ADOT is slowly whittling away US 71B aka Business US 71 is being whittled away. ARDOT is ceding sections of old 71 back to their respective cities.
- 71B north of AR 12 in Bentonville is now simply Sam Walton Blvd
- 71B in Fayetteville has been "replaced" and is now College Ave, Archibald Yell Blvd and S School Ave. Fayetteville is also making some superficial changes including replacing some of the continuous Left Turn lanes with plants.
I've not checked Bentonville in a few weeks, so I'm not sure what they have planned. I may try to get up there this week, weather permitting.
71B in Ft Smith has been tagged for elimination, but that's contingent on ARDOT making drainage improvements first.
The reasoning seem to be that ARDOT has too many highways with the completion of I-49 and they are looking to save a little money.
IMO, they could do that by eliminating half-mile state maintained "corporate driveways" but that's been disgust discussed ad nauseum.