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dvferyance:
I use Fair Oaks Farms at Exit 220 as my rest stop on I-65 through Indaina. It's not far from the Walcott Rest Area so I am perfectly fine with that one going away. They have got some great ice cream it's a stop I would highly recommend while traveling through there. And it's an easy exit not much traffic.
Great Lakes Roads:
https://www.wthr.com/video/news/local/indiana-lawmakers-to-discuss-future-of-bill-on-worksite-speed-control/531-1b4eb8e5-9ad3-47b5-a6f5-f4fcfb822ce7
Worksite speed cameras could be coming to Indiana...
westerninterloper:
--- Quote from: PurdueBill on January 17, 2023, 03:48:58 PM ---
--- Quote from: FixThe74Sign on January 16, 2023, 11:27:49 AM ---Put me in the camp of pro rest stops. They tore down the rest stop on 74 Eastbound near the Ohio border last year, and I've noticed lots of trucks parking at the SR 101 exit overnight, resulting in shoulder damage and trash everywhere. And that rest stop was only 10 years old or so...
I also like using rest stops if I need a quick bathroom break, as I know it's an easy in and easy out, and I generally don't have to gamble and hope I picked a good gas station.
At least they are going to re-do the Welcome Centers. I know Indiana generally isn't prime road trip country, but I like how the states out West usually have a nice welcome center where you can take a picture of a welcome sign to document your trip.
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Rest Areas are important as private businesses come and go, change their hours, etc. and while the services off a highway may have restrooms, it isn't really their job to provide them to every traveler including those who buy nothing but have to "go".
Driving semi-frequently from NE Ohio to Lafayette, IN via I-71, US 30, I-469, US 24, and IN 25, it is amazing the difference between Ohio and Indiana in rest areas. On US 30 in Ohio alone, you have 4 rest areas between Mansfield and the Indiana line. Plus another on I-71. It has really made a difference when many times, due to necessity, I am making the trip late at night and some businesses are closed mostly overnight that used to be open then. I used to use the Owens store (now Kroger) in Huntington as a de facto rest area (to use the restroom, walk/stretch a minute before the final 90 minutes of the westbound trip) but they are no longer open 24 hours. There are fast food and gas places that aren't open overnight either--the new Casey's stations in Huntington and Peru close by 12am if not earlier. I suppose you could pull in to the Hampton Inn in Wabash and beg to use the restroom or something. At least Ohio has a number of rest areas and they are well-maintained. The first sign entering Ohio on US 30 EB from Indiana is "Rest Area 9 miles" so they must be aware that people coming in from Indiana may need it! :P
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I drive a lot between Ohio and Indiana and notice those differences too. When I was growing up in indiana, there were about twice as many rest areas, many of them small picnic areas, as there are now. Indiana has slowly rebuilt better rest areas (I-69 between FtW and Indy), but still has several that are old (I 70 west of Indy) and stretches where there are none (I-69 between Indy and Evansville).
The new Indiana Toll Road rest stops are an improvement, but can't compare to the Ohio Turnpike rest areas, which I think have to be the best in the country.
2trailertrucker:
--- Quote from: westerninterloper on February 12, 2023, 03:50:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: PurdueBill on January 17, 2023, 03:48:58 PM ---
--- Quote from: FixThe74Sign on January 16, 2023, 11:27:49 AM ---Put me in the camp of pro rest stops. They tore down the rest stop on 74 Eastbound near the Ohio border last year, and I've noticed lots of trucks parking at the SR 101 exit overnight, resulting in shoulder damage and trash everywhere. And that rest stop was only 10 years old or so...
I also like using rest stops if I need a quick bathroom break, as I know it's an easy in and easy out, and I generally don't have to gamble and hope I picked a good gas station.
At least they are going to re-do the Welcome Centers. I know Indiana generally isn't prime road trip country, but I like how the states out West usually have a nice welcome center where you can take a picture of a welcome sign to document your trip.
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Rest Areas are important as private businesses come and go, change their hours, etc. and while the services off a highway may have restrooms, it isn't really their job to provide them to every traveler including those who buy nothing but have to "go".
Driving semi-frequently from NE Ohio to Lafayette, IN via I-71, US 30, I-469, US 24, and IN 25, it is amazing the difference between Ohio and Indiana in rest areas. On US 30 in Ohio alone, you have 4 rest areas between Mansfield and the Indiana line. Plus another on I-71. It has really made a difference when many times, due to necessity, I am making the trip late at night and some businesses are closed mostly overnight that used to be open then. I used to use the Owens store (now Kroger) in Huntington as a de facto rest area (to use the restroom, walk/stretch a minute before the final 90 minutes of the westbound trip) but they are no longer open 24 hours. There are fast food and gas places that aren't open overnight either--the new Casey's stations in Huntington and Peru close by 12am if not earlier. I suppose you could pull in to the Hampton Inn in Wabash and beg to use the restroom or something. At least Ohio has a number of rest areas and they are well-maintained. The first sign entering Ohio on US 30 EB from Indiana is "Rest Area 9 miles" so they must be aware that people coming in from Indiana may need it! :P
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I drive a lot between Ohio and Indiana and notice those differences too. When I was growing up in indiana, there were about twice as many rest areas, many of them small picnic areas, as there are now. Indiana has slowly rebuilt better rest areas (I-69 between FtW and Indy), but still has several that are old (I 70 west of Indy) and stretches where there are none (I-69 between Indy and Evansville).
The new Indiana Toll Road rest stops are an improvement, but can't compare to the Ohio Turnpike rest areas, which I think have to be the best in the country.
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Indiana has closed several rest areas in the past few years. Going so far as tear down the buildings and the roads, and burying it in dirt. With the severe lack of truck parking, and the state is not broke, you would think they would make them truck parking areas at the least.
silverback1065:
--- Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on February 11, 2023, 06:49:49 PM ---https://www.wthr.com/video/news/local/indiana-lawmakers-to-discuss-future-of-bill-on-worksite-speed-control/531-1b4eb8e5-9ad3-47b5-a6f5-f4fcfb822ce7
Worksite speed cameras could be coming to Indiana...
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it's impossible to do the construction speed limit. if you try, everyone around you tries to run you off the road :-D
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