UPDATE (8:40 a.m., Jan. 18): Highway officials notified White River Now that one lane is now open for traffic on the dam. The closure has also been taken off the iDrive Arkansas website.
More work on Greers Ferry Dam is closing a section of Hwy. 25 and forcing drivers to take alternate routes. The work is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. through 7 p.m. today and tomorrow.
Traffic from Batesville southbound will detour thru Drasco on Hwy. 92 to Greers Ferry. Traffic going north to Batesville will go to Hwy. 16 to Greers Ferry to Hwy. 92 back out to Hwy. 25. Traffic from Searcy will go thru Dry Mountain Road off Hwy. 110 at Wilburn to Hwy. 25 north to Drasco or Batesville. Traffic going to Searcy, Heber Springs, Wilburn from Batesville will also detour thru Dry Mountain Road to Hwy. 110.
For all the info from iDrive Arkansas, click here.
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