Love's opens 3 new locations, reopens one closed by fire last February

Updated Mar 21, 2023
Love's Travel Stop
Love's Travel Stops

 Love’s Travel Stops has opened new stores in Jacksonville, Florida; New Boston, Texas; and Lafayette, Indiana, and reopened one in Gary, Indiana. Combined, they offer 397 truck parking spaces.

The Gary location was closed last year after a fire. The store was demolished and rebuilt to include more square footage, parking spaces, and updated amenities including the third Naf Naf Middle Eastern Grill at Love’s location.

All of these locations are open 24/7 and offer Love’s Mobile to Go Zone with the latest technologies, and a dog park. The locations also include:  

Jacksonville, Florida 

  • Bojangles
  • 93 truck parking spaces
  • Eight diesel bays
  • Seven showers
  • Laundry facilities
  • CAT scale
  • Speedco. 

 New Boston, Texas 

  • Arby’s
  • 86 truck parking spaces
  • Nine diesel bays
  • Ten showers
  • Laundry facilities
  • CAT scale
  • Speedco

 Gary, Indiana 

  • Godfather’s Pizza and Naf Naf
  • 154 truck parking spaces
  • 15 diesel bays
  • Nine showers
  • Laundry facilities
  • CAT scale
  • Speedco opening in the summer

 Lafayette, Indiana 

  •  Hardee’s (opening March 20)
  • 64 truck parking spaces 
  • Nine diesel bays
  • Seven showers
  • Laundry facilities
  • CAT scale
  • Speedco (opening April 3). 

“As we move into 2023, Love’s continues to be focused on providing customers with the amenities and customer service they expect when they stop at one of our locations,” said Shane Wharton, president of Love’s. “Reopening the Gary location and adding new stores in Jacksonville, New Boston, and Lafayette strengthens our commitment to providing additional safe, clean and well-maintained locations and getting customers back on the road quickly.”