A rest area, travel plaza, rest stop, or service area is a public facility, located next to a large thoroughfare such as a highway, expressway, or freeway at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Before adding any more images to this * * page please do carefully consider * * whether they would be mere decoration * * or actually improve An expressway is a Divided highway for high-speed traffic with at least partial Control of access. Other names include rest and service area (RSA), service station, resto, service plaza, and service center or service centre. Facilities may include park-like areas, fuel stations, restrooms, and restaurants. A park is a protected area of Land and Water, usually in its natural or semi-natural (landscaped state and set aside for some purpose often to do with human A filling station, fueling station, gas station, service station, petrol station, or gasbar, Retail Outlet See also Toilet A washroom, public toilet, public convenience, comfort room, toilet room, bathroom, water closet A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. A rest area or rest stop with limited or no public facility is a parking area or scenic area. Along some highways and roads are rest stops known as a wayside parks, roadside parks, or picnic areas. A roadside park is a designated Park on the wide side of a Road for the traveling Tourist usually maintained by a governmental entity either local state Rest areas are common in the United States, Canada, Australia and parts of Europe and Asia. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
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The standards and upkeep of rest areas facilities vary. Rest areas also have parking areas allotted for buses, tractor-trailer trucks (big rigs) and recreational vehicles. Parking is the act of stopping a Vehicle and leaving it unoccupied for more than a brief time truckcartransporterarp750pixjpg|thumb|right|A tractor with an auto-transport Semi-trailer. In North American English the term recreational vehicle, and its acronym RV, are generally used to refer to an enclosed piece of equipment dually used as both
Many government-run rest areas tend to be located in remote and rural areas where there are practically no fast food or full-service restaurants, gas stations, motels, and other traveler services nearby. Rural areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as "the country" and/or "the countryside over the course of time Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. The location of rest areas are usually marked by a sign on the highway; for example, a sign may read, "Next Rest Stop - 10 Kilometres".
Driving information is usually available at these locations, such as posted maps and other local information. A map is a visual representation of an area—a symbolic depiction highlighting relationships between elements of that space such as objects, Regions, and Themes Some rest areas have visitor information centers or highway patrol or state trooper stations with staff on duty. A highway patrol is either a Police agency created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing Traffic safety Compliance on roads and highways State police are a type of sub-national Territorial police force, particularly in Australia and the United States. There might also be drinking fountains, vending machines, pay telephones, a gas station, a restaurant or a convenience store at a rest area. A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source ( Latin fons) fills a basin of some kind and is drained away A vending machine is a machine that provides various snacks beverages and other products to consumers Basic principle A traditional landline telephone system also known as "plain old telephone service" (POTS, commonly handles both signaling and audio information A filling station, fueling station, gas station, service station, petrol station, or gasbar, Retail Outlet A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. A convenience store is a small store or shop. They are often located alongside busy roads or at gas/petrol stations. Many rest areas have picnic areas. In contemporary usage picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a Meal is eaten outdoors ( Al fresco or En plein air Rest areas tend to have traveler information in the form of so-called "exit guides", which often contain very basic maps and advertisements for motels and tourist attractions. Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, a Portmanteau of motor and hotel or motorists' hotel, referred A tourist attraction is a place of interest where Tourists visit typically for its inherent or exhibited cultural value historical significance natural or built beauty or
Privatized commercial rest areas may take a form of a large service center complete with a gas station (or petrol station in Britain) , arcade video games and recreation center, and fast food restaurant, cafeteria, or food court all under one roof immediately adjacent to the freeway. A filling station, fueling station, gas station, service station, petrol station, or gasbar, Retail Outlet A filling station, fueling station, gas station, service station, petrol station, or gasbar, Retail Outlet The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in businesses such as Restaurants Pubs Video arcades and Family Entertainment A fast food restaurant, sometimes known as a quick service restaurant or QSR, is a specific type of Restaurant characterized both by its Fast food InfosysElectronicCityCafeteriaJPG|thumb|250px|right|One of a number of cafeterias at Electronic City campus Infosys Technologies Ltd A food court is a plaza that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dining Some even offer business services, such as ATMs, fax machines, office cubicles and internet access. Fax (short for facsimile, from Latin fac simile, "make similar" i "Cubicle" is also used to refer to a toilet stall in a Washroom. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks
Safety issues
Many rest areas have the reputations of being unsafe with regard to crime, especially at night, since they are situated in remote areas. California's policy is to maintain existing public rest areas, but no longer build new ones due to the cost and difficulty of keeping them safe.
