Interstates and Nassau (but not why there are no Interstates IN Nassau...that would be a different thread)

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Paul:  Pardon my ignorance; please explain the term "stunting".  You've 
lost me on that one.  -Doug


Quoting Paul Hopfgarten <paul@derrynh.net>:
> I believe that there may have been some deal with the Feds to drop the 128
> designation from Canton to Braintree (I-93 US-1 now). BTW They added US 1 to
> the SE Expressway/Old 128 Braintree-Dedham stretch due to trucks crashing
> into the Storrow Drive Bridges Stretch of US 1.... 
>
> Originally, the I-95 Canton-Peabody stretch of 128 was ALSO supposed to lose
> the 128 designation. Dropping the 128 sineage from Canton to Braintree ONLY
> maybe was a compromise?
>
> I would have put the I-93 signs on Rte 24 from Randolph to Tiverton RI, made
> the short Randolph-Canton stretch of Former 128 as I-595 (or such)...and
> made Rte 3 from Braintree-Bourne signed as I-193, but that's just me... 
>
> Oh...and so it's radio.... Nassau is still stunting on 101.5 Meredith (WWHQ)
> to move to 104.9 (WLKZ Wolfeboro) and for the last week, 99.1 Henniker
> (WNNH) has been stunting the entire NH Nassau property group (93.3 WNHI
> Belmont, 106.3 WFNQ Nashua, 105.5 WJYY Concord, 104.9 WLKZ Wolfeboro, 98.3
> WLNH Laconia & 1490 WEMJ Laconia)
>
> -Paul Hopfgarten
> Derry NH/Freeport ME (formerly Randolph MA)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "A. Joseph Ross" <joe@attorneyross.com>
> To: <ssmyth@psualum.com>
> Cc: "boston Radio Group" <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 1:29 AM
> Subject: Re: WTAG-TV? I-86
>
>
> > On 23 Nov 2009 at 14:57, Sean Smyth wrote:
> >
> >> On topic, sort of: I'm always amazed by the cross pollination between
> >> the radio geek and road geek communities. Several regulars here also
> >> post at misc.transport.road, or at least did when I regularly hung out
> >> over there (admittedly, many years ago now). And we're all interested
> >> in highway signage, too, it seems. 
> >
> > Then maybe someone can explain why they took away the Route 128
> > designation for the southernmost part of Route 128.  When I had court
> > in Brockton for the first time in many years, coming back up Route
> > 24, I got completely confused because What I always knew as Route 128
> > North was now I-93 South.  They can designate the Interstate highways
> > with whatever Interstate numbers they like, but why can't the state
> > route numbers be left alone?
> >
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