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Not sure exactly what this coach was doing there. I didn't see it leave the rest area (which I assume it did), since I took this from a passing bus on route 512 headed into South Everett Freeway Station.
Opening of a new Safety Rest Area on Interstate 95 southbound at Ladysmith with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT
This is on Interstate 5 in Washington.
I looked all over but didn't see a single safety resting here.
Even though I was not a safety, I rested here without being told to "move along."
Opening of a new Safety Rest Area on Interstate 95 southbound at Ladysmith with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT
Princes Highway between Officer and Pakenham. This predates the duplication of this section of highway, which was completed around 1978. Note the provision of a rest area on both sides of the two lane road, which is now the eastbound carriageway.
The old style fluorescent street lights suggest the rest area was built some time during the 1960's - these appear to have been disconnected.
The former westbound rest area has not been in use since the duplication and is now used to stockpile gravel.
To the left a weighbridge still exists here.
Big semi truck with a bicycle perched behind the cab, sighted near Coalville, Utah, USA, August, 2008_UT_4229
Opening of a new Safety Rest Area on Interstate 95 southbound at Ladysmith with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT
Opening of a new Safety Rest Area on Interstate 95 southbound at Ladysmith with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT
A view of I-40 from a rest area in the Texas panhandle. That tee-pee looking thing on the right is a shelter with a picnic table under it, although you cannot see it here because it is in a dugout on the hillside.
Opening of a new Safety Rest Area on Interstate 95 southbound at Ladysmith with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT
The view from Sunset Point, I-17, Arizona.
Sunset Point is a rest area on I-17. This view, looking west to the Bradshaw Mountains, is decent, I guess, and might be better during, ummm, sunset.
The view isn't why I'm posting the photo. I think far more interesting is the "inscription" in the lower right, which I didn't notice when I was taking the photo, or else I would have zoomed in for a closer look. It's pretty clear, except at the end where the "artist" might have tired, or maybe just ran out of room. "Hourrazi"??? Maybe the landowner's name, or the name of the ranch/property? Google yields nothing. Anyway, it must be huge, because this is a long-distance shot at full wide-angle.
In 1860, State Geologist Alexander Winchell reported that oil and gas deposits lay under Michigan's surface. First commercial production was at Port Huron where twenty-two wells were drilled, beginning in 1886. Total output was small. Michigan's first oil boom was at Saginaw, where production began in 1925. About 300 wells were drilled here by 1927, when Muskegon's "Discovery Well" drew oil men the country over to that field. The Mt. Pleasant field, opened in 1928, helped to make Michigan one of the leading oil producers of eastern United States. Mt. Pleasant became known as the "Oil Capital of Michigan." Efforts of the industry itself resulted in excellent state laws regulating petroleum output. Well depths range from 1,000 to 6,000 feet. New wells are constantly opened as exploration continues.
The new Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center is made of rammed earth and introduced travelers to green design
This is my favorite rest area in Alabama. On the back roads from Gulf Shores, AL to I-10 in Florida is this port-a-potty storage place. I've always wanted a photo of it, but I've always been alone in my car and on a two lane road, it's very hard to do my drive-by photography trick. My husband had come with me, so I was able to take the photos as a passenger this time. I know it's funny that I was so excited about getting a port-a-potty shot, but I really was! So this is indeed my favorite rest area in Alabama. (Photo #4790298)
The new Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center is made of rammed earth and introduced travelers to green design
ALABAMA
We Dare Defend Our Rights
Keeping Interstate Rest Areas free from terrorist Attacks since 1798.
I just found it odd that a marker like this is at an interstate rest area. this is on I-65 just south of the border from Tennessee. If you've been through the area, it's the rest area with the big upright Saturn V rocket, the base of which is the blue thing in the background.
14 Arizona rest areas have been designated ‘Safe Phone Zones’ through the state’s first fully implemented public-private partnership.
A sponsorship agreement with GEICO is designed to enhance highway safety and promote the use of rest areas as “Safe Phone Zones.” This multi-year sponsorship agreement, through the contract with Infrastructure Corporation of America, will bring in much-needed revenue to the state’s highway system for reinvestment in rest areas.
In 1860, State Geologist Alexander Winchell reported that oil and gas deposits lay under Michigan's surface. First commercial production was at Port Huron where twenty-two wells were drilled, beginning in 1886. Total output was small. Michigan's first oil boom was at Saginaw, where production began in 1925. About 300 wells were drilled here by 1927, when Muskegon's "Discovery Well" drew oil men the country over to that field. The Mt. Pleasant field, opened in 1928, helped to make Michigan one of the leading oil producers of eastern United States. Mt. Pleasant became known as the "Oil Capital of Michigan." Efforts of the industry itself resulted in excellent state laws regulating petroleum output. Well depths range from 1,000 to 6,000 feet. New wells are constantly opened as exploration continues.
Opening of a new Safety Rest Area on Interstate 95 southbound at Ladysmith with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT
The new Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center is made of rammed earth and introduced travelers to green design