The Arkansas Department of Transportation timed the opening of the King Expressway extension to coincide with Tuesday s ribbon cutting, but the 5.8-mile road threaded through rugged backcountry east of Hot Springs was ready five weeks early.
2.3-mile-long, six-lane Third Street Highway knocked 10 minutes off the commute to Gravois Avenue. When it opened on Oct. 15, 1955, there was no ribbon-cutting. Everyone was tired of talk.
RALEIGH — Former U.S. Sen. Lauch Faircloth of North Carolina, a onetime conservative Democrat who switched late in his career to the Republicans and then got elected to Congress, died
The Arkansas Department of Transportation plans to open the 5.8-mile extension of the King Expressway between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. today, according to Facebook posts made by County Judge Darryl Mahoney and state Rep. Bruce Cozart.