Original Truckstops of America

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  1. navypoppop

    navypoppop Road Train Member

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    I just thought of a brain teaser for all the old time drivers out there. Can anyone name all the original Truckstops of America locations before the mergers with Union 76 or Burns Bros. etc? I believe there were about 13 of them to start with but I might be wrong. This should make for some real thoughts when you have the time to sit and think. Some are still with us today and others were sold or closed. Good luck.
     
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  3. I glide 47

    I glide 47 Road Train Member

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    Maybe we'll maybe not I got a headache
     
  4. fargonaz

    fargonaz Road Train Member

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    Gadsden,AL and Birmingham,AL. are the only ones I can remember. I was a young lad working in a sheetmetal sweatshop and our business was making their SS kitchen equipment.
     
  5. mslashbar

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    Ontario,Ca east.
     
  6. duckhead

    duckhead Light Load Member

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    One at Russell road at the wi/il line on 94, bottom of the grapevine going north, exit 142 in OKC, think there was a small one in South Jersey on 295 at Carneys point, not sure if the old one in SE Atlanta was an original ta or not, baytown tx, think there was one on 85 in South Carolina I'm drawing a blank on some of the others.
     
  7. passingthru69

    passingthru69 Road Train Member

    Nashville Atlanta south side of town
    Cordele Ga Gary In Toledo Oh Mesquite Tx Columbia Nj
     
  8. passingthru69

    passingthru69 Road Train Member

    The one in Sc is and was on I85, Greer
     
  9. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    Paulsboro nj , Russell ill, mesquite tx and maybe council bluffs ia and rogers Minn.
     
  10. hotrod1653

    hotrod1653 Road Train Member

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    I belive Matthews, Missouri might have been one. I would say Blythe, Ca but it's still one. Brooksville, Pa maybe?
     
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  11. stayinback

    stayinback Road Train Member

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    let me see if I can try and understand what your asking- You want to know ONLY the TA's that were Built as a TA? Not the 100 or so Union 76 truckstops they purchased?

    The Only "Original" TA I know of is in Gary,In Now, TA Purchased just about all the 76's And How you determine what "Was" a 76 is simply go to the Bathrooms in every TA, If it has White and Pinkish Wall Tile, It was a former 76.
     
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