🚙 Drive America’s Highways for 7 miles along Interstate 30, through the 30Crossing project, in Little Rock and North Little Rock, Arkansas.

in 2019, the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) undertook it’s largest project ever — the complete reconstruction of the bridges, ramps, and overpasses along Interstate 30 through downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock, Arkansas.

Prior to the upgrade, traffic was often backed up for miles during even moderately heavy loads due to the way the ramps were designed. In addition, entering I-30 from I-630 often resulted in miles-long pileups due to a bottleneck at the merge.

With the 30Crossing project more or less complete, these problems have been resolved. Now, travelling both directions across the Arkansas River, are collector lanes designed allow through traffic to stay on the mainline highway while those entering or exiting downtown Little Rock have a little more time to figure things out

This video shows the 30Crossing project from both directions, along with the collector lanes. Starting with I-30 east at the I-440/I-530 junction south of downtown, we travel north through Little Rock, cross the Arkansas River into North Little Rock, and end the segment heading eastbound on I-40.

The second segment is in reverse. Beginning just before I-30 starts, we turn south onto I-30 westbound to travel through North Little Rock. Crossing the Arkansas River into Little Rock, we pass the interchange with I-630 before ending the segment at the I-440/I-530 interchange.

The 3rd segment is of the westbound collector lane. Starting just before the US-70 exit, we travel south on the collector lane to its end, where we take the ramp for AR-10. Before the 30Crossing project, the exit to AR-10 was a sharp curve to the right, then down a ramp to Cumberland Street, where AR-10 began. Now, the ramp, 1 of 4, loops around to 3rd street where travelers must turn left towards Cumberland St. to reach AR-10.

The final segment is of the eastbound collector lane. Starting at eastern terminus of I-630, we follow the ramp to I-30 where we continue onto the collector lane before ending the segment at US-70 in North Little Rock.

I-30 EB: 00:31
I-30 WB: 05:27
WB Collector: 09:59
EB Collector: 12:03

Interstate 30 WB prior to 30Crossing: https://youtu.be/ovyBwZsmr0Q
Interstate 30 EB prior to 30Crossing: https://youtu.be/-AHnytse5Ac

Special thanks to @TBKS1 for providing footage for the collector roads and ramps.

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🎵 Music: https://interstate411.us/music/i30-30crossing.txt