Editing Bella Vista, Arkansas (section)

===Transportation===
[[File:U.S. Route 71 at Highway 340 junction, Bella Vista, Arkansas.jpg|thumb|Bella Vista Way (US 71) at the Lancashire Boulevard (AR 340) exit in Bella Vista]]
The final segment of [[Interstate 49]] (I-49), which runs from [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]] to [[Kansas City, Missouri]], was completed around Bella Vista on October 1, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bellavistaarkansas.org/bella-vista-bypass.html |title=Bella Vista Bypass Interstate 49 bypassing Bella Vista in Northwest Arkansas |access-date=December 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221174332/http://bellavistaarkansas.org/bella-vista-bypass.html |archive-date=December 21, 2013 }}</ref> The new route bypassed Bella Vista to the south and west, removing through traffic from [[U.S. Route 71 in Arkansas|Highway 71]], which had seen increasing traffic congestion over the decades. I-49 has four exits providing access to Bella Vista: US 71 (Bella Vista Way), two exits with [[Arkansas Highway 72|Highway 72]], and Benton County Road 34 (CR 34, Rocky Dell Hollow Road).

Bella Vista Way is a four-lane [[controlled access]] divided highway that bisects the city from north to south. Two [[List of state highways in Arkansas|Arkansas state highways]] cross Bella Vista: [[Arkansas Highway 279|Highway 279]] (Forest Hills Boulevard) runs north-south from [[Gravette, Arkansas|Gravette]] to [[Missouri]], and [[Arkansas Highway 340|Highway 340]] (Lancashire Boulevard) from east to west from Highway 279 to Missouri. Almost all of the remaining street network in Bella Vista is laid out using a [[street hierarchy]] typical of large [[residential subdivision]]s, with hundreds of [[Dead end (street)|cul-de-sac streets]].<ref>{{ cite map |title= Map of Bella Vista, Benton County, Arkansas |publisher= Arkansas Department of Transportation |location= Little Rock |date= November 2021 |author=Transportation Planning and Policy Division |url= https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/bellavista_city.pdf |access-date= February 27, 2022}}</ref>