Roadway Services

Roadway Services was a transportation holding company located in Akron, Ohio, which owned several trucking companies, including Roadway Express, 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 November 1995, Roadway Services announced it was changing its name to Caliber System, effective in January 1996.[1] That same year, Caliber spun off Roadway Express, which in 2003 was acquired by Yellow Freight (now YRC Worldwide).[2]

In January 1998, Caliber System was acquired by FedEx.[3]

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 the former Viking and American Freightways were combined to create FedEx Freight. In 2006, Watkins Motor Lines was acquired and added to the FedEx Freight brand.

References
  1. "Roadway adopts new name". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 1995-11-28. p. 43.
  2. Deutsch, Claudia H. (9 July 2003). "No. 2 in Trucking, Yellow, Will Buy No. 1, Roadway". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 Aug 2020.
  3. Will Pinkston (1998-01-13). "FedEx shareholders approve Caliber buyout". Nashville Tennessean. p. 34.
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