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Twin-trailer trucks will have more freedom to travel smaller roads to reach freight terminals and fuel stops under new federal rules. The Transportation Department ended a seven-year fight between the federal government and some states by issuing regulations that let long-truck combinations travel well beyond major highways. A handful of mostly Eastern states that had sharply restricted truck travel beyond major roads will be forced to allow wider access unless they can prove a serious safety threat.