It’s a Wawa store on steroids, an 8,400 square-foot giant that dwarfs its Wawa store siblings that are typically less than 4,000 square feet. Even a “Super” Wawa is under 6,000 square feet, writes Jeff Deminski for 94.5 PST.

It’ll have 20 spaces for gasoline, with six lanes dedicated just for diesel.

The first Wawa travel center, with its focus on truck drivers, is being built alongside a Fayetteville, North Carolina highway. It’s expected to open in mid-2025.

There will be free parking for tractor-trailers, well-appointed bathrooms and a relief area to walk your pet.

It will also have indoor and outdoor seating for truck drivers and traveling families.

“Our Wawa Travel Center is the latest concept we are testing,” said Walt Poplawski, Wawa’s chief real estate officer. “Wawa has a 60-year history of innovating and evolving our store design to meet the changing needs of our customers.”

North Carolina may be getting Wawa’s first travel center, but chances are more will be built if the concept takes off. 

Wawa also has stores in seven other states, and in Washington, D.C., so it’s likely a travel center will make it to a major highway in at least one of those states. 

Read more about Wawa’s new travel center at 94.5 PST.