rest area
noun
: an area adjacent to a highway at which restrooms and refreshments are usually available
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The National Transportation Safety Board said driver fatigue and poor company oversight of its drivers also played key roles when the Greyhound bus exited Interstate 70 onto a rest area ramp east of St. Louis and struck three semitrailers parked on the shoulder.
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John O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
McDowell County Rest Area – I-40 (Near Marion, East of Black Mountain), North Carolina
Past Asheville’s bustle, this wooded rest area feels like a deep exhale.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025
The nearby Chatuchak Park was being kept open through the night for people as a rest area, as were other parks — Benjakitti, Lumphini and Benjasiri.
—Muktita Suhartono, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Construct an entrance to the Pickaway County rest area.
—Jason Rossi, The Enquirer, 1 Jan. 2025
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John O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
McDowell County Rest Area – I-40 (Near Marion, East of Black Mountain), North Carolina
Past Asheville’s bustle, this wooded rest area feels like a deep exhale.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025
The nearby Chatuchak Park was being kept open through the night for people as a rest area, as were other parks — Benjakitti, Lumphini and Benjasiri.
—Muktita Suhartono, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Construct an entrance to the Pickaway County rest area.
—Jason Rossi, The Enquirer, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Rest area.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20area. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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