Roadway Services

Roadway Services was a transportation holding company located in Akron, Ohio, which owned several trucking companies, including Roadway Express (now YRC Worldwide), Roadway Global Air, Viking Freight, Central Freight Lines, Spartan Express and Coles Express. They also owned Roadway Package System (now FedEx Ground), Roberts Express and Roadway Logistics.

A Roadway Express truck on a rail car
A vintage Roadway truck

In the fall of 1999, RPS was renamed FedEx Ground, and Roberts Express became FedEx Custom Critical. Also part of the Caliber acquisition Viking Freight continued to operate as a west coast less than load (LTL) carrier. In 2001 FedEx Corporation acquired American Freightways Corp, an eastern and central LTL carrier. In 2002 both companies were combined to create FedEx Freight. In 2006, Watkins Motor Lines was acquired and added to the FedEx Freight brand.

Roadway Express was later acquired in 2003 by Yellow Freight.[1]

References
  1. Deutsch, Claudia H. "No. 2 in Trucking, Yellow, Will Buy No. 1, Roadway". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 July 2018.


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