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A typical breakfast dish served at the Dixie. The Dixie Travel Plaza, previously known as the Dixie Truck Stop and Dixie Trucker's Home, [1] is a large trucker and travel plaza located in McLean, Illinois, on Interstate 55. [2] It was established by J.P. Walters and John Geske in 1928 on old US Route 66 as a small sandwich stand in a truck ...
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 ...
The F5 wrecker [50] with a lack of 4×4 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 ton trucks available because of the Vietnam War, the Mk3 was supplemented with further 4×4 production with the updated Mk4 version [51] which shared the cab with the 6×6 variants Production of The Australian No.1. range of trucks were produced until 1973. The Mk3, Mk4, F1, F2 and F5 saw ...
Bear Lake State Park, Utah. Bear Lake Overlook is widely considered to be one of the best rest stops in America purely for the views alone. Perched high in the Rocky Mountains near Utah's border ...
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] On average, the truck stop has served more than 1.4 million customers per year since it ...
The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois. When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space. [1][2] The Art Deco structure is at the junction of the Chicago River 's branches. The building is a leading retailing ...
GVWR 1,209,200 lb (548.48 t) The Terex 33-19 "Titan" was a prototype off- highway, ultra class, rigid frame, three- axle, diesel/ AC electric powertrain haul truck designed by the Terex Division of General Motors and assembled at General Motors Diesel Division's London, ON, Canada assembly plant in 1973. Only one 33-19 was ever produced and it ...
Walcott's interchange on Interstate 80 is home to an enormous complex of restaurants, motels and truck stops, including the Iowa 80 truck stop, which is the world's largest. Most of Walcott is part of the Davenport – Moline – Rock Island , IA- IL Metropolitan Statistical Area , but the Muscatine County portion of the city is considered part ...