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[marklaurence@mac.com]

On Tuesday, June 03, 2008, at 10:47AM, "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net> wrote:
>Isn't there a federal regulation that limits multiple route sineage on
>Interstate highways to Interstate route numbers? That is, I don't
>think you can have multiple route numbers on Insterstate highways
>UNLESS ALL of the routes are Interstates. So I-93 and I-95 on the same
>signpost would be OK but combining I-<anything> with Mass 128 would
>NOT be OK. Can someone please verify that or shoot me out of the
>water?

Route 128 already shares with 95 from Peabody to Canton, and Route 1 joins in from Dedham through I-93.  So the highways themselves have mixed designations.  But the signs are on separate signposts, and at most of the interchanges the 128 signs are woefully inadequate.  But they could amend the regulation or create an exemption, and if they came to their senses on this issue, they would.

Mark