With the total solar eclipse less than two weeks away, the Arkansas Department of Transportation has released a traffic forecast for to help Arkansans prepare. The map is available on ARDOT’s social media sites and it designates the roads in Arkansas that are expected to see the areas with the highest amount of traffic right after the eclipse.
ARDOT lists four traffic volume designations on the map: Extreme traffic, very high traffic, high traffic, and significant traffic. The majority of Northeast Arkansas roads are classified as high and significant traffic. District 10 Engineer Brad Smithee said he expects Highway 63 and I-555 to be among the most high-traffic areas. There will be a good number of folks that travel across I-40. They might just keep going West. I dont know, he said. They might just come up I-55 and go up to Missouri. They might very likely turn on I-555 and come over to Jonesboro. Smithee also noted that most people will be trying to get on the road at the same time leading to a peak hour in traffic.
ARDOT officials said crews will be posted along major interstates during high traffic periods.
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