North East
Depending on where you started in Texas, generally East. From some parts of Texas you would travel North East to reach Arkansas.
Louisiana is bordered by Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, Texas to the west, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.
Arkansas
Texas and Louisiana
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Travelling from Austin, Texas to Nashville, Tennessee you would travel northeast 860 miles through Arkansas and then across Tennessee on Interstate 40.
Right now One Direction is not planning on going Arkansas, sorry
The city on the Texas-Arkansas border is Texarkana. It is unique as it is split between two states, with one half in Texas and the other in Arkansas.
Colorado is the width of the Okklahoma Panhandle away from Texas while Texas and Arkansas share a common border.
Arkansas borders directly on Texas. Colorado is separated by the Oklahoma panhandle, so Arkansas is closer, Colorado is further.
Texas borders Arkansas.
There are several states that are close to Louisiana. The bordering states directly bordering Louisiana are Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi.