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Started by hotdogPi, October 12, 2013, 04:50:12 PM

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roadman

Quote from: kefkafloyd on March 13, 2019, 12:45:40 PM

You could get on I-291 and enter the turnpike westbound there, but it's a longer, less efficient route.


In the pre-AET days, if you accessed the turnpike westbound from I-91 via I-291, you also incurred a higher toll.
"And ninety-five is the route you were on.  It was not the speed limit sign."  - Jim Croce (from Speedball Tucker)

"My life has been a tapestry
Of years of roads and highway signs" (with apologies to Carole King and Tom Rush)


jp the roadgeek

Quote from: KEVIN_224 on March 13, 2019, 01:13:56 PM
I feel bad for those people who need to use Turnpike exit 5 from this point! 😞

I just get off St. James St on I-291 and go up Liberty St through Chicopee Falls past the $800 million Pride and then up 33 (cheap gas and booze up there).
Interstates I've clinched: 97, 290 (MA), 291 (CT), 291 (MA), 293, 295 (DE-NJ-PA), 295 (RI-MA), 384, 391, 395 (CT-MA), 395 (MD), 495 (DE), 610 (LA), 684, 691, 695 (MD), 695 (NY), 795 (MD)

Ben114

Quote from: KEVIN_224 on March 13, 2019, 06:23:05 AM
I may have posted this one before...but how often do you see a 5.5 mile advance sign like this? Took this I-91 gantry picture outside of the Basketball Hall Of Fame in Springfield.


I think that might be the farthest single-exit advance sign in the state.

Rothman

Quote from: Ben114 on March 13, 2019, 05:22:00 PM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on March 13, 2019, 06:23:05 AM
I may have posted this one before...but how often do you see a 5.5 mile advance sign like this? Took this I-91 gantry picture outside of the Basketball Hall Of Fame in Springfield.


I think that might be the farthest single-exit advance sign in the state.
Wasn't or isn't there a 20 mile ahead sign for Bradley Int'l Airport on I-91?

Maybe it was in CT proper.
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position(s) of NYSDOT.

KEVIN_224

Southbound in MA, I think. Couldn't verify that this time around, since I was on an Amtrak train to and from. As for the state line, I had Google Maps track me in Enfield there and Longmeadow back. Looked to be quite accurate, as it's a swampy on either side there.

kefkafloyd

Quote from: KEVIN_224 on March 13, 2019, 01:13:56 PM
I feel bad for those people who need to use Turnpike exit 5 from this point! 😞

"From this point" as from downtown Springfield? You'd just stay on 91 up to 391 to Chicopee points. Alternatively, 291 to Fuller Road. But that's just to get to Chicopee locations, you wouldn't use those routes to get on the turnpike.

Exit 5 is for local Chicopee traffic and Westover ARB. There isn't a reason to use it to get to Springfield or Holyoke when 4 and 6 exist.

Quote from: KEVIN_224 on March 13, 2019, 06:25:36 PM
Southbound in MA, I think. Couldn't verify that this time around, since I was on an Amtrak train to and from. As for the state line, I had Google Maps track me in Enfield there and Longmeadow back. Looked to be quite accurate, as it's a swampy on either side there.

On I-91 SB in Longmeadow around MM 1, there's an advance 11 mile Exit 40 sign.

jp the roadgeek

Quote from: Rothman on March 13, 2019, 05:26:43 PM
Quote from: Ben114 on March 13, 2019, 05:22:00 PM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on March 13, 2019, 06:23:05 AM
I may have posted this one before...but how often do you see a 5.5 mile advance sign like this? Took this I-91 gantry picture outside of the Basketball Hall Of Fame in Springfield.
I think that might be the farthest single-exit advance sign in the state.
Wasn't or isn't there a 20 mile ahead sign for Bradley Int'l Airport on I-91?

Maybe it was in CT proper.

There's a 13 mile advance sign for Bradley on the Jennings Rd overpass just past Exit 33 NB.  The difference between the 13 mile one in CT and the 11 mile one in MA is that the 13 miles from Jennings Rd is to the airport itself (Exit 33 is at MP 39, and Exit 40 is at MP 48; and CT 20/SR 401 is about a 4 mile jog); where MA signage is to the CT 20 exit on I-91 itself (sign is at MP 1 in MA, then 10 miles from MP 58 to MP 48 in CT). 
Interstates I've clinched: 97, 290 (MA), 291 (CT), 291 (MA), 293, 295 (DE-NJ-PA), 295 (RI-MA), 384, 391, 395 (CT-MA), 395 (MD), 495 (DE), 610 (LA), 684, 691, 695 (MD), 695 (NY), 795 (MD)

shadyjay

#1107
Oh, you mean this one?

http://91NB-Exit34 by Jay Hogan, on Flickr

I always thought the fact that it doubled as a pull-through was interesting.  I doubt its replacement in the future will be that unique. 

(Funny how the CT News thread is treading towards Mass and this one is treading towards CT :-))


And over the weekend, I took I-91 North to I-291 East to I-90 West.  But I went that direction for the sole purpose of getting shots of the signs on I-291 East.  And after going to Exit 4 on I-90, I continued back north on I-91.  It didn't cost me anything, as there are no gantries between Exits 4 & 7 on the 'pike.

hotdogPi

I can't figure out why this sign exists, as it's not for Gillette Stadium or Jordan's Furniture. MA 24 southbound immediately after exiting off I-93.

Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

roadman

#1109
Quote from: 1 on March 15, 2019, 11:38:10 AM
I can't figure out why this sign exists, as it's not for Gillette Stadium or Jordan's Furniture. MA 24 southbound immediately after exiting off I-93.


IKEA in Stoughton.  Signs were put in by MassHighway at the request of the State Police after a spate of rear-end collisions approaching the Route 139 exit after the store first opened in early 2006.
"And ninety-five is the route you were on.  It was not the speed limit sign."  - Jim Croce (from Speedball Tucker)

"My life has been a tapestry
Of years of roads and highway signs" (with apologies to Carole King and Tom Rush)

SectorZ

Quote from: roadman on March 15, 2019, 12:23:36 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 15, 2019, 11:38:10 AM
I can't figure out why this sign exists, as it's not for Gillette Stadium or Jordan's Furniture. MA 24 southbound immediately after exiting off I-93.


IKEA in Stoughton.  Signs were put in by MassHighway at the request of the State Police after a spate of rear-end collisions approaching the Route 138 exit after the store first opened in early 2006.

The problem is that sign is about 2-3 miles too early. I also assume you meant the Route 139 exit? Of course the exit is a couple miles beyond that exit.

RobbieL2415

Quote from: 1 on March 15, 2019, 11:38:10 AM
I can't figure out why this sign exists, as it's not for Gillette Stadium or Jordan's Furniture. MA 24 southbound immediately after exiting off I-93.


These remind me of the old "Expect Stopped Traffic" signs on the Pike at the Exit 10 complex.

Ben114

Quote from: RobbieL2415 on March 15, 2019, 10:43:15 PM
These remind me of the old "Expect Stopped Traffic" signs on the Pike at the Exit 10 complex.
I believe they are still up.

AMLNet49

Quote from: 1 on March 15, 2019, 11:38:10 AM
I can't figure out why this sign exists, as it's not for Gillette Stadium or Jordan's Furniture. MA 24 southbound immediately after exiting off I-93.



A few of these signs on the MA 140 freeway approaching the MA 24 North exit, both due to backups on the ramp and due to the abrupt end of the freeway just past it, as this is also an abrupt stop if the light is red.

spooky

Quote from: SectorZ on March 15, 2019, 01:33:32 PM
Quote from: roadman on March 15, 2019, 12:23:36 PM
Quote from: 1 on March 15, 2019, 11:38:10 AM
I can't figure out why this sign exists, as it's not for Gillette Stadium or Jordan's Furniture. MA 24 southbound immediately after exiting off I-93.


IKEA in Stoughton.  Signs were put in by MassHighway at the request of the State Police after a spate of rear-end collisions approaching the Route 138 exit after the store first opened in early 2006.

The problem is that sign is about 2-3 miles too early. I also assume you meant the Route 139 exit? Of course the exit is a couple miles beyond that exit.

It is quicker from the north to get off at 139 WB and use Turnpike Street to get to IKEA.

storm2k

Quote from: KEVIN_224 on March 13, 2019, 06:23:05 AM
I may have posted this one before...but how often do you see a 5.5 mile advance sign like this? Took this I-91 gantry picture outside of the Basketball Hall Of Fame in Springfield.



You've likely never driven on any of the Illinois Tollways. They make that a science.

roadman

Quote from: storm2k on March 19, 2019, 12:35:17 AM
You've likely never driven on any of the Illinois Tollways. They make that a science.
The second photo would also qualify for Department of Redundancy Department, as Genoa Road is noted on two signs, and the bridge as well.
"And ninety-five is the route you were on.  It was not the speed limit sign."  - Jim Croce (from Speedball Tucker)

"My life has been a tapestry
Of years of roads and highway signs" (with apologies to Carole King and Tom Rush)

amroad17

Quote from: storm2k on March 19, 2019, 12:35:17 AM
Quote from: KEVIN_224 on March 13, 2019, 06:23:05 AM
I may have posted this one before...but how often do you see a 5.5 mile advance sign like this? Took this I-91 gantry picture outside of the Basketball Hall Of Fame in Springfield.



You've likely never driven on any of the Illinois Tollways. They make that a science.
How about the Dixon 25 Miles exit sign at Exit 76 on I-88 West in Rochelle, IL?
I don't need a GPS.  I AM the GPS! (for family and friends)

KEVIN_224


shadyjay

That's actually on "solo" 128, north(east) of Peabody.... not on the I-95 cosigned portion.  I was confused at first, and given it was a news report, assumed it was on the I-95 portion, but then I noticed the number of lanes. 

KEVIN_224

Thanks for the heads up! I've never been on the MA Route 128-only part by itself! I have been at the exit where the two split off a few times though. Going by Google Street View, the exits actually go DOWN as you head north and east? Huh?

hotdogPi

Quote from: KEVIN_224 on March 29, 2019, 09:50:10 PM
Going by Google Street View, the exits actually go DOWN as you head north and east? Huh?

Yes.
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

Alps

Quote from: KEVIN_224 on March 29, 2019, 09:50:10 PM
Thanks for the heads up! I've never been on the MA Route 128-only part by itself! I have been at the exit where the two split off a few times though. Going by Google Street View, the exits actually go DOWN as you head north and east? Huh?
Relic of the old system where 128 was numbered clockwise starting at 15. I believe everything had Exit 15 at MA 128 and counting up from there.

KEVIN_224

Fun question: When did this font start appearing on Massachusetts town line signs?

https://goo.gl/maps/pnoL2ydqBtq

In this case, it's the New Hampshire/Massachusetts state line on US Route 1, looking in from Seabrook, NH.

wytout

Not really a font change. Just mixed case. CT has been doing this on their town line signs for the past couple years as well.
-Chris



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