North America
United States
In the United States, rest areas are typically non-commercial facilities that provide, at a minimum, parking and restrooms. Some may have information kiosks, vending machines, and picnic areas, but little else, while some have "dump" facilities, where recreational vehicles may empty their sewage holding tanks. They are maintained and funded by the Departments of Transportation of the state governments. A state government ( provincial government in Canada is the Government of a Subnational entity in States with federal For example, rest areas in California are maintained by Caltrans. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The California Department of Transportation ( Caltrans) is a Government department in the U
Some states, such as California, have laws that explicitly prohibit private retailers from occupying rest stops. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. [1] A federal statute passed by Congress also prohibits states from allowing private businesses to occupy rest areas along Interstate highways. The relevant clause of 23 U.S.C. § 111 states:
- The State will not permit automotive service stations or other commercial establishments for serving motor vehicle users to be constructed or located on the rights-of-way of the Interstate System. The United States Code ( USC) is a compilation and Codification of the general and permanent federal Law of the United States.
The original reason for this clause was to protect innumerable small towns whose survival depended upon providing roadside services; because of it, private truck stops and travel plazas have blossomed into a $171 billion industry in the United States. [2] The clause was immediately followed by an exception for facilities constructed prior to January 1, 1960, many of which continue to exist as explained further below. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Therefore, the standard practice is that private businesses must buy up land near existing exits and build their own facilities to serve travelers. In the Common law, real property (or realty) refers to one of the two main classes of Property, the other class being Personal property ( In the field of Road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically Such facilities often have signs several hundred feet tall that can be seen from several miles away (so that travelers have adequate time to make a decision). In turn, it is somewhat harder to visit such private facilities, because one has to first exit the freeway and navigate through several intersections to reach a desired business's parking lot, rather than exit directly into a rest area's parking lot. Public rest areas are usually (but not always) positioned so as to not compete with private businesses.
Special blue signs indicating gas, food, lodging, camping and attractions at an exit can be found on most freeways in North America. Private businesses are permitted to add their logos to these signs by paying the government a small fee.
Attempts to remove the federal ban on privatized rest areas have been generally unsuccessful, due to resistance from existing businesses that have already made enormous capital investments in their existing locations. [3]
For example, in 2003, President George W. Bush's federal highway funding reauthorization bill contained a clause allowing states to start experimenting with privatized rest areas on Interstate highways. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. The clause was fiercely resisted by the National Association of Truck Stop Owners (NATSO), which argued that allowing such rest areas would shift revenue to state governments (in the form of lease payments) that would have gone to local governments (in the form of property and sales taxes). The National Association of Truck Stop Operators (NATSO is a Washington -based Trade association of 1200 members belonging to the Travel plaza and [4] NATSO also argued that by destroying private commercial truck stops, the bill would result in an epidemic of drowsy truck drivers, since such stops currently provide about 90% of the parking spaces used by American truck drivers while in transit
Welcome centers
A type of rest area often located near state borders in the United States is sometimes called a welcome center. A visitor center, centre (see Spelling differences) or visitor information centre may be A visitor center at a specific attraction Welcome centers tend to be larger than a regular rest area, and are staffed at peak travel times with one or more employees who advise travelers as to their options. Some welcome centers contain a small museum or at least a basic information kiosk about the state. A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development open to the public which acquires conserves researches communicates and exhibits the Because air travel has made it possible to enter and leave many states without crossing the state line at ground level, some states, like California, also have official welcome centers inside major cities far from their state borders. In Massachusetts, these rest areas are called tourist information centers[5] and in New Jersey, visitor centers. A visitor center, centre (see Spelling differences) or visitor information centre may be A visitor center at a specific attraction [6]
