Complex sentence: RE 255 bends southeast, proceeding in that direction, before intersecting U.S. Route 96, and bending northeast, intersecting CR 232 and proceeding out of Jasper County.
Split into simpler sentences: RE 255 bends southeast, proceeding in that direction, before intersecting U.S. Route 96. It bends northeast, intersecting CR 232 and proceeding out of Jasper County.