The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will send crews for nightly work on Arkansas Highway 229 in Benton. Page closures will be necessary there for asphalt paving. Several Days: Scroll down for the when, where and what to look for… Where will it be? Alternating overnight lane closures are scheduled on Highway 229 […]
ARDOT to have snowplows on Arkansas roads on Halloween
Yes, we will see snowplows in October. But The Arkansas Department of Transportation’s (ARDOT) Winter Weather Strike Team will conduct training drills in the central Arkansas area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, October 31. Read more below… The drills will consist of training drivers, performing equipment checks and maintenance. They will also do […]
ARDOT closing the east end of Hwy 229 Oct 24-28
Y’all are going to kill me, but if there was no news, you’d have find me a new job. I know, I know… I just wrote an article about ARDOT closing a section of Highway 229 for 3 days. Well to continue the theme, here we are again with closures on the other end […]
Your Hwy 229 detour around The Gauntlet, AKA I-30 concrete walls, will be closed for the whole weekend
Just when you thought you were clever for taking Highway 229 to get around The Gauntlet… Yes, also known as those tall concrete walls on the left and right of narrow lanes on Interstate 30 on the west side of Saline County… You won’t want to take that normally convenient detour on Hwy 229 starting […]
DETOUR – ARDOT crews to close the whole road under 67/229 bridge Oct 18-20
ARDOT will close the whole road this time. Watch for the Arkansas Department of Transportation to close a road in both directions during the overnight hours, near Interstate 30’s Exit 114 area. See below for the when and where exactly, plus a map of detours. Construction crews will need to do this as part of […]
ARDOT to close an Interstate 30 ramp Oct 9-14
There always a lot of info in these announcements from ARDOT, so here’s a breakdown by what, where, when, you get the idea. Read on for what’s happening with the roads: what’s happening Watch for ARDOT to close a ramp this week. According to Arkansas Department of Transportation, construction requires ramp closures for the […]
ARDOT to close an Interstate 30 ramp this week in Saline County
Watch for ARDOT to close a ramp this week. Construction to widen Interstate 30 to six lanes requires closing the Highway 67 ramp to Interstate 30 east in Benton. The reason for closing the ramp, according to ARDOT, is for embankment work. This will begin 9 p.m. Thursday, September 28th and end by 5 a.m. […]
ARDOT to close a lane under the Interstate bridge for a week
ARDOT crews will close a lane under the Interstate 30 overpass for about a week. The Arkansas Department of Transportation needs to have flagging operations on Pawnee Drive. This is part of the project to widen that section of I-30 to six lanes. This closure will allow for continued bridge construction in the area. Watch […]
Saline County requests bids to restore Old River Bridge, part of Southwest Trail
Saline County announced a request for bids for the restoration of the Old River Bridge. The deadline to submit a bids is 2:00 p.m. Central, on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 9:00 a.m. Central on August 17, 2023, at 5555 Cynamide Rd. Benton, AR 72015. Read more below […]
DETOUR – ARDOT crews to close passage under 67/229 bridge Wednesday
Construction to widen Interstate 30 to six lanes in Saline County requires a full overnight closure of Highway 67/229 below the I-30 bridge Wednesday, August 16. Weather permitting, crews will close Highway 67/229 below Interstate 30 at Haskell (Exit 114), between Pawnee Drive and the frontage road north of I-30 Wednesday night, August 16, between […]