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Ribbons of light extended north for miles. Slowly, we inched up the road toward Hopper tunnel on Interstate 49, following the reflective red lights of the vehicles in front of us.

Ribbons of light extended north for miles. Slowly, we inched up the road toward Hopper tunnel on Interstate 49, following the reflective red lights of the vehicles in front of us.

Ribbons of light extended north for miles. Slowly, we inched up the road toward Hopper tunnel on I-49, following the reflective red lights of the vehicles in front of us.

Not long ago, as I traveled one rainy morning to Little Rock on Interstate 30, the traffic slowed to a crawl before coming to a complete stop. As I sat there surrounded by idling trucks and listening to the beat of the wipers, my mind turned to the days when automobiles first appeared on the rutted and muddy roads of Arkansas.