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Dixie Truckers Home

598 Main Street, McLean, IL 61754
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The Dixie Truck Stop has been here since 1928. The original family operated it until 2003. Starting as a simple sandwich shop in a roadside garage it has grown a lot through several expansion, remodeling, and then after a 1965 fire, a complete rebuild. At one time 6 cabins were added to the east side of the property for truckers to rest. Before the Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame moved to Pontiac in 2004 it was located here.

GPS: 40.310508, -89.167905

The sign says Dixie Truckers Home, but the business has also been known as the Dixie Truck Stop and Dixie Travel Plaza in recent years. In 2012 it was sold to Road Ranger and is a Pilot Travel Center. The original signs are still in place and the inside still honor Route 66.

This sign still stands tall on I-55, exit 145. The truck stop and restaurant are located at Main St. and Dixie Rd (US 136). It looked a little tattered in this 2012 photo.

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Vintage Advertising Highlights

DIXIE TRUCKERS HOME
Restaurant and Service Station
Continuous Day and Night Service Since 1928.
Junction U.S. 66 and 136, McLean, ILL

DIXIE TRUCKERS HOME
Intersection U.S. Rte 66 and 136
McLean, Illinois
24 hour air-conditioned restaurant gift shop. Car-truck service plus road service. Fully automatic car wash. Ice for sale. Shopping center for all. Barber shop. 24 hour Western Union service. Home of the International Clocks. Air conditioned sleeping rooms, showers and TV lounge for truckers.

NOTE: The first postcard shows the pre-1955 fire, the second postcard shows the 1970s version.
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Photo(s): 2012