Ozark Roads

Some of you have probably seen the news reports about a bad school bus crash in western Reynolds County. I have traveled this road many times this year in the process of moving to Springfield. What is ironic is that it may have been caused by a good road. Most rural roads in this part of the Ozarks are narrow, curvy, and have no shoulder, but KK is like a freeway. It was built to serve a number of the lead mines in Iron and Reynolds counties and it is wide, fairly straight, and a good deal of the road has good shoulders. It is also all downhill from highway 32 to the left hand turn to highway J. I'm always going to fast when I approach the J turn and I would be willing to bet that this was a factor in this crash. Just glad to hear that no one died.