QuikTrip breaks ground on new travel center along I-59 in Ashville

New Quick Trip Pell City location (Jacob Blankenship/Bham Now)

QuikTrip (QT) is building its eighth travel center in Alabama at Highway 231 and Interstate 59 in the town of Ashville.

The popular convenience and gasoline retailer with a regional cult-like following expects to open in the Spring of 2026.

“I would like to commend Mayor Mostella (Ashville) and the QuikTrip team for all of their hard work on this project. This company is known for its excellence and will be a destination for travelers. I believe it will also be the catalyst for additional development at Ashville’s interstate interchange.”

Stan Batemon, Chairman, St. Clair County Commission

QuikTrip to create two dozen jobs

QuikTrip groundbreaking shovel. (City of Ashville, Alabama / Facebook)

There are 1,100 QT stores across 19 states. The Ashville location will include full-service QT Kitchens featuring freshly prepared grab and go items and custom-made menu items. The travel center is expected to create approximately two dozen new jobs.

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Pat Byington

Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.