Lasting until 1981 as a Howard Johnson's, the site was eventually integrated into the Gateway Travel Plaza complex. The Restaurant became Fat Jimmy's Outfitters, while the Motor Lodge operated for a time as an Econo Lodge. By the middle 2000s, the Motor Lodge was renamed the Gateway Travel Lodge, and a portion of it was razed to make way for a Holiday Inn Express.

Remarkably the Breezewood Restaurant survived as a stand alone unit after the Motor Lodge lost its name! A high volume site, the Restaurant had been a HJ Corporate location in 1985 when the company was dissolved and its assets acquired by Marriott. In turn, Marriott recognized the unit's high brand recognition by locals and travelers as a HoJo's and did not convert it into one of its own brands. Upon Marriott's exit of the family restaurant business, it transferred Breezewood in 1991 to Franchise Associates Incorporated (FAI). Unfortunately FAI lacked capital for even the short term and "cashed in" on Breezewood shortly after acquiring it.