New signs for RT6 a BIG waste of $

[mp775]

Originally Posted by Cape Cod Todd

I still see it as a big waste of money. Cape Cod is a skip back in time in a way once you cross the bridge. The Cape is its own entity that can stand on its own from the rest of the highway system when it comes to numbering the exits.

That's great, but it's still part of the United States and has to follow the same highway safety rules as the rest of the country.

[mp775]

Originally Posted by lrfox

I was in college in Maine when they changed their exit signs. It was a major improvement. Drivers also get a better idea of distances as well. Exit 3 in Maine was nearly 20 miles into the state. Now it's exit 19. It's easier to get an idea of when your exit is approaching.

And the exit numbers on I-95 restarted where the Turnpike starts; it was 1, 2, 3, 4, 1... The first time I went up to visit a friend at UNE in Biddeford, he said to get off at exit 4. I did, and ended up driving up 30 miles up Route 1 from York.

[Cape Cod Todd]

Originally Posted by mp775

That's great, but it's still part of the United States and has to follow the same highway safety rules as the rest of the country.

Well driving down the highway from Boston you are on Route 3 and when you get over the Sagamore bridge you are on Route 6. The numbers count down from the Braintree split off RT 93 as you get closer to Cape Cod and the bridge so one side of the bridge is exit 1 and the other is exit 1.

It works for us and the tourists certainly have no problems finding their way down here.


Most of the responders don't seem to have a problem renumbering the highway exits to bring them up to national standards. Call me a Yankee but I don't see why we should be spending 7 million dollars to fix something that isn't broken. I'd rather see the money go towards fixing a bridge or 2 that our Gov. keeps telling us are crumbling.