Service areas
Prior to the creation of the Interstate Highway System, many states east of the Rocky Mountains had already started building and operating their own long-distance intercity toll roads, or turnpikes. The Dwight D Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate Highway System (or simply the Interstate System) To help recover construction costs, most turnpike operators leased concession space at rest areas to private businesses. Some turnpikes, such as Florida's Turnpike, were never integrated into the Interstate system and never became subject to the federal ban on private businesses. Florida's Turnpike (TPK which has carried the Ronald Reagan Turnpike legislative designation since 1998 is a Toll road that runs 312 miles (497 km down On turnpikes that did become Interstates, all privatized rest areas in operation prior to January 1, 1960 were allowed to continue operating. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Such facilities are often called service areas by the public and in road atlases, but each state varies:
- Kansas and Oklahoma - service area[7]
- Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania - service plaza[8][9][10]
- New Jersey - service area or service plaza[11]
- Massachusetts - service center[12]
- Illinois - oases
- Indiana and New York - travel plaza[13][14]
Some states, such as Ohio, allow nonprofit organizations to run a concession trailer in a rest area. An Illinois Tollway oasis is a type of Rest area that is found along Interstate highways that are toll roads in Illinois. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads
Other types
Rest areas without modern restrooms are called parking areas. These locations have parking spaces for trucks and cars, or for semi-trailer trucks only. truckcartransporterarp750pixjpg|thumb|right|A tractor with an auto-transport Semi-trailer. Some have portable toilets and waste containers. A portable toilet, also known as a 'porta-potty' is a modern portable self-contained Outhouse manufactured of molded Plastic in a variety of colors and are often 'Wastebin' redirects here For the temporary deletion of a computer file see Recycle bin (computing.
A scenic area is similar to a parking area, but is provided to the traveler in a place of natural beauty. These are also called scenic overlooks.
Canada
Most of the service centres in Canada are situated in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, along their 400-Series and Quebec Autoroute networks. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk The 400-series highways are a network of controlled-access Freeways throughout the southern portion of the province of Ontario, Canada, forming a special The Autoroute system in the province of Quebec, Canada, is a network of Expressways which operate under the same principle of controlled access as the
Ontario
The service centres for Highway 401 were mostly built around 1962. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Two more service centres (for eastbound and westbound) were added between Cambridge and Guelph in 1989. In 1993-94, two were placed at the ends of the Greater Toronto Area with one serving eastbound traffic in Mississauga and another for westbound traffic just outside Oshawa; this was to allow travellers to relieve themselves before encountering expected traffic jams inside the heart of the GTA. The Greater Toronto Area (locally abbreviated as the GTA) is the most populous Metropolitan area in Canada. The Mississauga travel centre was closed on September 30, 2006. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [15] No additional centres are planned to be constructed.
Two (along Highway 400, just south of Barrie, Ontario) are planned to be torn down when the freeway is widened around 2008–2009, and another service station at Cookstown has since been expanded into an outlet mall. The King's Highway 400, more commonly known as Highway 400 or the 400, is a key north-south 400-Series Highway in the Canadian province of 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. Innisfil is a town in Ontario, Canada located on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, immediately south of Barrie and 80 kilometers north of
Highway 417 has a pair of service centres near Highway 34. Highway 417 is a 400-series highway in Ontario. It is the backbone of the transportation system in the Ottawa region where it is known as the Queensway Highway 34 is a highway in eastern Ontario which travels south from Hawkesbury to join Highway 417 south of Vankleek Hill.
