Re: Traffic / Non-Radio stuff

[hopfgapr@sprynet.com]

John, wasn't the current Rte 33 known as Rte 101 concurrently with the stretch of Rte 101 from Stratham to Hampton being known as Rte 51?

(I don't recall the road from Straham thru Greenland to Portsmouth being Rte 51)

-Paul Hopfgarten
Derry NH


 ---- On Oct 13 "John Bolduc" <John_Bolduc@Pictel.com> wrote: 
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> As a part-time map collector, I have a map in my cube at work of New England
> dated 1931. It shows a route 128 going in a semi-circle from Salem MA to
> Weymouth MA. It appears in many cases, however, not to be taking the path of the
> current route 128.
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> The current Rte 33 from Statham NH to Portsmouth in the past fifteen years has
> been Rte 101D, Rte 51, Rte 101 and finally Rte 33. A one time, IIRC most state
> routes with lettered alternates were made to get unique numbers. That is Route
> 3B became route 132, Route 101D now Rte 33 etc. (Still some notable exceptions
> though due to public recongnition of certain route designations)
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> John
> Derry NH
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> ps I'm a little surprised this non radio topic has been allowed to go on so
> long, but since it has, I gave my two cents.
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> "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@world.std.com> on 10/13/99 12:20:10 AM
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> To:     I think
>       the original Route 128 was built in the early 50s, before the Interstate
>       Highway program.  The road was widened in the early 60s, probably with
>       some federal money, but nobody made it a Federal interstate highway at
>       that time.
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