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Limon, CO - Opens December 2007
I-70 Exit #359
Visit this new Flying J Travel Plaza located on 16
acres with a large paved parking lot for 146 tractor
trailers, 8 diesel pumps, 9 private showers, laundry
amenities, drivers’ lounge, a game room, certified
J-Scales, along with trip permits to meet your state
requirements. The new Country Market Restaurant
& Buffet seats 146 guests. Pepperoni’s Pizza’s quickserve
food court will also be available. This location
also offers a new Country Market Store with a
variety of high quality, name brand merchandise
for personal use or gift giving.
This new facility is located in the middle of the
travel hub of eastern Colorado lying equal distance
from Denver and Colorado Springs. Limon has
always been known for its crossroads history. In
1888, Limon was established as a work camp for
the new Chicago and Rock Island rail line that was
destined to run from Kansas to Colorado Springs.
The town is named after one of the original
construction foremen.
Whiteford, MI - Opens December 2008
US 23 & Sterns Road
The opening of the Whiteford facility will
introduce a great new look to Flying J’s network.
The inside will have a fresh new atmosphere and
maintain the high quality services and products
that Flying J continues to offer its guests. Flying J
will be introducing their new quick-service food
outlet “La Pasteria” where guests will be able to
enjoy made-to-order pasta. La Pasteria will offer
a variety of vegetables, sauces and meats that can
be combined and tossed with penne or fettuccini
noodles to create your own hot pasta dish. The
Country Market Restaurant & Buffet will seat 145
people and the popular Pepperoni’s Pizza will
also be available. The new plaza will offer drivers
15 showers, a game room, J-Scales, Scan & Go, an
ATM, the Country Market store and parking for
200 trucks and trailers.
This small town is also known as Whiteford
Township located in Monroe County, Michigan.
The town reported the population of 4,420
on the 2000 census and is the only county in
Michigan that is on Lake Erie. Needless to say,
boating and fishing are popular in the area. The
region features a unique ecology found nowhere
else in Michigan, with low marshes and inlets.
Albert Lea, MN - Opens December 2008
I-35 & Highway 46
One of Flying J’s newest plazas will be located in
“The Land between the Lakes”. Albert Lea is the
southern gateway for Minnesota where Interstates
90 and 35 cross. The area is rich in agriculture,
diverse in industry with retail and residential
assets in the middle of many lakes.
There are over 15 lakes in the area including
Fountain Lake and Albert Lea Lake which are
within the city limits. Bear Lake, Morin Lake,
Pickerel Lake, State Line Lake, Church Lake,
Eberhart Lake and many more can also be
enjoyed in the area.
This town also boasts that it is the ideal location
for business development. Albert Lea provides
free-flowing transportation corridors and easy
access to markets. Just over 33,000 people have
made this city in Freeborn County their home.
Residents find a continental climate characterized
by warm summers and sparkling winters with an
average snowfall of 41.5 inches per year.
This new Flying J Travel Plaza will offer its guests
the Country Market Restaurant & Buffet with
seating for 130 people. Travelers will also be able
to indulge in fast food at Pepperoni’s Pizza and
the Cross Roads Deli. Drivers will enjoy 9 private
showers, a game room, financial services, propane,
J-Scales, Scan & Go, an ATM and parking for 159
tractor trailers.
Midland, TX (Odessa) - Opened December 2007
7700 West I-20
Flying J has recently opened a new cardlock in
Midland, Texas. This cardlock is unmanned
and has five fuel lanes that can
accept most major credit cards
and the TCH fuel card.
Tucumcari, NM - Opened November 2007
I-40, Exit 333
This new Travel plaza opened November 6th with
a lot of happy truck drivers on “The Gateway to
New Mexico”. With parking for 136 trucks on 12
acres, guests can enjoy this new plaza in Flying
J’s network. The Country Market Restaurant &
Buffet seats 143 people. Pepperoni’s Pizza’s quickserve
food court will also be available. While at the
plaza, visitors will find nine showers, a game room,
J-Scales, trip permits, an ATM and Scan & Go for
over-the-road business needs.
Larger-than-life dinosaurs and murals can be seen
throughout the area along with the Mesalands
Community College Dinosaur Museum, a firstclass
museum with the world’s largest collection
of full-scale bronze dinosaur skeletons. Cast at
the local foundry, they will satisfy the dinosaur
curiosity in all of us. The unique landscape and
a variety of wildlife, including herds of antelope
and deer, flocks of wild turkey, geese and other
rare birds can be seen from the road.
New Improvements
Flying J is continually upgrading its
travel plazas across the country. Look
for new improvements in our showers
and restrooms, lounges, restaurants,
fuel desks, game rooms, barber shops
and much more at locations across the
country. Work is currently in progress at the following locations:
- AZ, Eloy
- CA, Bakersfield
- IA, Clive (W.Des
Moines)
- KS, Dodge City
- SC, Columbia
- TX, Dallas
- TX, El Paso
- WY, Cheyenne
- In Canada, new improvements will soon be
completed in AB, Calgary Foothills.
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