The service centres in Ontario have private restaurants and establishments. Most of them used to be independently operated; however during the early 1990s they were taken over by major restaurant and convenience store chains. They also contain gas stations, washrooms, picnic areas, vending machines, and arcade games. A filling station, fueling station, gas station, service station, petrol station, or gasbar, Retail Outlet A vending machine is a machine that provides various snacks beverages and other products to consumers An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in businesses such as Restaurants Pubs Video arcades and Family Entertainment
Reese's Corner at the intersection of Highway 21 South and Highway 7 is often considered a service centre; even since Highway 7 was bypassed by the freeway Highway 402, 402 travellers can reach it via Exit 25. Highway 21 is a Provincial Highway in Ontario, Canada which begins at Highway 402 (Ontario at the south to Highways 6 and 26 Highway 7 is a provincially maintained highway in the province of Ontario, Canada. Highway 402 is a 400-Series Highway in southwestern Ontario, Canada that runs 103 km (64 mi) from the Blue Water Bridge Lastly, truck inspection stations (which are more frequent than service centres) can be used by travelers for bathroom breaks, although this is not encouraged. A weigh station is a checkpoint along a highway to inspect vehicular weights
Quebec
In Quebec, the service centres are known as haltes routières or aires de services and are located along their Autoroutes, and many of their provincial highways. Autoroutes See also Autoroute (Quebec The Autoroute system in Quebec is a network of expressways Only two have gas stations or restaurants, though most of the remainder have vending machines or canteens.
Alberta
The Province of Alberta has service centres along the Trans-Canada Highway/Highway 1, and along Highway 2, with a service centre along the Northbound carriageway of Highway 2, near Wetaskiwin, and the Southbound service centre located in Airdrie. The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial Highway system that joins all ten provinces of Canada. Highway 1 is southern Alberta 's primary east-west highway It is 522 km (324 miles long in Alberta Highway 2 is the most important provincial Highway in the Canadian province of Alberta. Airdrie ( 2007 city population 31512 is a city in Alberta, Canada, located just north of Calgary There is also a service centre in the town of Valleyview, Alberta, near the village, along Highway 43, near the town, and junction with Highway 49. Valleyview is a town in northern Alberta, northwest of Edmonton, in the Municipal District of Greenview Highway 43 is the main Alberta highway stretching from the Yellowhead just directly west of Edmonton to the Alberta/ British Columbia Highway 49 (also called Spirit River Highway) is a short highway located in north western Alberta running north-south from the town of Valleyview to the
British Columbia
British Columbia has many services centres on its provincial roads, particularly along the Yellowhead Highway/Highway 16, the Coquihalla Highway/Highway 5, and on Highway 97C, the first service centres built in the province. The Yellowhead Highway is a major east-west highway connecting the four western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan Highway 16 is the British Columbia, Canada, section of the Yellowhead Highway. Highway 5, also known as Coquihalla Highway Route 5 and the Southern Yellowhead Highway, is a north-south route in southern British Columbia, Highway 5, also known as Coquihalla Highway Route 5 and the Southern Yellowhead Highway, is a north-south route in southern British Columbia, Highway 97C, the Okanagan Connector or Coquihalla Connector, forms part of an important link between the Lower Mainland and the Okanagan valley around One notable curiosity is a service centre built along Highway 118: it is a minor road connecting two towns to the Yellowhead Highway (Hwy. Highway 118, the Central Babine Lake Highway (signed as Topley Landing Road) is a 50 km (31 mi long minor spur of the Yellowhead Highway. 16).
