |access-date=January 7, 2023 }}</ref>
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==Exit list==
{{jcttop|exit|type=route|county=Pulaski|state=AR|length_ref=}}
{{ARint|exit
|type=concur
|location=Little Rock
|lspan=8
|mile=0.00
|exit=129
|road={{jct|state=AR|I|30|name1={{jct|state=AR|US|67|US|70|dir2=west|noshield=yes}}|city1=Little Rock|city2=Texarkana}}
|notes=Southern terminus; southern end of US 70 concurrency; signed as exits 129A (east) and 129B (west); exit nos. correspond to I-30}}
{{ARint|exit
|mile=0.19
|type=incomplete
|exit=128
|road=Mabelvale West Road / Otter Creek Road / Bass Pro Parkway
|notes=Southbound exit and northbound entrance; exit no. corresponds to I-30}}
{{ARint|exit
|type=concur
|mile=1.25
|exit=1
|road={{jct|state=AR|US|70|AR|5|dir1=east|dir2=south|name2=Stagecoach Road}}
|notes=Northern end of US 70 concurrency; northern terminus of AR 5}}
{{ARint|exit
|mile=3.59
|exit=4
|road={{jct|state=AR|AR|300|dir1=east|name1=Colonel Glenn Road}}
|notes=Western terminus of AR 300
}}
{{ARint|exit
|mile=5.34
|exit=5
|road=Shackleford Road to Kanis Road
}}
{{ARint|exit
|mile=6.30
|exit=6
|road={{jct|state=AR|I|630|dir1=east|road|Chenal Parkway to Baptist Health Drive / Markham Street|location1=[[ Little Rock, Arkansas|Downtown]]}}
|notes=Signed as exits 6A (I-630) and 6B (Chenal); exits 8C-A on I-630; access to Markham Street via Shackleford Road
}}
{{ARint|exit
|mile=7.70
|exit=8
|road=Rodney Parham Road
}}
{{ARint|exit
|mile=9.06
|exit=9
|road={{jct|state=AR|AR|10|name1=Cantrell Road}}
}}
{{ARint|exit
|location=North Little Rock
|lspan=2
|mile=11.63
|exit=12
|road={{jct|state=AR|AR|100|name1=Crystal Hill Road}} to Maumelle Boulevard
}}
{{ARint|exit
|mile=12.83
|exit=13
|road={{jct|state=AR|I|40|name1={{jct|state=AR|US|65|noshield=yes}}|city1=Fort Smith|location2=[[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]|location3=[[Oklahoma City]]}}
|notes=Northern terminus; signed as exits 13A (east) and 13B (west); exit 147 on I-40}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur,incomplete}}

==References==
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[[Category:Auxiliary Interstate Highways|30-4]]
[[Category:Interstate Highways in Arkansas|30-4]]
[[Category:Transportation in Little Rock, Arkansas]]
[[Category:Transportation in Pulaski County, Arkansas]]
[[Category:North Little Rock, Arkansas]]