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Why doesn't Massachusetts sign well for Vermont?

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interstatefan990:
I've kind of noticed that the Massachusetts Turnpike and other roads in MA are somewhat lacking in signage pointing traffic to Vermont or Brattleboro. Even where it meets I-91, there is still almost no signage indicated that the route goes into Vermont or any of its control cities. If Albany can be a signed destination, then why can't a whole state be one?

Places where there is no mention of Vermont:

Route 10/US 5 (less than 25 miles from the border!)
Here
US-20 and US-7 (Signs for Williamstown, which is close to the border)
Here
MA-43 and US 7 (Same deal as US-20 and US-7)
Here
Here

The only examples I could find were minor surface roads very close to the border and a few places on the MA 2 surface-road-turned-freeway.

Rothman:
Doesn't make any sense to sign Vermont on the Mass Pike anywhere, which is mainly for east-west traffic by far.

Williamstown is a huge college town and destination of its own. Pownal, VT is a control town from there, as well as others headed north from MA 2.

Bernardston vs. Brattleboro is no big deal, either.

Again, control city debates make me reach for my revolver.

roadman65:
Maybe cause VT has no large cities noteworthy of bring signed.

interstatefan990:

--- Quote from: Rothman on February 19, 2023, 11:20:13 PM ---Doesn't make any sense to sign Vermont on the Mass Pike anywhere, which is mainly for east-west traffic by far.

--- End quote ---

Well, duh, not on the entire route, but at least signing it where it meets up with I-91 would make more sense.


--- Quote from: roadman65 on February 19, 2023, 11:29:06 PM ---Maybe cause VT has no large cities noteworthy of bring signed.

--- End quote ---

It could be argued that Burlington could be signed, but I'd much rather the signs just say Vermont as their control since it dosen't have individual noteworthy cities like you said. Then again, you don't see full state names by themselves on guide signs like that, at least in this region.

roadman65:
New Jersey is used by NYCDOT and NYSDOT often.

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