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Discover LA Newsletter Email. Options considered ranged from a tunnel, a semi-depressed roadway and two elevated viaducts. A Record of Decision for the project was expected by The gap between the separate segments of Interstate 49 in Shreveport was addressed by cosigning I along side I and I The alignment circling around the west side of Shreveport for I may be temporary, as efforts emerged from the city of Shreveport and local officials to build the I Inner City Connector.
Approximately 3. The Northwest Louisiana Council of Government Committee voted on a preferred route, with several alternatives still considered at that time. The roadway was estimated to cost around a half billion dollars. A half diamond interchange with U.
This includes a proposed interchange with Interstate As of Fall , no construction was underway for Interstate 49 between Texarkana and the Fort Smith area. Chamber of Commerce representatives from along the corridor discussed the final stages of completing I in June The meeting encouraged moving forward on the project, with a focus on building the I bridge over the Arkansas River at Alma and the initiation of right of way acquisition south of Fort Smith. Associated work to build A second Bella Vista Bypass project, building 2.
Work on this section ran through July The 6. State officials announced the start of construction for the final section of the Bella Vista Bypass at a ground breaking ceremony held on October 15, The section opened to traffic on October 1, The new exchange will be completed in mid This included building an interchange with Route 90 west of Jane.
The Interstate 49 corridor will not utilize the Route and Route corridor east of Joplin due to the presence of traffic signals at the diamond interchange between U. I extends south Landry Parish. This was completed by late Work commenced on I in Louisiana in April , and the first portion opened was a six-mile segment from U. Work progressed with the opening of another 30 miles of Interstate 49 on November 22, This section included 18 miles from LA to U.
This pushed back the timetable for completion of the 4. The ceremony preceded the opening of a mile section of I between Alexandria and Meeker, and a four-mile segment from England Drive to Rapides Station. Interstate 49 through Lafayette received initial approval on January 8, by the Federal Highway Administration.
Not all residents sided with this progress, as many near the projected path of the freeway feared impacts to developed and mostly poor neighborhoods nearby.
In related opposition, legal action was pursued to move the project eastward into Saint Martin Parish. However, planners contended that the project complied with all applicable laws, and it appeared very unlikely that the highway would be relocated from the original planned route. Considered for I in Louisiana was the creation of a mile portion of freeway between Shreveport and the Arkansas state line, and the upgrade of U.
A number of projects upgraded U. An upgrade of U. These were completed in January and June respectively. Additional frontage roads were added to U. The final section of I North opened to traffic at Interstate on October 17, Photo by J. Optimistic officials at the time pursued opening the new 6. The gap between LA and U. Segment K, linking I at LA 1 near Blanchard with Interstate at North Shreveport, included the construction of a new systems interchange one mile west of the the exchange joining I with U.
Interstate 49 in southwest Arkansas overtook the Highway freeway between Exit 4 U. The first segment, from Fouke to Texarkana, was completed on December 16, Work in Texarkana focused on upgrading the AR freeway to Interstate standards from the interchange with AR , southeast of Texarkana, to Arkansas Boulevard, where I branches northeast to Interstate 30 along a new alignment.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on April 30, for the Wet weather delayed opening of the roadway to May The contract involving construction of 0. On April 25, , AASHTO denied this proposal, indicating that the lack of connecting routes at the northern end would preclude the route from consideration at that time. A toll road was considered for I from the Bella Vista Bypass in Arkansas north to Pineville, 3 but subsequently dropped. The right of way was acquired and plans were completed for the five mile section by Route Numbering meeting of October 14, approved the I designation in Missouri contingent on the route being fully upgraded to Interstate standards between Pineville and Kansas City.
Additionally business loop designations for U. This bridge eliminated an at-grade crossing, and was the first of three projects to upgrade U. A diamond interchange with th Street and an overpass for rd Street opened later in A contract to erect signs with space allocated for Interstate 49 was let in October for the eventual planned signing of the route statewide in December That work was projected for completion by December 1, The designation applied to miles of U.
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