Other
The Prairie Provinces (Saskatchewan, Manitoba) have rest stops located along the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1, however, they are simply places to rest, or go to the washroom; they are not built to such high standards as the 400-Series Highways of Ontario, or the Interstate Highways of America. The Canadian Prairies is a region in western Canada, which may correspond to several different definitions natural or political Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116 sq mi of North America Highway 1 is the Saskatchewan section of the Trans&ndashCanada Highway mainland route The 400-series highways are a network of controlled-access Freeways throughout the southern portion of the province of Ontario, Canada, forming a special The Dwight D Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate Highway System (or simply the Interstate System)
Nova Scotia has constructed a small number full-fledged service centres along its 100-Series Highways. Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's
In New Brunswick, the only rest areas are roadside parks with picnic tables and washrooms operated as a part of the provincial park system, but many have closed due to cutbacks. New Brunswick ( French: Nouveau-Brunswick /nuvobʁɔnzwik/ is one of Canada 's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally A provincial park (or territorial park) is a Park under the management of a provincial or territrorial government in Canada. Occasionally, litter barrels are also found along the side of the road. 'Wastebin' redirects here For the temporary deletion of a computer file see Recycle bin (computing.
Europe
United Kingdom
The term "rest area" is not generally used in the United Kingdom. Motorway is a term for both a type of Road and a classification or designation The most common terms are motorway service areas (MSA), motorway service stations or simply motorway services. As with the rest of the world, these are places where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel, rest, or take refreshments. Almost all the MSA sites in the UK are owned by the Department for Transport and let on 50-year leases to private operating companies. In the United Kingdom, the Department for Transport (or DfT) ( Welsh: Adran am Drafnidiaeth) is the government department
Lay-bys
The term lay-by is used in the United Kingdom and Ireland to describe a roadside parking or rest area for drivers. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Equivalent terms in the United States are "turnout" or "pullout".
Lay-bys can vary in size from a simple parking bay alongside the carriageway sufficient for one or two cars only, to substantial areas that are separated from the carriageway by verges and can accommodate dozens of vehicles.
They are marked by a rectangular blue sign bearing a white letter P, and there should also be advance warning of lay-bys to give drivers time to slow down safely. In practice, many local authorities neglect to maintain these signs to an adequate degree, and sometimes they are missing entirely.
Lay-bys are beneficial to road safety as they provide somewhere safe for drivers to stop, whether they wish simply to rest, check directions, make a phone call, stretch their legs, or take refreshments.
At some larger lay-bys mobile catering is provided by vendors operating from converted caravans, trailers or coaches. A travel trailer or caravan is a trailer towed behind a road Vehicle to provide a place to sleep which is more comfortable and protected than a A Trailer is generally an unpowered vehicle pulled by a powered vehicle In British English and Australian English, the term coach is used to refer to a large motor vehicle for conveying passengers These facilities generally offer much better value for money than roadside restaurants and therefore tend to be popular with truckers. A truck driver (Commonly called a trucker, driver or Teamster in the United States and Canada, a truckie or
Some lay-bys have parking restrictions to prevent lorries using them as overnight parking, or as a long term storage area for trailers, and some have been permanently closed off by councils because of problems caused by their occupation by Travellers or other itinerants. This article is about the semi-truck For the North American use of the word see Pickup truck. For the word itinerant used to describe electrons from free-electron metals see Jellium.
Germany
Rasthof is the name of the service areas on the German Autobahn. (German ˈaʊtoːbaːn plural Autobahnen; English /ˈɔːtəʊbɑːn/ is the German word for a major high- Speed Road restricted to motor A rasthof includes a gas station, public phones, restaurants, toilets, parking and, many times, a hotel or a motel. Smaller parking areas, known as a Rastplatz, are more frequent and often have picnic tables and toilets.
Other countries
In Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, rest areas have prayer rooms (musola) for Muslims travelling more than 90 km (2 marhalah; 1 marhalah ≈ 45 km). For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion
In Malaysia, an overhead bridge restaurant (OBR) or overhead restaurant is a special rest area with restaurants above the expressway. A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. Unlike typical laybys and RSAs which are only accessible in one-way direction only, an overhead restaurant is accessible from both directions of the expressway.
