Editing Interstate 49 (section)

====Southern Arkansas segment====
[[File:Highway 549 north of US 71.jpg|thumb|The first [[reassurance marker]] on AR&nbsp;549 north of US&nbsp;71 near Texarkana.]]
A temporary designation of [[Arkansas Highway 549|AR&nbsp;549]] had been assigned to I-49 between US&nbsp;71 north of Texarkana and [[Doddridge, Arkansas|Doddridge]], {{convert|5|mi|km|spell=in}} from the state line.<ref>{{cite press release|first=Jeff|last=Whatley|title=Highway 549 Opens to Traffic in Texarkana Wednesday|url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/news/2013/NR%2013-144.pdf|date=May 13, 2013|publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department|access-date=May 27, 2013|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221204155/http://www.arkansashighways.com/news/2013/NR%2013-144.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

I-49 has now been completed to the state line. "Future I-49" segments extending northward from Texarkana, Arkansas, plus segments from Doddridge south into Louisiana were shown on the official Arkansas 2013 Highway Map.<ref>{{cite map|url=http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/2013%20AR%20State%20Highway%20Map%20-%20State%20Side.pdf|format=PDF|title=State Highway Map|publisher=Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department|year=2013|cartography=Planning and Research Division|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529163631/http://www.arkansashighways.com/planning_research/mapping_graphics/2013%20AR%20State%20Highway%20Map%20-%20State%20Side.pdf|archive-date=May 29, 2014|url-status=dead}}{{full citation needed|date=November 2014}}</ref> The route was completed and signed as I-49 in late 2014.{{cn|date=December 2023}}