Complex sentence: After a short distance, the highway crosses over a small relief creek for the Neches River, and continues eastward through heavily forested rural area, intersecting a few small roads, before bending slightly southeastward, passing a few small farms.
Split into simpler sentences: After a short distance, the highway crosses over a small creek, and continues eastward through heavily forested rural area. The highway intersects a few small roads, before bending slightly southeastward, passing a few small farms.