
For food, gasoline, lodging, and other commercial services, motorists can leave the highway and return to it without a toll charge. The absence of commercial services (except for vending machines) means motorists can stop without any pressure to make purchases. The Federal Highway Administration, on its Web site, offers this response to those interested in setting up a business at an interstate rest area: “Safety rest areas are intended to serve motorists by allowing them to take a short break, use the rest rooms, shake off drowsiness, and then move on. Clean restrooms, good place to stop when you need to take your half hour lunch break during your first wight hours.

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“They allowed for businesses to provide these services so you wouldn't have to pay to get off the road and then back on,” Dowling said.Īs a result, you can see for-profit rest areas filled with gas stations and fast food restaurants on the toll part of I-95 in Maryland, for example, but a state-run one with no commercial services on the part of the road that's free to travel. Generally clean restrooms, and an awesome view.

Select an exit, travel plaza, toll plaza or other location from the map, or use the location list to get information and a close-up. Map of the New Jersey Turnpike, including exits, toll locations and available plazas and rest areas. Welcome Center (southbound) Mile Marker 44 Tuskegee. Use exit markers and travel plaza markers to navigate to that exits page. Northbound travelers read up the page southbound travelers read down the page. Well, that is, if theyve grown up and got a license. Rest areas are listed from north to south. Not to be confused with Premie, this is a rest area where Premies and regular babies alike can hang out and take a break from driving.

But that law does not apply to toll roads, many of which already existed when the interstate system was created and were subsequently incorporated into it. Below is a list of rest areas along Interstate 85 in Alabama.
