Texarkana

Texarkana is a city of 150,000 people (2016) in the Piney Woods region of Texas and the Timberlands region of Arkansas.

Understand

Texarkana is a city bisected by the Texas-Arkansas border; the west side of town is in Texas and the east side is in Arkansas. State Line Avenue runs right on the borderline.

Get in

By plane
  • 🌍 Texarkana Regional Airport (TXK  IATA). Flights are operated by American Eagle Airlines from Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport. The airport is small with few amenities, but car rentals are available. Public transport is abysmal; the nearest bus station is a 700-meter walk away at crossing of E Broad St and Airport Plaza. (updated Apr 2020)

The nearest airport served by all three major airline alliances is Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV IATA) in Louisiana.

By car

Interstate Highway 30 (I-30) runs through north Texarkana and serves as part of the city's loop. US Route 71 (US-71) enters from Shreveport, Louisiana in the south and continues to Ft. Smith Arkansas in the North. US-71 serves as the dividing line between the Texas and Arkansas sides of the city through downtown. US Route 59 (US-59) Enters through the southwest corner of town where it merges with Loop 245 and I-30, which it follows out of town. US Route 67 (US-67) enters on the Texas side from Dallas in the middle of the city and exits in the northeast corner, headed to Little Rock. US Route 82 (US-82) enters Texarkana shadowing I-30 from Dallas, but takes a straighter path through the city. It exits town on the Arkansas side and continues through Mississippi and Georgia.

By train
  • Amtrak serves Texarkana daily with its Texas Eagle route. The historic 🌍 Texarkana Union Station is located on 100 E Front St, bisecting the state frontier between Texas and Arkansas.

By bus

Greyhound serves the city. Their terminal, 🌍 Texarkana Greyhound is north of the city, on 405 E 51st St, along the I-30. ☏ +1 870 774-5163. Local buses connect with city centre during day time.

Get around

Public transport is limited in Texarkana but there is a small bus network called T-Line. Buses usually depart once an hour.

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Sleep

Almost all hotels are clustered around the Interstate highways, far from the city center.

Budget
  • 🌍 Shamrock Motel, 717 N State Line Ave, ☏ +1 903-794-8276. One of few lodging options near downtown, however this motel is very rudimentary. (updated Feb 2016)

Mid-range

Connect

Telephones

The Texas side of town is in the 903 area code, while the Arkansas side is in the 870 area code.

Go next

Texarkana came to fame with the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit about a truck run to Atlanta, commemorated through the Bandit Run.

Routes through Texarkana
Dallas ← Marshall ←  SW  NE  → Hope → St. Louis
Dallas ← Mount Pleasant ← Jct N S ←  W  E  → Hope → Little Rock
END ←  N  S  → Shreveport → Lafayette
Sallisaw ← Mena ←  N  S  → Jefferson → Marshall
Little Rock ← Hope ←  N  S  → Jct N S → Mount Pleasant → Dallas
Fort Smith ← Mena ←  N  S  → Shreveport → Alexandria
Gainesville ← Paris ← Jct N S ←  W  E  → Garland → Greenville


Texarkana, Texas
Texarkana, Arkansas
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