[Talk-us-massachusetts] new exit numbers..

[Wayne Emerson, Jr.]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. IIRC the news report I saw about 
this said we were the 47th state to comply with this, so maybe the US 
mailing list might have previous discussion on this?

On 11/22/2019 12:46 PM, Bill Ricker wrote:
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> On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 11:40 AM Greg Troxel <gdt at lexort.com 
> <mailto:gdt at lexort.com>> wrote:
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>     http://www.newmassexits.com/
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> I'd been wondering when Mass. and Delaware would fall into line on this.
> (I'm intrigued it includes Routes 2, 3, 6 which aren't Interstates.)
>
> (Didn't we already renumber I-93 once recently when a portion of 128 
> was rebranded 93?
> Would've made sense to bring it into compliance then.)
>
>     I am unclear on whether the tagging scheme supports "former
>     exits", and
>     whether anything like osmand would give "take exit 50, formerly
>     exit 19"
>     or if this would be helpful. 
>
>
> Many other states have been through this so there should be some prior 
> practice?
>
> Looking at the History of Exit 48 (Old 8) in Maine, I don't see any 
> prior practice, though; IDK if the Old Exit signs came down before OSM.
>
>     This is not a call to action to deal with old/new or to change
>     anything,
>     but just pointing out something that's coming -- it seems that we
>     should
>     be adjusting the exit numbers as the state actually changes the signs.
>
>
> According to the signage shown on website mentioned, it will say OLD 
> EXIT 9 for years, so yes tagging these would be literally be within 
> our "mapping the signage" rubric.
>
>
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