In Japanese English, a rest area is called a "service area" or a "parking area". are Japanese Pseudo-Anglicisms English constructions not in use in Anglophone countries nor by English native speakers but which appear in Japanese.
In Thailand, bus travel is common, and long-distance bus rides typically include stops at rest areas designed for bus passengers. These rest stops typically have a cheap noodle or curry restaurant as well as a small store for buying food.
Australia
Rest areas in Australia are a recurrent feature of the road network in rural areas. Freeways in Australia This is a list of Highways in Australia, listed alphabetically along with its route number and location They are the responsibility of a variety of authorities, such as a state transport or main roads bureau, or a local government's works department. Facilities and standards vary widely and unpredictably; a well-appointed rest area will have bins to deposit small items of litter, a picnic table with seating, a cold water tap (sometimes fed by a rainwater tank, barbecue fireplace (sometimes gas or electric), toilets, and - less commonly - showers. Contamination and maintenance If rainwater is used for drinking it is often filtered first Other rest areas, especially in more remote locations, may lack some or even all of these facilities; in South Australia, a rest area may be no more than a cleared section besides the road with a sign indicating its purpose. South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country Rest areas in Australia do not provide service stations or restaurants (such facilities would be called roadhouses or truck stops), although there may be caravans, often run by charities, providing refreshments to travellers. A truck stop is a commercial facility that provides fuel parking and usually food and other services to long-haul trucks
Amenity and hygiene are important considerations for the responsible authorities, as such remote sites can be very expensive to clean and maintain, and vandalism is common. As well, Australia's dependence on road transport by heavy vehicles can lead to competition between the amenity needs of recreational travelers and the drivers of the heavy vehicles, so much so that on arterial routes it is common to see rest areas specifically signed to segregate the two user groups entirely. Due to these considerations, rest areas generally do not allow overnight occupation. In Queensland, however, well-maintained rest areas sometimes explicitly invite travelers to stay overnight, as a road safety measure, but this situation is rare elsewhere.
See also
References
- ^ Cal. A diner is a prefabricated Restaurant building characteristic of North America, especially on Long Island; in New York City; in A truck stop is a commercial facility that provides fuel parking and usually food and other services to long-haul trucks An Illinois Tollway oasis is a type of Rest area that is found along Interstate highways that are toll roads in Illinois. Streets and Highways Code Sections 225. 5[1] and 731 [2].
- ^ Gordon Dickson, "Government Work Zone," Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 August 2003, sec. Metro, p. 3.
- ^ Thomas Corsi, Robert Windle, A. Michael Knemeyer, "Evaluating the Potential Impact of Interstate Highway Rights-of-Way Commercialization on Economic Activity at Interchanges," Transportation Journal, vol. 39, no. 2 (Winter 1999): 16-25.
- ^ Anonymous, "NATSO denounces pro-commercialization in highway bill," National Petroleum News 95, no. 5, (May 2003): 9. [3]
- ^ MTA - Service and Tourist Information Centers
- ^ NJTA - Service Area Listing
- ^ Kansas Turnpike Authority
- ^ Florida's Turnpike - The Less Stressway | Traveler Information | Service Plazas
- ^ Ohio Turnpike Commission - Service Plaza
- ^ The Pennsylvania Turnpike - About the PTC
- ^ NJTA - Service Area Listing
- ^ MTA - Service and Tourist Information Centers
- ^ http://www.in.gov/dot/div/tollroad/TollRoadInfo.pdf
- ^ New York State Thruway Authority: Traveler Information: Travel Plazas
- ^ Ontario Highway 401 Photographs - Page 9 - History of Ontario's Kings Highways
External links
- Motorway Services Online
- Motorway Services Trivia website
- Illinois State Toll Highway Authority - Oases Services
- Official Illinois Oases Web Site - Belvidere
Examples of rest area locations
- TripCheck - Oregon Department of Transportation
- WSDOT Safety Rest Areas Map
- California List of Safety Roadside Rest Areas
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