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Safety Rest Areas: Polk County Northbound

(Renovated Facility opened December 2007)
Polk County Southbound is the partner for Polk County Northbound
Drinking Water Handicap Access Men's and Women's Restrooms Picnic Tables Telephones Wireless Internet Access

Image Gallery
Sketch of the Northbound site plan
Ceramic mosaic of an Indian Chief (Alabama-Coushatta tribe who still lives in the area)
View under the "cupola"
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View of Polk County Safety Rest Area
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Location
  • US 59 - North Bound, North of Leggett
  • Latitude = 30.8365 Longitude = -94.8619

Features
  • Drinking Water
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  • Separate Truck and Passenger Parking
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  • Handicap Access
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  • Telephones
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  • Men's and Women's Restrooms
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  • Wireless Internet Access
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  • Picnic Tables

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    Miscellaneous
    • Renovated facility opened December 2007 with expanded building and parking areas.
    • Polk County, named after President James K. Polk, was one of twenty-three counties formed by the first state legislature of Texas in 1846
    • The Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation is east of Livingston on U.S. Highway 190. Three streams in Polk County bear the names of Coushatta chiefs: Long King, Long Tom, and Tempe