Old Dominion’s Nationwide Truck Tour Rolls Into Des Moines

DES MOINES, Iowa (July 2, 2010) – Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.’s nationwide truck tour is rolling into Des Moines on July 7.

The Old Dominion Des Moines Service Center, located at 5579 NE 22nd Street, Des Moines, IA 50313, will host the ninth of 16 stops on the 2010 Old Dominion Truck Tour.

Customers and employees of Old Dominion’s nearby service centers and invited guests will have an opportunity to learn about Old Dominion’s history through interactive displays, historical artifacts and customized models, all housed in a custom-built rolling museum. In addition, the festivities, which run from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m., will feature food, games, outdoor activities and tours of the local service center.

“We are using the nationwide truck tour as an opportunity to thank our customers and employees for helping to make us the company that we are,” said Scott Goodrich, manager of the Old Dominion Des Moines Service Center. “We have such a unique and proud history, and the tour gives us an opportunity to not only share experiences about where we’ve been, but also talk about where we are going and what the future holds for the company.”

Earl and Lillian Congdon founded Old Dominion with a single truck running between Richmond and Norfolk, Va. Today, the company remains family operated, but as a global, publicly-traded company with 210 service centers and directly serves more than 48,000 points.

The 2010 Old Dominion Truck Tour kicked off April 21 at the company’s Greenville, S.C., Service Center. The tour will make stops at 16 service centers in 13 states throughout the country, concluding on Sept. 15 in Charlotte, N.C.
The rolling museum is hauled by a custom-crafted, one-of-a-kind 38-ton, hydraulic-enabled 2009 Freightliner® DD-15™ Cascadia.

For more information about the 2010 Old Dominion Truck Tour or to track its progress, visit www.dominionroad.com. The site also includes video blogs and details about the rig, including construction photos documenting the transformation of the trailer into a unique museum.

For more information about Old Dominion, visit www.odfl.com or call (800) 432-6335.

About Old Dominion Freight Line

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. (NASDAQ: ODFL) is a national less-than-truckload motor carrier providing one-to-five day service among six regions in the United States and next-day and second-day service within these regions. Through its four product groups, OD-Domestic, OD-Expedited, OD-Global and OD-Technology, the Company offers an array of innovative products and services that provide direct service to 48 states within the Southeast, Gulf Coast, Northeast, Midwest, Central and West regions of the country. In addition to domestic less-than-truckload services, the Company offers assembly and distribution services as well as LCL and FCL delivery services to and from all of North America, Central America, South America and the Far East. The Company also offers a broad range of expedited and logistical services for both its domestic and global markets, and for more than 75 years, Old Dominion has been helping the world keep promises.

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