Highway 283 begins at US 67 (Malvern Road) in Friendship and runs northwest as Caney Road to the city limits. Continuing northwest, Highway 283 crosses over I-30 at exit 83. The highway continues northwest for 0.3 miles (0.48 km), terminating at Post Oak Road and Penn Road. The roadway continues towards Caney as Caney Road.[4]
The section near Caney was added to the state highway system on May 29, 1963.[1] The Friendship to I-30 section was created on February 28, 1968; part of a batch of new state highways created to connect Interstates to the former US Routes they bypassed.[5]
^ abcSystem Information and Research Division (2014). "Arkansas Road Log Database". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original(MDB) on August 29, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
^Planning and Research Division (January 12, 2013). General Highway Map, Clark County, Arkansas(PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
^ abPlanning and Research Division (February 17, 2015). General Highway Map, Hot Spring County, Arkansas(PDF) (Map). 1:62500. Little Rock: Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
"Minutes of the Meeting"(PDF). Arkansas State Highway Commission. 1953–1969. Archived from the original(PDF) on October 1, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2016.