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Safety Rest Areas: La Salle County Southbound

(New facility opened Fall 2014)
La Salle County Northbound is the partner for La Salle County Southbound

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View of the new La Salle County Safety Rest Area

Location

IH 35 - Southbound, approximately 8 miles south of Cotulla
Latitude = 28.3237 Longitude = -99.276
Milepost: 60

Features

2 sets of Men's and Women's Restrooms	Interpretive Displays
Air-conditioned lobby and restrooms	Picnic Tables
Drinking Water	Playground
Family/Assisted Restroom	Separate Truck and Passenger Parking
Group Picnic Facility	Vending Machines
Handicap Access

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Newly constructed facility opened in Fall 2014
The building design will reflect vernacular and industrial characteristics of regional structures including barns, dance halls, feed stores. The new building will also incorporate sustainable elements including a traditional windmill, photovoltaic cells and LED lighting
La Salle County was named for René Robert Cavelier (1643-1687), a French explorer who assumed the title Sieur de La Salle after the name of a family estate. La Salle led an expedition in and around present day La Salle county around 1685. One of the ships sailed from France for the expedition, La Belle, was discovered in 1995 and was regarded as one of the most important archaeological finds of the century
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