Rothman's Misc Pic Thread

[Rothman]

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The above is not so strange.  There was a time when US was routed along Jamaicaway and VFW Parkway and did go all the way to Dedham and Providence.

As this area is pretty central within Greater Boston, it is pretty far from I-93 or Route 128 or other expressways, so the best way to reach the southwest area is by taking Jamaicaway.

I don't know if teh signage is still good enough to get you all the way to Providence, though.

HA!  Having driven on the VFW when it was US 1, I can assure that you signage has never been good for point-to-point trailblazing in MA, especially in urban areas.  Although I have a lot of nostalgia for --X--> SGSes in MA, the fact of the matter is that MA's use of them usually left out movements at intersections and concurrencies.  Back in the 1990s, a fun challenge was following MA 116 through Holyoke...

A quick trip down Google Street View shows that you could still lose the route to Providence at any number of locations.

[mrsman]

^^^^

The above is not so strange.  There was a time when US was routed along Jamaicaway and VFW Parkway and did go all the way to Dedham and Providence.

As this area is pretty central within Greater Boston, it is pretty far from I-93 or Route 128 or other expressways, so the best way to reach the southwest area is by taking Jamaicaway.

I don't know if teh signage is still good enough to get you all the way to Providence, though.

HA!  Having driven on the VFW when it was US 1, I can assure that you signage has never been good for point-to-point trailblazing in MA, especially in urban areas.  Although I have a lot of nostalgia for --X--> SGSes in MA, the fact of the matter is that MA's use of them usually left out movements at intersections and concurrencies.  Back in the 1990s, a fun challenge was following MA 116 through Holyoke...

A quick trip down Google Street View shows that you could still lose the route to Providence at any number of locations.

Yeah.  It seems to be the case that the Providence signage is not very consistent on the routing itself.  It seems you can get lost, particularly at the rotaries.

There is some signage from other cross-streets on Jamaicaway/VFW Parkway that might also explain the Providence usage:

Here's a sign from Bridge Street in West Roxbury:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Boston,+MA/@42.2710386,-71.173139,3a,45.5y,46.14h,95.42t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDDBRQnawcrD5-LbwUiu_Mw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-5.416157733718336%26panoid%3DDDBRQnawcrD5-LbwUiu_Mw%26yaw%3D46.142961181101!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x89e3652d0d3d311b:0x787cbf240162e8a0!8m2!3d42.3555076!4d-71.0565364!16zL20vMDFjeF8?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIxOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

And here is a map from 1956 that shows US 1 along Jamaicaway and VFW Pkwy. 

https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~212215~5500292:Shell-Metropolitan-Boston-and-Vicin?mi=4&trs=6&qvq=w4s:/what%2FAutomobile;q:boston%201956;lc:RUMSEY~8~1


It is interesting to see that US 1 simply did not enter central Boston in those days.  Of course, toady, US 1 is routed along the Central Artery and Northern Parkway as much as possible to provide an "almost 95" routing - providing a mostly expressway route through Central Boston connecting southwest to northeast, but a handful of traffic signals connecting the two parts of 95 (where it meets the Circumferential Highway).

[Rothman]

Not every day you see two-way traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel...