The bridge at AR 22 is done, Frontier Rd/Ft Smith Blvd is done. Rye Hill Rd finished last month. Massard Rd is still a work in progress.
C'mon up some time and I'll show you around
Thanks for the offer. My roadgeek budget is tight; my wife and kids don't quite "get it". That said, I am thinking of both 2012 AR I-49 trip and 2013 AR I-49 trip.
It looks like driving on the paved segments of I-49 North is an option if a Texarkana meet comes together. Today, I spoke with Susan Stafford, a LaDOTD Public Information Officer. She gave a tentative OK to the notion of meet attendees driving on the paved I-49 North, but there would be some bureaucratic prerequisites ... Even if I cannot make the meet, I might do a "stealth" drive myself before it opens to the general public.
(above from "2012 meets?" thread on General Highway Talk)
For 2012, I want to drive paved segments of I-49 North before they open to general public and check out new terrain I-49 around Texarkana (I also hold out a quixotic/idiotic hope that, if a meet or personal "stealth" trip were late enough in Summer or early Fall, AHTD would be as accomodating as LaDOTD). What a great I-49 doubleheader THAT would be!
You should drive the new road and film it. Nobody would probably even notice and if you did get caught you wouldn't get in that much trouble.
(above from "Texarkana; (Future I-49; I-69 Spur)" thread)
If AHTD is not accomodating, other options may exist ...
Could we make it from Fayetteville to Texarkana and back in a day?
(above from "2012 meets?" thread)
For 2013, I'm thinking of scaling back bugo's idea, making it a Fort Smith-Fayetteville trip, and checking out Chaffee Crossing and BVB construction. By that time, Howard Hill to US 71S work and second BVB project work should be well under way. US 412 work will be cranking, too. I hope a meet happens; if not, I may need the Road Scholar's guidance through the area.