Complex sentence: The road proceeds over a small creek, passing a few small houses and intersecting a few small county roads, before slowly bending northeastward, traveling through more forested rural area, and intersecting a few small private roads.
Split into simpler sentences: The road proceeds over a small creek, passing a few small houses and intersecting a few small county roads, before slowly bending northeastward. The highway continues northeastward, traveling through more forested rural area, and intersecting a few small private roads.