Pilot opens new Texas stop

Jun 05, 2013

Pilot Flying J recently expanded to a location in Canton, Texas, off Interstate 20 at exit 553. The travel center offers five diesel lanes with DEF at the pump and eight gasoline lanes, Hot Skillet Country Restaurant, Long John Silver’s, A&W and a driver lounge currently undergoing a renovation. The new facility is the 42^nd in Texas and 662^nd Pilot Flying J in North America.

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