Massachusetts

[The Ghostbuster]

The rebuilt service areas will probably have new restaurant options. I know that previously the service areas had Burger King restaurants that were all replaced with McDonald's restaurants (save for the MA 128 Beverly Rest Area, which still has a Burger King).

[SectorZ]

The rebuilt service areas will probably have new restaurant options. I know that previously the service areas had Burger King restaurants that were all replaced with McDonald's restaurants (save for the MA 128 Beverly Rest Area, which still has a Burger King).

I miss Roy Rogers and I demand it back. Superior to the crap we have now. McDonald's and Burger King are the lowest common denominator of food.

Given this company got rid of Roy Rogers in NY, I won't hold my breath.

[kramie13]

Please get rid of these towers.  They ruin the view out in western MA!

[Rothman]

The rebuilt service areas will probably have new restaurant options. I know that previously the service areas had Burger King restaurants that were all replaced with McDonald's restaurants (save for the MA 128 Beverly Rest Area, which still has a Burger King).

I miss Roy Rogers and I demand it back. Superior to the crap we have now. McDonald's and Burger King are the lowest common denominator of food.

Given this company got rid of Roy Rogers in NY, I won't hold my breath.

Meh.  I'm not sad to see Roy Rogers go.

[Jim]

Meh.  I'm not sad to see Roy Rogers go.

Thinking of the Roy Rogers I remember from long ago, I was kind of sad to see go.  The Roy Rogers as it existed on the Thruway, especially toward the end, was no loss to me.  It used to be a regular stop at whichever I-87 northbound service area had one (Modena?) but I hadn't been there at all during its final several years after the prices seemed to increase as the quality decreased.

[shadyjay]

Let's just hope the plazas getting new buildings don't get the boxes like on the Thruway in some locations.  Those are just ridicuoulsy too small.  I can see perhaps Lee-WB and Blandford-EB getting new buildings, as those were built when the last upgrade took place (late 90s?).  Previously, those plazas only had fuel services.  When I stopped at Lee-WB last year, the restrooms were very small... only 1 or 2 stalls in the men's room. 

I'd like to see something done with the house/building at the entrance to Charlton-EB.  I think it used to house a visitor center.  Seems like wasted space right now.  Although it'll probably become a stand-alone drive-thru for Dunkin'.  Applegreen recently did this on the Connecticut Turnpike (I-95), putting in Starbucks standalones.  Yes, Applegreen manages the service plazas in CT, taking over from Project Service/Subway, who did the rebuilds several years back. 

[RobbieL2415]

The rendering of the new rest area in Barnstable is cartoonish. The MassDOT facebook page is a daily sludge of crap about climate change and the inside of this building has 30+' ceilings. They look nicer, but will be a bitch to properly heat and cool, and makes me wonder why they pretend to care about this stuff and then pull stunts like this.

Of course they'll mention it has some loftier standard for efficiency but forgot to mention it could have been much more efficient.

The current one has high ceilings, though.