To help keep truckers safe, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is planning to distribute 1 million masks to drivers nationwide. Unfortunately, between limited supplies and limited locations, many truckers may have difficulty getting their hands on one.
Distributing the masks has been a joint effort between the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Department of Transportation. The masks will be made available at locations in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Nebraska, New York, and Texas.
While some locations were planning to distribute masks starting as early as April 29th, other locations are likely to come online in the coming days.
A total of around 800,000 masks will be distributed to individual drivers, while around 200,000 have been sent to motor carriers so that they can distribute them to drivers.
According to the FMCSA, free masks are being distributed in the following areas:
Arkansas:
- Alma – I-40 east and west at Arkansas – Oklahoma Border
- Hope – I-30 east and west at Arkansas – Texas Border
- Riverside – I-40 west at Arkansas – Tennessee Border
- Bridgeport – I-55 west at Arkansas – Tennessee Border
- I-30 East/West at MM 93 (2.1 miles east Hwy 84) – Social Hills Rest Area
California:
- I-5 NB at MM 203, outside of Los Angeles
- I-5 at Fort Tejon pass rest area, north of Los Angeles
- California Highway Patrol Field Divisions in:
- Redding
- Sacramento
- Fresno
- Vallejo
- Los Angeles
- San Diego
- San Luis Obispo
- San Bernardino
Georgia:
April 30 & May 1, 2020
- I-75 SB, MM 179, in Forsyth/Juliette, GA just north of Macon, GA.
- I-85 SB at Georgia – South Carolina Border (Franklin County Inspection Station) MM 169
- I-95 SB at Georgia – South Carolina Border (Chatham County Inspection Station) MM 111
- I-75 NB at Georgia – Florida Border (Lowndes County Inspection Station) MM 23
- I-75 SB at Georgia – Tennessee Border (Catoosa County Inspection Station) MM 343
- I-85 NB at Georgia – Alabama Border (Troup County Inspection Station) MM 23
- I-95 NB at Georgia – Florida Border (McIntosh County Inspection Station) MM 55
- I-20 WB at Georgia – South Carolina Border (Columbia County Inspection Station) MM 188
- I-20 WB at Georgia – Alabama Border (Douglas County Inspection Station) MM 43
- I-16 WB from Savanah Port Area (Bryan County Inspection Station) MM 144
Illinois:
April 30, 2020
- I-80/I-294 [Tri-State Tollway] EB at MM 1. Distribution begins at 10am local time.
Indiana:
May 1, 2020
Rest Areas
- I-70 WB MM 107. Greenfield, IN Distribution Hours: 1000-1400
- I-70 EB MM 65. Plainfield, IN Distribution Hours: 1000-1400
- I-65 SB MM 150. Thorntown, IN Distribution Hours: 1000-1400
- I-65 NB MM 72. Columbus, IN Distribution Hours: 1000-1400
Nebraska:
April 30, 2020:
- Goehner Truck Parking Area Interstate 80 MM 375 WB | Distribution Hours: 0800-1600
- Melia Hills Rest Area (Omaha) Interstate 80 MM 431 WB | Distribution Hours: 0800-1600
- Waverly EB Interstate 80 MM 415 EB | Distribution Hours: 0800-1600
- Waverly WB Interstate 80 MM 415 WB | Distribution Hours: 0800-1600
- North Platte EB Interstate 80 MM 180 EB | Distribution Hours: 0800-1600
- North Platte WB Interstate 80 MM 181WB | Distribution Hours: 0800-1600
- Nebraska City EB/WB Hwy 2 MM 501 EB/WB | Distribution Hours: 0800-1600
- Fremont NB/SB Hwy 77/275 MM 123 NB/SB | Distribution Hours: 0800-1600
- Hebron Hwy 81 NB/SB MM 4 NB/SB | Distribution Hours: 0800-1600
New York:
- New York City (Bronx)-Hunts Point Food Distribution Center, 1400 Viele Avenue (temporary COVID-19 truck parking location-55 truck capacity)
- New York City (Staten Island)-Global Container Terminal, N. Washington Avenue off of I-278 (temporary COVID-19 truck parking location-25 truck capacity)
May 4 & 15, 2020
- I-87 NB at MM 33. Sloatsburg Rest Area (North of NYC)
Texas:
- I-35 NB MM 362A approximately 5 miles south of Hillsboro, midway between Dallas/Ft. Worth and Waco
Texas inspection facilities:
- Mount Pleasant – I 30
- Queen City – US 59
- New Waverly – I-45
- Falfurrias – US 281
- Riviera – US 77
- Penwell – I-20
- Devine – I-35
- Seguin – I-10
To view all of FMCSA’s COVID-19 response actions, visit: www.fmcsa.dot.gov/COVID-19.
Source: overdrive, overdrive, freightwaves, fleetowner, truckinginfo, FMCSA
You wanna help truckers out? Shove your masks and stop over-regulating this industry.
I second that. Masks are not needed for the plandemic. What’s needed is for people to get back to work.
I dont get it, what the F#$@ are the mask really accomplishing. You got other openings to the body (eyes and ears). We were told only a certain mask would actually help keep people from getting this virus. Now, you see people just wearing whatever, I even seen a trucker using underwear as a mask. The same with social distancing, how is standing a couple more feet away actually stopping spreading a so-called airborne virus. The S#@$ is ridiculous and it just dont make any sense to me.
Agreed! Only a few months ago, if you walked into a store with a mask on, they’d be reaching under the counter for a shotgun and the emergency alarm button. Anyway, I think most of the country is getting over this bull. Only in Pennsylvania (so far) are they still demanding the mask before entry.
It’s all part of the bigger plan, and take notice, the distribution in Texas is at the scales.. so pull in get put out of service or fined for some BS violation, and get a free mask..
Last week, Iowa east inbound weigh station was offering free lunch (Chicken or Barbeque plates) with a free mask, if you volunteered for a Level 2. Such a deal! (sarcasm)
The facemask helps you not to pass it on to others. I would like to receive a little hazardous pay. More importantly I would like to be able to be tested.
Be part of the solution. Thank you fellow Trucker’s.
Hard luck for me, I do not go anywhere near those locations
Drive into the lion’s mouth and get a free mask.🙉🙉