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I-540 contract biggest on record for agency

7 miles to be repaved; 9 bridges to be rebuilt

Posted: January 8, 2013 at 2:28 a.m.

Emanuel Banks, assistant chief engineer for operations with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, announces a $78.8 million project to rehabilitate seven miles of Interstate 540 from Interstate 40 in Crawford County to Arkansas 22 in Fort Smith. Banks said it’s the largest contract the highway department has let in its 100-year history.

The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department will begin work on a $79 million rehabilitation of a stretch of Interstate 540 in Crawford and Sebastian counties this month that highway officials are calling the largest contract the department has let in its 100-year history.

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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 7 on 01/08/2013

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