Utah is the next western state to land Buc-ee’s, and the planned site could put the Texas travel-center chain right along one of the state’s busiest road-trip corridors. The move would add Utah to Buc-ee’s growing state-by-state expansion map, which has been stretching far beyond the chain’s Texas roots.
The planned site is in Springville, in Utah County, about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City.
With about 36,000 people, Springville’s Utah’s 31st-largest city. But true to Buc-ee’s game plan, it’s on an interstate — and near tourist areas…