Re: Traffic

["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@world.std.com>]

On 9 Oct 99,, Paul Anderson wrote:

> Thank goodness!  Maybe this will put an end to the insanity of hearing
> such things as the South Shore Plaza advertised as "exit 6 (or is it 7)
> off 128".  Holy cow!  Unless you knew that part of the road used to be
> called 128, you'd never find it!

More likely, people will continue to call it Route 128, and more 
people will get confused.
 
> Dual-numbering I-95 and MA 128 serves no purpose, and in fact, 
causes
> confusion.  For example, there's two Exit 26s off 128:  one in 
Peabody on
> MA 128 and one in Waltham on MA 128/I-95.

That's because the Feds insisted on changing the route numbers.  They 
don't care how much their actions confuse local people.
 
We've lost Jordan Marsh and we're about to lose Fenway Park.  But we 
can still fight to keep Route 128.


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