Truck parking expands at I-17 rest area as part of effort to add ‘several hundred’ new spaces statewide in Arizona
The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) opened a new truck parking lot at an I-17 rest area as part of a larger plan to expand truck parking availability by hundreds of spaces statewide.
On January 29, 2026, ADOT announced the opening of a new truck parking lot at the Sunset Point Rest Area located on I-17 between Black Canyon City and Cordes Junction.
The new lot adds 19 truck parking spaces to the 27 existing spaces at the rest area.
ADOT said that the $4.1 million project also includes the addition of waterless vaulted toilets and covered ramadas.
The Sunset Point Rest Area expansion is part of an ADOT project to add “several hundred truck parking spaces in 7 rest area sites along interstates in areas with the greatest needs.” See below for planned expansion locations.
- I-40 Parks Rest Area: This formerly closed facility just west of Flagstaff will reopen in spring 2026 for truck parking only, adding 21 new spaces to the 18 existing spaces.
- I-17 Christensen Rest Area: The existing 21 spaces at this formerly closed facility just south of Flagstaff will reopen in spring 2026 for truck parking only
- I-10 Burnt Wells Rest Area: This facility west of Phoenix will add 125 spaces in late 2026
- I-40 Meteor Crater Rest Area: This facility just west of Winslow will add 133 spaces in winter 2027
In December 2025, ADOT added 57 new truck parking space at the Haviland Rest Area on I-40 west of Kingman.
“The additional spaces are planned in locations along interstates in areas with the greatest needs. These locations are along Interstate 10, Interstate 40 and Interstate 8 and are at existing rest areas and two proposed lots that would provide parking only for commercial trucks,” officials said.