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Maintenance underway at the Bobby Hopper Tunnel

Traffic is expected to move slow during the routine maintenance.

WINSLOW, Ark. — According to the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT), road crews are doing routine maintenance inside the Bobby Hopper Tunnel on Tuesday morning. 

In a traffic closure report from ARDOT, it says traffic will move slow through the area impacting just over a mile of Interstate 49 north of the tunnel. 

ARDOT has not updated how long they expect the routine maintenance to last but listed the reason for part of the road closure as immediate priority routine maintenance. 

On the ariel camera of I49, looking south of the Bobby Hopper Tunnel, you can see traffic cones that have moved traffic down to one lane in the northbound lanes.  

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