The world’s biggest truck stop has been open 24/7 for the past sixty yearsThis year, the Iowa 80 truck stop located in Walcott, Iowa, is marking the company’s 60 year anniversary of operations.
The Iowa 80 is proud to have never shut their doors since the first day that they opened in 1964. “There are no keys to the doors, as none have ever been needed,” the company said.
https://cdllife.com/2024/the-worlds-biggest-truck-stop-has-been-open-24-7-for-the-past-sixty-years/The Iowa 80 Truckstop includes a gift store, the Super Truck Showroom, a dentist, a barber shop, a chiropractor, a workout room, laundry facilities, a 60-seat movie theatre, a trucker’s TV lounge, 24 private showers, many restaurant options including the Iowa 80 Kitchen, Wendy’s, Dairy Queen, Orange Julius, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Einstein Bagels and Caribou Coffee, Blimpie and Chester’s Chicken; a convenience store, a custom embroidery and vinyl shop, 42 BP branded gas and diesel fueling positions at the main building, 34 high-speed diesel pumps for truckers at the fuel center, a 7-bay truck service center, a 3-bay Truckomat truck wash, a CAT Scale, a Dogomat Pet Wash, and the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum.
Today, Iowa 80 offers 900 truck parking spaces and serves about 5000 customers per day. The truck stop employs about 500 workers.
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