PennDot (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation) has re-opened some of their rest areas throughout the state for truck parking. All rest areas in Pennsylvania were closed this week addressing safety concerns to the Coronavirus outbreak.

PennDot has opened 13 rest areas for truck parking as of today (March 19th.)

“Every decision made has been in the interest of mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and we are constantly reevaluating our response,” said PennDOT Acting Secretary Yassmin Gramian, P.E. “That said, we also recognize the importance of freight movement and that drivers need access to rest areas.”

Here are the rest stop locations that are open for truck parking only in Pennsylvania:
Interstate 79: Crawford County NB/SB
Interstate 79: Allegheny NB only
Interstate 80: Venango County EB/WB
Interstate 80: Centre County EB/WB
Interstate 80: Montour County EB/WB
Interstate 81: Luzerne County NB/SB
Interstate 81: Cumberland County NB/SB

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For more COVID-19 information in Pennsylvania, visit www.health.pa.gov.
To get DMV or government information in Pennsylvania, visit www.dmv.pa.gov and www.PennDOT.gov. 

via PennDot

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