According to MoDot’s Motor Carrier Facebook page, the aging Halltown rest area, located at mile marker 50 on Interstate 44 west, will close on May 29. Â The rest area will reopen by Labor Day as a truck parking facility. Â The rest area will feature self-contained vaulted toilets.
While the facility is closed, MoDOT recommends drivers park at the following rest areas:
EB at MM2 (Joplin),
EB at MM 89 (Strafford),
WB and EB at MM 110 (Conway) or
at truck plazas in between.
