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==History== The I-555 route was approved on January 10, 2001, consisting of a widened section of [[U.S. Route 63 in Arkansas|US 63]] between Turrell to Jonesboro to [[Interstate Highway standards]]. A few mainline bridges between [[Marked Tree, Arkansas|Marked Tree]] and Turrell are from original two-lane US 63 and are narrower than current standards, but [[Interstate 530|I-530]] was approved in 1999 despite having a similar issue. The last requirement to formally designate this route as I-555 was the construction of a parallel access road across a floodway between [[Payneway, Arkansas|Payneway]] and Marked Tree, so that farm equipment would no longer have to use US 63 to cross the floodway. No crossing has ever been built, but an exemption for agricultural vehicles was added to I-555 between Marked Tree and Payneway. The exemption was introduced by U.S. Representative [[Rick Crawford (politician)|Rick Crawford]] and passed as part of the House Transportation Bill on December 4, 2015. It was announced in December 2015 that I-555 would be officially designated in early 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://swtimes.com/news/state-news/highway-commission-approves-i-555-designation-section-us-63 |title = Highway Commission Approves I-555 Designation for Section of US 63 |agency = Arkansas News Bureau |date = December 3, 2015 |work = Times Record |access-date = January 28, 2016 |archive-date = February 6, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160206055400/http://swtimes.com/news/state-news/highway-commission-approves-i-555-designation-section-us-63 |url-status = dead }}</ref> In early 2016, signs along the section of the highway cautioned travelers that there may be farm equipment driving on the roadway. The road was officially dedicated on March 11, 2016, in Jonesboro.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-12 |title=After delays, leg of U.S. 63 named I-555 {{!}} Arkansas Democrat Gazette |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/mar/12/after-delays-leg-of-u-s-63-named-i-555-/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=www.arkansasonline.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, US 63 was rerouted off the entire route of I-555, but a short extension on November 23 of that same year redesignated US 63 along a section of I-555 again.<ref>{{cite news |title = Highway 63 in Jonesboro redesignated as I-555 |url = https://talkbusiness.net/2021/11/highway-63-in-jonesboro-redesignated-as-i-555/ |access-date = May 22, 2023 |work = Talk Business & Politics |date = November 23, 2021 |archive-date = May 22, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230522204239/https://talkbusiness.net/2021/11/highway-63-in-jonesboro-redesignated-as-i-555/ |url-status = live }}</ref>
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