TRAFFIC ALERT: New Traffic Pattern Coming to Route HH in Carthage Beginning Week of July 8

A new roundabout is being installed in Carthage.

Access to Dr. Russell Smith Way from Jasper County Route HH (Fir Road) traffic will shift to the Route HH-to-southbound-I-49 ramp in Carthage starting the week of July 8. 

The detour will remain in this pattern until sometime in early 2025.

Traffic Impacts:

• Russell Smith Way will be CLOSED at Route HH
• Drivers will access Dr. Russell Smith Way via a temporary access road on the Route HH-to-southbound -I-49 ramp
• Traffic will remain in this pattern for most of the rest of the intersection improvement project, sometime in early 2025
• Drivers should expect slowed traffic, traffic delays
• Crews and large equipment near traffic
• Signs and message boards will alert drivers approaching the work zone
• Drivers should consider alternate routes during the project

Weather and/or construction delays could alter the work schedule.

This work is part of a project to build a roundabout at Route HH (Fir Road) and Dr. Russell Smith Way. 

Contractor crews are converting the intersection just west of I-49 into a single-lane roundabout.

The project is a 50/50 cost-share with the City of Carthage