Wow, really? I lived north of Little Rock for a couple of years, and absolutely loved it, especially the fall foliage. But seared into my memory were the long, long stretches of freeway to Texas and Memphis that were coned off to a single lane, with endless number of squares cut out of the other lane, seemingly never completed.
We were thru there last week and the only area that was not completed was turning off to Jacksonville or going stright to Memphis. and if I remember right it was only going east that was any problem at all. From there to West Memphis was clear as a bell. Made the trip from Memphis to OKC in around seven hours. Record time, and no stress.