Love’s opens new store in Illinois

Nov 30, 2018

Love’s Travel Stops this week opened its 19th location in Illinois with a new store in Oakwood off of I-74.

The new facility, at exit 206, adds 67 truck parking spaces to the area. In addition to parking, the new location offers a Speedco, a Hardee’s restaurant, seven diesel lanes, seven showers, laundry facilities and more.

The store’s physical address is 17919 Newtown Road in Oakwood, Illinois.

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