rest area
noun
: an area adjacent to a highway at which restrooms and refreshments are usually available
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In situations like this, the focus is always on dignity: The person might be moved to a crew rest area, or even to first class, where there’s likely to be more space, in the form of a spare seat, where the body can be discreetly placed.
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Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2024
At the turn of the 20th century, the oasis town became a rest area for wagon trains and a stop on the new railroad connecting Los Angeles and Salt Lake City.
—Chris Carra, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
The closure of the busy rest area affected many travelers who use I-17; ADOT estimated more than 1 million people stop at Sunset Point each year.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2023
Just two days earlier, a Greyhound bus had slammed into three semi-trucks parked along a rest area ramp in Illinois.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2023
The American Trucking Associations says drivers are forced to park in such areas because there is only one rest area parking space for every 11 trucks on the nation's roads.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2023
Hurricane Hilary updates:Storm downgraded to Category 3 One current I-10 construction project extends about 13 miles through hilly desert terrain from east of Indio to the Cactus City rest area.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2023
Caltrans also has been working on a pavement-rehabilitation project on I-10 farther east, from Desert Center to near the Wiley’s Well rest area west of the Colorado River town of Blythe.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2023
The riverside park site, found alongside Interstate 5 near the state line in southern Oregon, will no longer be a freeway rest area, allowing rangers to focus their resources on the park’s campground and walking trails.
—oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023
Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2024
At the turn of the 20th century, the oasis town became a rest area for wagon trains and a stop on the new railroad connecting Los Angeles and Salt Lake City.
—Chris Carra, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
The closure of the busy rest area affected many travelers who use I-17; ADOT estimated more than 1 million people stop at Sunset Point each year.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 18 July 2023
Just two days earlier, a Greyhound bus had slammed into three semi-trucks parked along a rest area ramp in Illinois.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2023
The American Trucking Associations says drivers are forced to park in such areas because there is only one rest area parking space for every 11 trucks on the nation's roads.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2023
Hurricane Hilary updates:Storm downgraded to Category 3 One current I-10 construction project extends about 13 miles through hilly desert terrain from east of Indio to the Cactus City rest area.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2023
Caltrans also has been working on a pavement-rehabilitation project on I-10 farther east, from Desert Center to near the Wiley’s Well rest area west of the Colorado River town of Blythe.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2023
The riverside park site, found alongside Interstate 5 near the state line in southern Oregon, will no longer be a freeway rest area, allowing rangers to focus their resources on the park’s campground and walking trails.
—oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2023
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“Rest area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20area. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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