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I-555 is a number that has been tossed about for the freeway section of US 63 between I-55 and Jonesboro.  It was recently disapproved by AASHTO, likely because the I-55 to Marked Tree section still has at-grade crossings.  This same section is a Congressionally designated "High Priority Corridor", and so will likely see improvements and possibly an upgrade to full freeway.  I suspect that AHTD will petition AASHTO to number it I-555 after this happens.

I take it one step further and extend the freeway from Jonesboro northwest to the proposed US 67 freeway near Walnut Ridge, which I have fictionally designated I-53.

The following is a list of associated state highway renumberings/redesignations I would do along the I-555 corridor:

ASSOCIATED RENUMBERINGS

OLD ROUTE LOCATION NEW ROUTE
AR 77 I-55/US 61 to West Memphis US 61
AR 140 Lepanto to Marked Tree AR 14
AR 308 Marked Tree to AR 135 AR 149

 

EXIT LISTS
PROPOSED:    Turrell, AR to ih53s.jpg (2970 bytes) Walnut Ridge, AR

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Last updated 3/30/00