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Roadside 'rest area' 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Wentworth, New South Wales. Rest areas in Australia are a common feature of the road network in rural areas. 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.
An Illinois Tollway oasis is a type of commercialized rest area sited over Interstate Highways that are part of the Illinois Tollway system in northern Illinois, United States. The four (formerly seven) oases offer food and gasoline vendors and are found in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, DeKalb, and Belvidere. Although the oases date back to ...
Welcome centers can be thought as covering several different concepts: state-owned and operated welcome centers near a state's border, state or municipal-owned and operated visitors centers in cities or rural areas, and service plazas on toll roads, e.g. the New Jersey Turnpike or MassPike, that are either state-owned and -operated, state-owned but operated by a private company, or privately ...
In Michigamme a scenic turnout and a roadside park overlook Lake Michigamme, and along Lake Superior south of Marquette is a tourist information center built as a log cabin. East of the H-01 junction in Au Train is a roadside park that includes Scott Falls. [28] Further east, a year-round rest area is located on the western end of the Seney ...
A roadside station (道の駅, Michi no eki) is a government-designated rest area found along roads and highways in Japan. In addition to providing places for travelers to rest, they are intended to promote local tourism and trade.
Jul. 28—For napping truck drivers, road trippers and those unable to ignore the call of nature, roadside rest stops are a vital function for travel. And according to Caltrans, the state's 87 ...
Aug. 24—Caltrans announced last week that the long-term closures of the north- and southbound Interstate 5 Willows Safety Roadside Rest Areas in Glenn County have been extended through Sept. 30.
These share the defining properties of motorway service areas, being named service areas operated by a single company with a range of facilities including food & drink providers, toilet facilities and vehicle servicing facilities. Such service areas are rare on most A-roads, where basic filling stations with a single shop are more common.