Highway 549 is the temporary designation of Future Interstate 49

Interstate 49

Interstate 49 is currently an intrastate Interstate Highway located entirely within the state of Louisiana in the southern United States. Its southern terminus is in Lafayette, Louisiana, at Interstate 10 while its northern terminus is in Shreveport, Louisiana, at Interstate 20.-Route...

 southeast of Texarkana

Texarkana, Arkansas

As of the census of 2000, there were 26,448 people, 10,384 households, and 7,040 families residing in the city. The population density was 830.5 people per square mile . There were 11,721 housing units at an average density of 368.1 per square mile...

. Designated a distance of 29.49 miles (47.5 km), Highway 549 first opened to traffic in December 2004 between Texarkana and Fouke. A second section, between Fouke

Fouke, Arkansas

Fouke is a town in Miller County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Texarkana, Texas - Texarkana, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, and Doddridge, opened October 21, 2005.

Route description

Its northern terminus is at Highway 245 along the Loop

Loop (Texarkana)

The Loop is a beltway around Texarkana, a twin city in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Texas, running about 16 miles . Consisting of Highway 245 - sometimes called Loop 245 - in Arkansas, and Loop 151 and a section of U.S. Highway 59 in Texas, it forms a three-quarter loop around the east, south...

, roughly 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of South State Line Avenue and the border with Texas. Its southern terminus is currently at U.S. Highway 71 4.32 miles (7 km) north of the Louisiana state line. Construction on this segment to the state line began in 2010 to complete the road between US 71 and the state line.

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