Pilot Flying J purchases, remodels Collins, Mo., stop

Oct 7, 2011

A recently acquired travel center at Highway 13 South and U.S. Highway 54 near Collins, Mo., is being remodeled and is expected to be finished the end of October, Pilot Flying J announced.

The travel center chain recently acquired the truck stop.

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