Massachusetts

[SectorZ]

So it looks like we had a rarity in Massachusetts recently, a small realignment of a state route. 62 in Clinton was moved for a small stretch. Google maps still has the old routing here, but it's now signed to run on Sterling St parallel south of the routing on Brook St, https://goo.gl/maps/1EVXRuRhpgxzHxZb9

Per GSV from 10/19, it was changed by that point on the eastern end
https://goo.gl/maps/bGrX7V3CTRwQreRn7
https://goo.gl/maps/63qyk8T1zFDD6yvV7
With the old left turn sign for 62 removed
https://goo.gl/maps/rQ4o6D4mnXtozH3GA

But not on the western end
https://goo.gl/maps/x9NEUazXWbWJBHDF6

[deathtopumpkins]

Any idea what the reason for the reroute was? I can't see much of a difference between Brook and Sterling.

[hotdogPi]

Can someone list every single change in the Massachusetts route system since ~1980? I don't think there are that many. The ones I know of:

• US 1 no longer goes through Boston city streets
• US 44 rerouted onto freeway
• The MA 62 change just mentioned
• MA 127 no longer ends at itself
• MA 140 in Gardner rerouted into bypass

[SectorZ]

Any idea what the reason for the reroute was? I can't see much of a difference between Brook and Sterling.

I can't find anything about it, either news story or press release. It is more direct as it removes the turn at the west end of the change.

[SectorZ]

Can someone list every single change in the Massachusetts route system since ~1980? I don't think there are that many. The ones I know of:

• US 1 no longer goes through Boston city streets
• US 44 rerouted onto freeway
• The MA 62 change just mentioned
• MA 127 no longer ends at itself
• MA 140 in Gardner rerouted into bypass

• 129 being moved into downtown Lynn + creation of 129A on the old 129, mid 90's
• 107 extended north in Salem on new bypass route of 1A, late 00's
• 52 becoming I-395, early 80's
• I-190 opened, early 80's
• I-90 extended thru TWT, early 00's

Probably a few others out there I've missed too, since these are just off the top of my head. Compared to other states, changes are pretty few and far between.

[Ben114]

Can someone list every single change in the Massachusetts route system since ~1980? I don't think there are that many. The ones I know of:

• US 1 no longer goes through Boston city streets
• US 44 rerouted onto freeway
• The MA 62 change just mentioned
• MA 127 no longer ends at itself
• MA 140 in Gardner rerouted into bypass

• 129 being moved into downtown Lynn + creation of 129A on the old 129, mid 90's
• 107 extended north in Salem on new bypass route of 1A, late 00's
• 52 becoming I-395, early 80's
• I-190 opened, early 80's
• I-90 extended thru TWT, early 00's

Probably a few others out there I've missed too, since these are just off the top of my head. Compared to other states, changes are pretty few and far between.

146 rerouted onto a freeway, '07

[Roadgeekteen]

Can someone list every single change in the Massachusetts route system since ~1980? I don't think there are that many. The ones I know of:

• US 1 no longer goes through Boston city streets
• US 44 rerouted onto freeway
• The MA 62 change just mentioned
• MA 127 no longer ends at itself
• MA 140 in Gardner rerouted into bypass

• 129 being moved into downtown Lynn + creation of 129A on the old 129, mid 90's
• 107 extended north in Salem on new bypass route of 1A, late 00's
• 52 becoming I-395, early 80's
• I-190 opened, early 80's
• I-90 extended thru TWT, early 00's

Probably a few others out there I've missed too, since these are just off the top of my head. Compared to other states, changes are pretty few and far between.

When was MA 135 cut back to I-95?

[SectorZ]

Can someone list every single change in the Massachusetts route system since ~1980? I don't think there are that many. The ones I know of:

• US 1 no longer goes through Boston city streets
• US 44 rerouted onto freeway
• The MA 62 change just mentioned
• MA 127 no longer ends at itself
• MA 140 in Gardner rerouted into bypass

• 129 being moved into downtown Lynn + creation of 129A on the old 129, mid 90's
• 107 extended north in Salem on new bypass route of 1A, late 00's
• 52 becoming I-395, early 80's
• I-190 opened, early 80's
• I-90 extended thru TWT, early 00's

Probably a few others out there I've missed too, since these are just off the top of my head. Compared to other states, changes are pretty few and far between.

When was MA 135 cut back to I-95?

I found a map from 1970 showing it end at what was then 128, so appears it's been that way for a long while.

[Alps]

What's the official word on 1A in Boston? Is that rerouted?

[RobbieL2415]

Can someone list every single change in the Massachusetts route system since ~1980? I don't think there are that many. The ones I know of:

• US 1 no longer goes through Boston city streets
• US 44 rerouted onto freeway
• The MA 62 change just mentioned
• MA 127 no longer ends at itself
• MA 140 in Gardner rerouted into bypass

• 129 being moved into downtown Lynn + creation of 129A on the old 129, mid 90's
• 107 extended north in Salem on new bypass route of 1A, late 00's
• 52 becoming I-395, early 80's
• I-190 opened, early 80's
• I-90 extended thru TWT, early 00's

Probably a few others out there I've missed too, since these are just off the top of my head. Compared to other states, changes are pretty few and far between.

MA 25 is completed.

[bob7374]

What's the official word on 1A in Boston? Is that rerouted?

