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EXHIBIT 3.7
CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
TRAVELCENTERS PROPERTIES, L.P.
The undersigned, desiring to form a limited partnership
pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, 6 Delaware
Code, Chapter 17, does hereby certify as follows:
1. The name of the limited partnership is TravelCenters
Properties, L.P.
2. The name and address of the registered agent is CT
Corporation System, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801.
3. The name and address of the general partner is as follows:
TA Operating Corporation
24601 Center Ridge Road, Suite 200
Westlake, Ohio 44145-5634
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this
Certificate of Limited Partnership of TravelCenters Properties, L.P. as of the
7th day of November, 2000.
TA OPERATING CORPORATION
/s/ Steve Lee
By:____________________________________
Name: Steve Lee
Title: Vice President & General Counsel
