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I-30 widening project through Arkansas’s capital city causing traffic delays

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I-30 widening project through Arkansas’s capital city causing traffic delays
The Interstate 30 Arkansas River bridge construction project in downtown Little Rock, Ark. is shown. (Courtesy: Arkansas Department of Transportation)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Work on the Interstate 30 widening project in Little Rock and North Little Rock involves weekly lane closures.

Double-lane closures on interstate lanes will generally be limited to 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. Traffic will be controlled by construction barrels and signage, according to the Arkansas Department of Transportation.

Daytime closures (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.)

  • I-30 frontage roads (single-lane closures) between 4th and 10th Streets in Little Rock
  • President Clinton Avenue (flagging operations) west of Mahlon Martin Street in Little Rock

Overnight closures (8 p.m. to 5 a.m.)

  • I-30 (single- and double-lane closures) between Roosevelt Road in Little Rock and Bishop Lindsey Avenue in North Little Rock
  • I-30/I-40 ramps or lanes (single-lane closures) at the north terminal in
    North Little Rock
  • I-630 eastbound ramp to I-30 eastbound (full closure) in Little Rock; ramp detour signed to exit to northbound frontage road
  • I-30 frontage roads (single-lane closures) between 7th and 10th Streets in Little Rock

Work on the first phase of the project — estimated to cost $632 million — began in September 2020. It includes replacing the I-30 bridge over the Arkansas River. The eastbound portion of the bridge is expected to be completed this year.

Following is drone footage of the construction project.

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