Submitted by JMPopaleetus t3_yeu9h0 in Connecticut
https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DOT/documents/dtrafficdesign/Exit_Renumbering_FAQ.pdf
I was driving on 9 the other week, and noticed that all the new exit numbers were duct taped over, leaving only the "Old Exit" numbers.
Probably coordinate with all the GPS companies with a go live date is my guess.
Waze is already updated back to the old numbers. Granted that’s community-maintained.
The maps app on my iPhone has the updated exit numbers in a lot of areas and it’s been pretty confusing.
Why not just do one exit fully at a time? Start at the 84 end and work your way down since all of the new exits will have higher numbers so there won't be any confusion with existing old numbers. The way they've done it seems like they are just randomly replacing signs. Perhaps they replace them as they get them from the factory?
Missed an exit because of this the other day
I get how a lot of state exits do go by the miles .. but am I the only one that feels there is a lot more important things that money can be used for right now .
They don't have a choice. CT is one of the very last states to do this conversion. They've been able to delay delay delay for nearly 3 decades after the U.S. began this transition. Highway money can be withheld if they don't conform to national standards. If you are willing to pay a little more in taxes to make up for that money being withheld, then CT can keep its existing exit numbers.
Ok that makes sense we get more money from feds than what it would cos
Owning the libs by paying more taxes and getting mad at what used to be exit 6 becoming exit 12
To be fair changing the numbers is kind of dumb at this point. No one is using the exit numbers to determine distances which was the original intent before people had GPSes in their pockets and cars when they started doing this in the '90s.
Scalability is much easier with the new model.
This is a good point. Numbers based on miles as a standard makes lots of sense in a world where people use paper maps to navigate somewhere new.
But fast forward to the 2020's and there might be 12 people under 60 years of age in the entire state that currently use paper maps.
Smart phone ubiquity and Google maps just straight up leap frogged us past a "future proof" standardization plan.
Yeah remember when we had those yellow call boxes on the side of the highway every mile or so? At least with those they acknowledged that technology had rendered them obsolete so they were removed. At that point they should have shelved the exit renumbering plan for the same reason. CT likely won't be done with its renumbering until the 2030s. The state is probably hoping if they drag it out long enough the problem will just go away on its own.
Counterpoint, cars now tell you exactly how many miles to empty, so you can use this to determine if you need to stop for gas now, or when you get to your destination exit.
I live in Connecticut. 90% of our exits are like 1 mile or less apart.
Legit why if someone doesn’t agree with something it goes right to name calling ..
By the time they finish this project, the state will have to switch everything to kilometer based exit numbers
They've done a crappy job with the renumbering. If you notice there are new numbers for 72 as well, but it appears instead of duct tape they just bolted a plate with the old number over the new one temporarily. 395 was much smoother IIRC. Perhaps it was two different contractors doing the work.
Yeah most of the GPS systems have it updated. Threw me off the other day when I used it just to confirm a place I needed to pop over to.
If you are driving somewhere you have never been this numbering system is very helpful. More information is almost always helpful.
Not disputing. Which is exactly why I’m confused as to why after a year of having them up, they’re now blacked out.
I assume they are going to officially paint the new numbers soon.
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For national black bear day
Who knows everytime they fuck up they probably get OT
shihchiun t1_itzysft wrote
I would assume that the new numbers are supposed to “go live” on a specific date.