every day for the last four years bob dougen has opened the doors of manassas rest stop on i-66. today he closed them for good. >> the money is not there apparently from the state to keep the facilities open. >> reporter: the virginia department of transportation closed 18 highway rest stops. >> he didn't give me a time limit, but he said i'm going to have to leave shortly. >> reporter: many motorists are angry. >> all in all it is a great inconvenience. and i don't think that it's necessary. >> reporter: how inconvenient? the average distance between stops will now be 120 miles. >> people have to go to the bathroom. people pull up here when they are too tired and traveling. the next rest stop is maryland. who's going to wait that long to get out there. >> there is not a single truck stop on i-66. people will get killed trying to get out of their car trying to find a place to go to the bathroom. you have disabled people that came in here because of the handicapped area and what are they going to do. >> virginia transportation department is facing a $2.6 billion deficit over the n

every day for the last four year bob dougen has opened doors to this rest stop in ' 66. today he closed them for good. >> the money is just not there apparently for the state to ' keep the facilities open. >> reporter: the virginia department of transportation has closed 18 highway rest stops. >> he didn't give mae time limit but he said i'm going to have to leave shortly. >> reporter: many motorists are angry. >> all in all it is a great inconvenience and i don't think it is necessary. >> how inconvenient? the average distance between stops will now be 120 miles. >> people have to go toe the bathroom. people pull up here when they are too tired and traveling. the next rest stop is maryland. who's going to wait that long to get out in. >> if you look there isn't a single rest stop on i-66. people are going to get killed getting out of their car. >>ing to the bathroom. you have people that were disabled and came here because of he handicap area. what are they going to do. >> closing the stops will save the state $9 million a year. >> we think they could sparingly give us