You should send that picture to Bebee, seriously. Or the editor of the Democrat Gazette. There was quite a dust up in these parts a couple of storms ago when on the MO side of 71 the road was bone dry, but crossing into AR the road was still ice/snow covered. The AR roads department tried to weasel out by claiming they were understaffed and underequipped, but after some research was done it turns out the MO road district had fewer people per mile of road and less equipment per mile of road than the responsible AR district. Oooops!
71/540 is clear, should you need to get to Fayetteville.