Jul 13, 2016 · Stops at these unique rest areas became as much a part of the American road trip as fast-food lunches and the license-plate game. But as time moved on, these rustic rest stops …

Jan 10, 2014 · Along the abandoned stretch of Pennsylvania Turnpike -- east of Sideling Hill Tunnel --- around Hustontown -- on the north side of the abandoned highway there is the site of the abandoned Cove Fort rest area.

Apr 1, 2017 · For more than half a century, old-fashioned, no-frills highway rest stops have welcomed motorists looking for a break from the road, a bathroom or a picnic table where they can eat lunch. But in...

Jan 10, 2014 · Though most of the rest areas recently closed in NY were considered "temporary" closures, the closure of the Schroon Lake rest areas on I-87 in the Adirondacks is permanent, due to failure of the septic systems and close proximity to the huge and new High Peaks rest areas.

Mar 31, 2017 · For more than half a century, old-fashioned, no-frills highway rest stops have welcomed motorists looking for a break from the road, a bathroom or a picnic table where they can eat lunch. But in some states, these roadside areas are disappearing.

Dec 11, 2014 · For the last five years, this photographer has been traveling around the United States and capturing an eclectic but dying breed of roadside architecture: the American rest stop.

Jun 16, 2013 · While many rest stops in remote areas were closed relatively recently due to California’s never-ending fiscal crisis, the rest stop whose remnants linger on Highway 99 bit the dust in the early 1980s.

Jan 10, 2014 · There looks to be an abandoned rest area/scenic view around mm 147 on I-75 southbound in Tennessee. You can see the mounds of dirt blocking the entrance and exit ramps as well as where the pavement is in the woods there.

The abandoned rest area is in far southern Franklin County along Interstate 71 south. We noticed a gravel path as we drove down I-71 one day and wondered where it led.

For the past six years, Ford has traveled the country documenting both the safety rest areas established as part of the Federal Highway Act of 1956, and the ones built for visitors to state and national parks. Many are abandoned or underused.