Jonesboro, AR – (JonesboroRightNow.com) – August 25, 2025 – A long-awaited project to improve the intersection of U.S. Highway 49/Southwest Drive and Parker Road is about to begin.
The bid to finance the project is part of $29.6 million in project bids awarded this summer by the Arkansas Department of Transportation. The news about the Jonesboro project came during a bid-letting update given at last week’s Arkansas Highway Commission meeting.
The intersection improvement in Jonesboro is the most expensive award of the June bid-letting cycle, costing $6 million. Rogers Group is the contractor and placed a project office building at the site last week signaling the project should begin soon. The projected completion date is late 2026.
Aaron Vowell, former Resident Engineer with ARDOT District 10 told JonesboroRightNow last year that the Southwest and Parker intersection has an average daily traffic count of 25,000 vehicles. Improvements to the intersection include widening in all directions, double turn lanes in several directions, and widening Parker Rd all the way to Culberhouse.
