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National Forest 299
Barely more than a trail.
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Abandoned on-ramp to Everett Turnpike
There used to be a private onramp just south of exit 10 to the southbound Everett Turnpike from the old Digital Equipment buildings.
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“Arena”
Film by Páraic McGloughlin “A brief look at the earth from above, based on the shapes we make, the game of life, our playing ground – Arena.” Fascinating and hypnotic. vimeo.com/259989412 (via kottke.org)
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Actual content updates
Just added location maps to all the pages in the Mass Route Log for currently active numbered routes. Also added tags for all the towns in Massachusetts. Hopefully I’ll figure out a way to easily add those tags to each of the route pages.
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Suggestion to Build a MA 9 – I 290 connector
The Image of Worcester: Connecting to/from Route 9 in Shrewsbury, Worcester’s Eastern Gateway:
“[T]here seems to be a unique opportunity to construct a 1.7 mile connector highway between I-290 and Route 9 along an existing power line right-of-way (ROW).”
An interesting concept, to be sure. Eric also has a well-thought out public transit system upgrade for Worcester that I like the sounds of.
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New Book in the Library
One of the items under the Christmas tree this year was a copy of “Turnpikes of New England” by Frederic J. Wood and Ronald Dale Karr. I’ve done some flipping through it, not enough to give a full review but it looks like it’ll be pretty interesting and a good reference for posts here.
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I-190 and 290 merge revisited
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.