Overall Progress
• 180 miles, from Kansas City to Pineville, completed 12/12/12 !
• 6 miles of Bella Vista Bypass still to be completed; est. $25 M needed.
• A 14 mile, 2-lane portion of the Bella Vista bypass is being built, partially funded from the 10-year ½ cent sales tax for highways approved by Arkansas voters in 2012. When an additional $50M is obtained, the Bypass will ultimately be 4-lane and will be renamed I-49.
• The new sales tax is also helping to expand Hwy 540 to 6 lanes between Fayetteville and Bentonville, and Hwy 540 has been renamed I-49 !
• 6 miles of I-49 at Chaffee Crossing opened in July ‘15
• 180 miles, Texarkana to Fort Smith, still needs $2.5 B funding.
• The Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson has commissioned a study to evaluate the possibility of toll roads in the state
• The Hwy 549 Eastern Loop around Texarkana opened 4/30/13.
• The 4.4 miles extending Hwy 549 from Doddridge to the Louisiana border opened in a joint ceremony at the Arkansas/Louisiana border on November 10, 2014. Hwy 549 has now been renamed I-49 !
NW Louisiana: • The 30 miles from Hwy 1 in Shreveport to the Arkansas border, was opened in the joint ceremony on November 10th !
• The I-49 approach and the Interchange at I-220 in North Shreveport went to bid in early 2014 with an estimated completion time of three years.
• The environmental process on the Inner-City Connector through Shreveport is to move forward, with public meetings in 2015. ICC cost is estimated at $250-300M.
South Louisiana: • The 160 miles of US 90 from Lafayette to New Orleans is being converted to I-49 South. One hundred miles is complete to Interstate standards, and there are currently 6 projects in various stages of planning and development along the I-49 South corridor.
• LA DOTD is advertising for review of the EIS in order to reduce the remaining costs for I-49 South to around $1.5 B.
Bypass ribbon cutting set for Sept. 30 at Arkansas-Missouri borderThe 18.9-mile Missouri-Arkansas Connector, or Bella Vista Bypass, will become a new Interstate 49 segment between Pineville, Mo., and Bentonville when it opens to traffic in late September or early October and the project is within budget. A ribbon-cutting for the project is planned for Sept. 30. Times Record - Five things to know about the I-49 extensionThe Arkansas Department of Transportation announced in early July it is moving on to the next phase of development for the construction of Interstate 49 from Highway 22 in Sebastian County to Interstate 40 in Crawford County. Learn five things to know about the project.
ARDOT announces I-49 extension to move into next phase of developmentThe Arkansas Department of Transportation is moving on to the next phase of project development for the construction of Interstate 49 from Highway 22 in Sebastian County to Interstate 40 in Crawford County. |
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