Talk:Interstate 540 (Arkansas)

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I'm not editing the article regarding the numbering of the Fort Smith section of I-540 because it seems the writer may have been there more recently. However, IIRC when I traveled that road shortly after the newer part of I-540 was completed a few years back, the exit signs and mileposts WERE renumbered to be consistent with the new road (i.e., from Oklahoma line north), though local billboards still had the old exit numbers. Perhaps an AHTD re-signing project erroneously restored the original exit numbers and mileposts?

To my knowledge, the only exit that was renumbered was Exit 1 (renumbered Exit 15). US 71 02:39, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

(revisions below from: --US 71 03:13, 29 December 2006 (UTC))

[edit] Exit list - Southern Spur

Several of the Interstate articles have exit lists. This one does not, yet, but here's the rundown for the older, southern spur, from north to south (note: exit 4 and exit 7 do not exist):

• Exit 1A/1B Interstate Highway 40 Oklahoma City/ Little Rock (now posted as Exit 15)
• Exit 2A/2B (Van Buren): US 64/Bus US 71 (Posted as US 64)
• Exit 3 (Van Buren): Arkansas State Hwy 59
• Exit 5 (Fort Smith): Kelley Highway
• Exit 6 (Fort Smith): Grand Avenue
• Exit 8A/8B (Fort Smith): Rogers Ave./Arkansas State Hwy 22
• Exit 9 was originally signed for Leigh Ave./Airport (Fort Smith Municipal). Today it is signed for Phoenix Ave. East (after that road was extended to the northwest, parallel with 540 briefly and eventually meeting Rogers when shifting to east-west again) and the Airport (Fort Smith Regional).
• Exit 10 Arkansas State Highway 45 /Greenwood Rd/ Phoenix West
• Exit 11 (Fort Smith): Arkansas State Highway 255 / Zero Street
• Exit 12 (Fort Smith): South US 71/Business 71
• Exit 13 (Fort Smith): Jenny Lind Road
• Exit 14 (Fort Smith): North US 271/ South AR Hwy 253

After Exit 14 the highway becomes US 271 South and goes southeast into Oklahoma. --JohnDBuell 01:43, 17 September 2006 (UTC)