Oddly but logically numbered child routes

[PHLBOS]

Does MA 228 fit this category? It got the number because of its old function as part of old 128, and then 128 was routed onto what is now MA 3 south of the Braintree split, and now 128 ends in Canton.  So, 228 which starts at MA 3 and leads to Hull, crossing 53 (old 3) and 3A, might seem to be a relative of MA 3 but got its number logically from its relationship with 128.

If 228 fits the category, then MA 203 would fit in as well because it was once part of MA 3 until the very early 70s.

[PurdueBill]

Does MA 228 fit this category? It got the number because of its old function as part of old 128, and then 128 was routed onto what is now MA 3 south of the Braintree split, and now 128 ends in Canton.  So, 228 which starts at MA 3 and leads to Hull, crossing 53 (old 3) and 3A, might seem to be a relative of MA 3 but got its number logically from its relationship with 128.

If 228 fits the category, then MA 203 would fit in as well because it was once part of MA 3 until the very early 70s.

I guess my thinking for this thread is that 228 seems like a random number at first but its history makes it totally logical (a "child" of 128).  203 still connects to 3 at its east end, right?  (It's odd how it now dangles at the western end where it used to end at US 1 but now ends at no other numbered route.)

[Alps]

Does MA 228 fit this category? It got the number because of its old function as part of old 128, and then 128 was routed onto what is now MA 3 south of the Braintree split, and now 128 ends in Canton.  So, 228 which starts at MA 3 and leads to Hull, crossing 53 (old 3) and 3A, might seem to be a relative of MA 3 but got its number logically from its relationship with 128.

If 228 fits the category, then MA 203 would fit in as well because it was once part of MA 3 until the very early 70s.

I guess my thinking for this thread is that 228 seems like a random number at first but its history makes it totally logical (a "child" of 128).  203 still connects to 3 at its east end, right?  (It's odd how it now dangles at the western end where it used to end at US 1 but now ends at no other numbered route.)

Absolutely on target.

[Brandon]

Former IL-42A, current IL-43, seems odd until you understand that it meets US-41, former IL-42.