Arkansas welcomed its first Buc-ee’s in Benton on August 17, but road-trippers waiting for the state’s second travel center have more time to wait. Buc-ee’s currently lists West Memphis for 2029, later than the June 2028 estimate reported last winter. That revision matters to anyone planning a stop along Interstate 40.
The proposed store would sit near North Seventh Street, just across the Mississippi River from Memphis, Tennessee. Plans envision an enormous travel center serving drivers on one of the nation’s busiest east-west interstate corridors…