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27. We noticed this when we drove from Boston to the tip of Cape Cod

Mon Jul 12, 2021, 08:31 AM

Jul 2021

All the exits had completely new numbers. Luckily, on the Cape, the new exit numbers were accompanied by small signs saying „old exit 7,“ etc. To those who have lived here all their lives, it was a disaster. We knew where we were only because we knew the towns by heart after coming here nearly 40 years in a row. This was important, as my wife had to go to Cape Cod Hospital for an emergency last Friday, and I knew it was in Hyannis off of exit 7, not exit 72. The opinions of the people who live here don‘t matter, of course, but they hate it. An old Massachusetts tradition dating back to 1620, if I remember correctly.

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While you were in COVID isolation, Massachusetts decided to renumber all their highway exits..... [View all] brooklynite Jul 2021 OP

There was a lot of good roadwork here. ananda Jul 2021 #1

no one told the lady on my GPS stillcool Jul 2021 #2

Turn around at the next possible exit. Turn around at the next possible exit. sarcasmo Jul 2021 #5

recalculating...she tells me stillcool Jul 2021 #6

I don't trust her in downtown areas with many one way streets. sarcasmo Jul 2021 #21

More logical keithbvadu2 Jul 2021 #3

Oh good fun! mahina Jul 2021 #4

We don't drive like crazy, we just know where we're going Blue_Adept Jul 2021 #8

True titletownie, no patience for gawkers... asiliveandbreathe Jul 2021 #13

You know what? I feel you because we almost got killed once mahina Jul 2021 #22

WHAT?. LOL...oh, okay...I liken crazy to aggressively defensive...my office was 50 miles asiliveandbreathe Jul 2021 #12

Two footed? Meaning your brake lights are on all the time? A HERETIC I AM Jul 2021 #25

Nope!...very conscious of where my left foot is..simply ready...been doing it asiliveandbreathe Jul 2021 #31

Massachusetts is among the safest states in which to drive. Mariana Jul 2021 #15

That's astonishing. mahina Jul 2021 #23

Pedestrian fatality rates in Massachusetts are below the US average. Mariana Jul 2021 #29

Thank you for that. mahina Jul 2021 #33

Long commutes in heavy traffic at relatively low speed in the Northeast Klaralven Jul 2021 #28

Those center dividers greatly improve the flow of traffic, too. Mariana Jul 2021 #30

Yeah, it wrapped up a few months ago overall. Blue_Adept Jul 2021 #7

I didn't realize there were any states left with the old format. I thought everyone had changed madinmaryland Jul 2021 #9

I'm at Old Exit 45 right now. Croney Jul 2021 #10

Noticed this last week when we went to Lenox Raftergirl Jul 2021 #11

I need to make a trip back to the homeland. Your mention of Lenox brings back some fond memories of CentralMass Jul 2021 #16

Going to see JT with Raftergirl Jul 2021 #18

Wow I bet that is going to be awesome concert CentralMass Jul 2021 #20

I think I am confused sanatanadharma Jul 2021 #14

Holy crap! Treefrog Jul 2021 #17

Here are the new I90 exit numbers. Raftergirl Jul 2021 #19

It's the system that the majority of states use Blue_Adept Jul 2021 #24

Still not a fan. Raftergirl Jul 2021 #32

That's good to know. I haven't been down that way since Covid started, but Vinca Jul 2021 #26

We noticed this when we drove from Boston to the tip of Cape Cod DFW Jul 2021 #27