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Originally Posted by TheCapstone
I would really enjoy a trip to Fayetteville sometime. Never realized the growth it was having (has since grown by 12% since 2010!).
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I believe two things keep the area from just completely exploding. The lack of a finished I-49 to Texarkana and a viable east west corridor. Someone from Alabama may appreciate this vision. Take the new I-22 terminating in North MS. Just shy of Memphis City Limits. Sallownthe costs and ikprove Lamar to interstate standard to I-240, build a new bridge just North of Memphis connecting Millington's future I-69 and I-269 connection to the I-55/I-555/US 63 junction near Turrell on the Arkansas side (I-22 would share I-69 through Memphis) connect I-555 to US 67 at Hoxie/Walnut Ridge and then upgrade, reroute US 412 across North Arkansas as an interstate quality road with the express intent on extend g all of this as I-22 to at least Tulsa and preferably to Stillwater/I-35 and possibly on to Pueblo Co.
That would give NWA east/west and north/south interstate crossroads particularly I-49.
I-49 from Texarkana to KC would be the middle part of an hour glass routing system
From Texarkana you then connect it to New Orleans via the rest of I-49 and Houston/Mexico via it's connection to Future I-69, from KC it would connect I-29 whichwould basically run all the way to Winnipeg via Omaha, Sioux Falls, Fargo and I-35 to Thunder Bay via Des Moines, Twin Cities and Duluth.
All pipe dreams.