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BarryAllen85 t1_irvmzde wrote

Reply to comment by jbelmonte11 in Brighton Mass Pike exit 126 EB (old exit 17) by redsoxb124

Circle of death indeed. As a non-native, though, I find every other intersection/exit to be insanely under engineered— like it was designed and built by Peter Griffin. Oh you wanted a lane here that would fit perfectly and make a merge/exit easy? You’re not gonna get it. You want yields on this massive rotary? You get lights and stop signs.

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Funkybeatzzz t1_irvzjyo wrote

I’m fully convinced that when they “planned” Boston roads they just tossed a handful of wet spaghetti at a map and made the roads where the noodles landed. The Newton Corner area is truly an affront to logic and probably worst of the worst.

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keylime227 t1_irw76q4 wrote

My dad heard somewhere that Boston's roads were built to follow cattle trails, thus the roads were designed by cows. I have no idea if this is true, but he repeats it at least once a week and moos whenever he's in my car.

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