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Iowa 80 is the world's largest truck stop, located along Interstate 80 off exit 284 in Walcott, Iowa. It sits on a 220-acre (89 ha) plot of land, three times larger than an average 75 acres (30 ha) truckstop, [1] and it receives 5,000 visitors daily. Iowa 80 features a 67,000 sq ft (6,200 m 2) main building, parking for 900 trucks, 15 diesel ...
I-80 passes the Iowa 80 truck stop near Walcott. Before reaching the Quad Cities, I-80 passes Walcott and Iowa 80, which is self-billed as the "World's Largest Truck Stop". [31] The 65-acre (26 ha) truck stop has three restaurants, a gift shop, movie theater, museum, barber shop, and dentist on site. [32]
A truck stop, known as a service station in the United Kingdom, [ 1 ] and a travel center by major chains in the United States, is a commercial facility which provides refueling, rest (parking), and often ready-made food and other services to motorists and truck drivers. Truck stops are usually located on or near a busy road. [ 2 ]
On the eastern border of Iowa, adjacent to the Mississippi River and the town of Walcott, lies the biggest truck stop in the entire world. Iowa 80 Truckstop has been home away from home for ...
In the early 1990s, quadrants adjacent to and near the Interstate 80 interchanged were also annexed in. The annexation of the area near Interstate 80 has increased the area's valuation significantly. Many businesses, including the world's largest truck stop, Iowa 80 Truck Stop, are located within the city limits.
Interstate 80. Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one of the original routes of the Interstate Highway System; its final segment was opened in 1986.
US 80/US 80 Truck/LA 9 in Arcadia: LA 546 at Cadeville: 1955: current exit 69 on I-20 LA 152: 10.19: 16.40 LA 2 east of Lisbon: LA 151 west of Dubach: 1955: current LA 153: 22.57: 36.32 LA 9/LA 156 in Creston: LA 4/LA 507 in Castor: 1955: current LA 154: 53.09: 85.44 US 71 at Elm Grove: LA 9 and LA 518 in Athens: 1955: current exit 61 on I-20
In Louisiana, I-55 runs nearly 66 miles (106 km) from south to north, from I-10 near Laplace (25 miles (40 km) west of New Orleans) to the Mississippi state line near Kentwood. Approximately a third of the distance consists of the Manchac Swamp Bridge , a nearly 23-mile (37 km) causeway , often cited as the third-longest viaduct in the world.