Signed as Arkansas Highway 549, a segment of Future I-49 is open to traffic along the six mile long Chaffee Crossing segment to the southeast of Fort Smith, Arkansas.Ĭonstruction along Interstate 49 South includes a number of projects converting U.S. 18 miles in length, the Bella Vista Bypass runs around the south and west sides of the city northward into Missouri. These separate segments were joined following a ribbon cutting ceremony held on Septemfor the completion of the Bella Vista Bypass. 71 at Pineville, Missouri 179 miles to the Kansas City area. Prior to the completion of the Bella Vista Bypass, I-49 replaced I-540 south 72 miles from Bentonville to I-40 northeast of Fort Smith. The northern section of Interstate 49 measures 269 miles in length from I-40 at Alma in northwest Arkansas to the Three Trails Crossing interchange joining I-435, I-470, U.S. The ensuing stretch of I-49 leads 78 miles north from Blanchard, Louisiana to Texarkana, Arkansas. I-49 dog legs west alongside I-20, 5.3 miles to I-220, which it joins six miles northeast to North Shreveport. The original 208 mile long stretch runs north from Lafayette to Shreveport, where it ties into I-20 southwest of Downtown.

Envisioned as a nearly 850 mile route from New Orleans to Kansas City, Interstate 49 is currently signed on two segments from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest.

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