Over 20 million travelers stop at Minnesota Safety Rest Areas annually. Visitors enjoy a wide range of motorist services at the three classes of rest areas and at the one class of waysides that MnDOT maintains.
Rest Areas contribute to the safety of the traveling public by providing fatigued drivers the ability to stop and rest. They also reduce the need for stops along highway shoulders and provide an escape from driving under hazardous weather and road conditions. Though their primary value is accident prevention, they also address many needs of commercial truck operators and help promote the state and state tourism.
Waysides, on the other hand, primarily provide travelers with access to scenic overlooks, interpretive markers and other points of interest.
MnDOT focuses its commitment to rest areas on a network of high volume highways referred to as the Rest Area Service Network. It is on this network that rest areas are developed and operated to meet the motoring public's safety, comfort, travel and tourism needs.
NOTICE: Occasionally, MnDOT must temporarily close rest areas for various reasons. Currently these rest areas are closed or recently reopened.
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