I missed this earlier: ARDOT is having a meeting (http://arkansashighways.com/public_meetings/2018/040716/040716.aspx)tonight on realigning AR 255 at Barling. This has been kicked around for a couple years, but I guess they're getting serious.
255 will be realigned along Frontier Road at Fort Chaffee (https://goo.gl/maps/8VunJm7mrpw), (built around 2008) terminating at AR 59.
I've seen bare minimum work on the 255 relocation (maybe a few culverts, some commercial projects in the area around it).
There is 4-Way stop now where 255 meets 253 and Chad Colley Blvd.
Anyone have any updates when we can see ground breaking on the 4-lane relocation past the entrance to Chaffee Crossing?
The realignment is coming along nicely. The project has an estimated completion date of March 2026. Google Maps is showing AR 255 on its new alignment along Frontier Rd. It looks like by the end of the summer traffic will be moved onto the new NB lanes from just west of the intersection of AR 255 and AR 253 and Chad Colley Blvd to the intersection of AR 255 and Massard Blvd to reconstruct the SB lanes.