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.

By plane


The nearest airport served by all three major airline alliances is Shreveport Regional Airport 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 is located on 100 E Front St, bisecting the state frontier between Texas and Arkansas.

By bus
Greyhound serves the city. Their terminal,  is north of the city, on 405 E 51st St, along the I-30. . 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.

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

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.