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Title: Plimoth Plantation Highway
Post by: rushfan01760 on July 14, 2020, 06:49:24 PM
Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts will be changing its name to Plimoth Patuxet:

https://whdh.com/news/plimoth-plantation-to-change-its-name/ (https://whdh.com/news/plimoth-plantation-to-change-its-name/)

Most likely MassDOT will have to change the name of the Plimoth Plantation Highway (a short connector between Massachusetts Routes 3 and 3A that has an exit to the museum).  It could change it to the "Plimoth Patuxet Highway" but maybe there are better suggestions out there.  Here's a couple of mine:

"Manomet Connector"
"White Horse Beach Connector"
Title: Re: Plimoth Plantation Highway
Post by: SectorZ on July 14, 2020, 08:43:48 PM
Quote from: rushfan01760 on July 14, 2020, 06:49:24 PM
Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, Massachusetts will be changing its name to Plimoth Patuxet:

https://whdh.com/news/plimoth-plantation-to-change-its-name/ (https://whdh.com/news/plimoth-plantation-to-change-its-name/)

Most likely MassDOT will have to change the name of the Plimoth Plantation Highway (a short connector between Massachusetts Routes 3 and 3A that has an exit to the museum).  It could change it to the "Plimoth Patuxet Highway" but maybe there are better suggestions out there.  Here's a couple of mine:

"Manomet Connector"
"White Horse Beach Connector"

I like "to 3/to 3A" for each side.
Title: Re: Plimoth Plantation Highway
Post by: Alps on July 15, 2020, 12:27:04 AM
Give it a route number. Call it 303.
Title: Re: Plimoth Plantation Highway
Post by: storm2k on July 17, 2020, 03:26:41 PM
Quote from: Alps on July 15, 2020, 12:27:04 AM
Give it a route number. Call it 303.

If the highway is from 3 to 3A, would not 323 be a better route number in this case?
Title: Re: Plimoth Plantation Highway
Post by: RobbieL2415 on July 17, 2020, 03:57:03 PM
Sign it as US 44. That way it can end at a surface street. I'm not sure why they didn't do that when the freeway bypass opened.
Title: Re: Plimoth Plantation Highway
Post by: roadman on July 17, 2020, 04:50:41 PM
Quote from: storm2k on July 17, 2020, 03:26:41 PM
Quote from: Alps on July 15, 2020, 12:27:04 AM
Give it a route number. Call it 303.

If the highway is from 3 to 3A, would not 323 be a better route number in this case?

Wouldn't that be 323A?
Title: Re: Plimoth Plantation Highway
Post by: shadyjay on July 17, 2020, 06:41:03 PM
How 'bout signing it 393?   

(explanation would be far too "fictional")
Title: Re: Plimoth Plantation Highway
Post by: vdeane on July 17, 2020, 08:36:35 PM
Quote from: RobbieL2415 on July 17, 2020, 03:57:03 PM
Sign it as US 44. That way it can end at a surface street. I'm not sure why they didn't do that when the freeway bypass opened.
It already does.  US 44 overlaps with MA 3 to rejoin its former alignment.