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What caught my eye about this sign is the faded text on the background of the US Route shield. My guess would be it read "STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM"

Oh, Rhode Island... how I'm learning about your "interesting" signage.

3 months later, and it appears they're back at it.

The merge between I-190 (southbound) and I-290 (westbound) is getting repainted. Again. It looks like the two lanes coming in from 190 are merging into each other, and the three 290 lanes remain unmolested - which I think is the way it was last time when it worked. Or not, I could be wrong.

What makes this interesting is the location, point A on the following map:

Slow spot:

" The area [of I-290] near the I-190 onramp is also confusing and the study recommends re-striping in that area."

Engineers: Rt. 13 improvements would ease chronic congestion:

"[M]ajor improvements for the state-owned section of Route 13, a chronically congested area near the Route 2 interchange, were presented to residents and officials at City Hall last night. "

"The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization officially eliminated the Interstate 495/290 reconstruction project from its regional transportation plan Thursday."

And now it's dead. For now. They say they;ll try to get it back on the plan next year; I'm sure it'll get done at some point. Hopefully I won't have to go through it very often by then.

I-495/290 reconstruction project officially scrapped from wickedlocal.com

I drive through this interchange twice a day at least. It sucks (there isn't a nice way to put it, sorry). From 290, there's often a backup onto 495 south, which in turn gets backed up because of the proximity of the onramps from 85 & 290, on an uphill grade, followed shortly by the exit to US 20 west.

Northbound on 495 is no better - too many people who decide at the last minute to suddenly cross 2 lanes of traffic to get onto 290, because they didn't want to wait in the line of slow moving cars on the right.

Improvements to Interstate 495/290 are sidelined - Framingham, MA - The MetroWest Daily News

I noticed this sign one night when we stopped at the rest area on I-84 eastbound after Hartford. When we backed up, I could see the "86" in the lights. I came back a few days later to grab this pic.