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OPINION | FRAN ALEXANDER: Arkansas 112 project creates concerns for Greathouse Spring

Highway project puts Greathouse Springs at risk

August 15, 2023 at 2:30 a.m.

by Fran Alexander

A dump truck heads east Friday, July 28, 2023, onto Arkansas 612 at Arkansas 112 north of Elm Springs in Springdale. Regional Planners are pursuing $50 million in federal grants to help pay for two major transportation projects, another section of the Springdale Northern Bypass and improvements to Arkansas 112. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)
A dump truck heads east Friday, July 28, 2023, onto Arkansas 612 at Arkansas 112 north of Elm Springs in Springdale. Regional Planners are pursuing $50 million in federal grants to help pay for two major transportation projects, another section of the Springdale Northern Bypass and improvements to Arkansas 112. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)


Roads shrouded by tree canopies, rock houses and spring-fed creeks of wading depth are some of my favorite things. All three merge into one special short stretch of Arkansas 112 that I first caught sight of in 1965.

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