Officially, since the Ted Williams Tunnel was opened, MA 1A North runs concurrently with I-90 East from I-93 North. There is one trailblazer prior to the I-90 Exit on I-93 but no signage along I-90 itself. The route of MA 1A South was not changed.

[DJ Particle]

Can someone list every single change in the Massachusetts route system since ~1980? I don't think there are that many. The ones I know of:

• US 1 no longer goes through Boston city streets
• US 44 rerouted onto freeway
• The MA 62 change just mentioned
• MA 127 no longer ends at itself
• MA 140 in Gardner rerouted into bypass

• 129 being moved into downtown Lynn + creation of 129A on the old 129, mid 90's
• 107 extended north in Salem on new bypass route of 1A, late 00's
• 52 becoming I-395, early 80's
• I-190 opened, early 80's
• I-90 extended thru TWT, early 00's

Probably a few others out there I've missed too, since these are just off the top of my head. Compared to other states, changes are pretty few and far between.

MA 25 is completed.

MA 128's southern terminus changed from MA-3 to I-93

[PHLBOS]

Can someone list every single change in the Massachusetts route system since ~1980? I don't think there are that many. The ones I know of:

• US 1 no longer goes through Boston city streets
• US 44 rerouted onto freeway
• The MA 62 change just mentioned
• MA 127 no longer ends at itself
• MA 140 in Gardner rerouted into bypass

• 129 being moved into downtown Lynn + creation of 129A on the old 129, mid 90's
• 107 extended north in Salem on new bypass route of 1A, late 00's
• 52 becoming I-395, early 80's
• I-190 opened, early 80's
• I-90 extended thru TWT, early 00's

Probably a few others out there I've missed too, since these are just off the top of my head. Compared to other states, changes are pretty few and far between.

When was MA 135 cut back to I-95?

I found a map from 1970 showing it end at what was then 128, so appears it's been that way for a long while.

135 was truncated when the Yankee Division Highway (then just-128) was first built in the 1950s.

Other changes since 1980:

I-495 was extended east of I-95 in Mansfield and took over most of MA 25 (up to I-195).

MA 2A was rerouted away from downtown Concord onto its parent MA 2.

I-391 was completed.

[roadman]

With the completion of the Task 'A' interchange in 1989, I-95 was rerouted from its short overlap with US 1 in Peabody onto its own roadway.

[PHLBOS]

With the completion of the Task 'A' interchange in 1989, I-95 was rerouted from its short overlap with US 1 in Peabody onto its own roadway.

You beat me to the punch regarding I-95; but, to add, the related realignment of MA 128 between I-95 and Lowell St.

Two more recent changes:

MA 2/2A intersection converted to an interchange east of Concord (current Exit 50).

Realignment of I-93 through downtown Boston via the Big Dig

[Roadgeekteen]

At the I-90/I-84 interchange, does more traffic stay on I-90 or exit to I-84?

[Alps]

At the I-90/I-84 interchange, does more traffic stay on I-90 or exit to I-84?

Without looking it up, my guess is 90 by a little bit.

[webny99]

I'm not even sure where to find the data for Mass., but I'd have guessed I-84 by a little bit. It's got to be a roughly even split though.

[Alps]

I'm not even sure where to find the data for Mass., but I'd have guessed I-84 by a little bit. It's got to be a roughly even split though.

https://www.mass.gov/traffic-volume-and-classification

Seeing 30,188 on the WB ramp. Seeing 106,021 east of there as an AADT, so figure... you're right, more than half are exiting.

[D-Dey65]

You know I just thought of this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_SVoOwW4Yc
And it makes me think of how much better things would've been if the Boston Metro Area was moving towards this:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110708095852/http://www.brorson.com/maps/BostonHighwayPlan_1965_Detail/BostonHPDetailLevel1.jpg

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Kchb2rtgwdPEbSQegMfTquLIPG4&ll=42.36681939459386%2C-71.097292&z=11

[bob7374]

MassDOT has reached a memorandum of understanding with the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the replacement of the Cape Cod bridges, from MassDOT's blog:
http://blog.mass.gov/transportation/massdot-highway/memorandum-of-understanding-reached-between-massdot-and-the-u-s-army-corps-of-engineers-regarding-bourne-and-sagamore-bridges/

[Alps]

MassDOT has reached a memorandum of understanding with the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the replacement of the Cape Cod bridges, from MassDOT's blog:
http://blog.mass.gov/transportation/massdot-highway/memorandum-of-understanding-reached-between-massdot-and-the-u-s-army-corps-of-engineers-regarding-bourne-and-sagamore-bridges/

So the new bridges will be MassDOT bridges.

[Pete from Boston]

You know I just thought of this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_SVoOwW4Yc
And it makes me think of how much better things would've been if the Boston Metro Area was moving towards this:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110708095852/http://www.brorson.com/maps/BostonHighwayPlan_1965_Detail/BostonHPDetailLevel1.jpg

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1Kchb2rtgwdPEbSQegMfTquLIPG4&ll=42.36681939459386%2C-71.097292&z=11

Good god, no. More parking lots for 12 hours a day.

[Pete from Boston]

What's this? I saw a guy abruptly pull off Route 6 here, then looked it up to find this unsigned, unlabeled loop. Several vehicles were parked on it.

https://goo.gl/maps/dNhf56nDr2qpCyyW8

[RobbieL2415]

It was an old rest stop, replaced by the current one between exits 6 and 7.

The cars are there for fishing.