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Interstate rest areas in New York, upgrades on the way
Anyone that has traveled on an interstate in a vehicle has visited a rest area. When nature calls or the gas tank has needs, a rest stop is a welcomed destination. Most of them are immediately located off of your interstate highway of choice. Depending on the time of day or night, the parking lot will be laden with a myriad of trucks and their sleeping drivers. They are resting before awakening to deliver the cargo that we need, want or desire. Recreation vehicles, cars and suvs with and without trailers are constantly entering and exiting the premises. Individuals are unloading pets, kids and refuse to use the facility. Depending on the state, some of the rest areas have welcome centers with personnel to provide travelers tourism information. Some of these states monitor the rest areas with law enforcement 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As a long standing traveler of the Interstate 95 corridor and various other interstate highways on the East Coast, I have visited plenty of rest areas/rest stops. I'm defining a rest area as a building with restrooms for all genders, a family room and vending machines. There might be an area or space designated as the welcome center. Rest areas in Maryland and New Jersey for example incorporate gas stations and chain restaurants as part of their rest areas.