Highway Exit Renumbering Set To Begin On I-93 North Of Boston

Andover MA

05 May, 2021

1:54 PM

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ANDOVER, MA — The renumbering of Interstate 93 exit signs between Boston and Methuen is due to begin Monday, six months after it began across the state. Renumbering between old exit 13 to exit 27, between Dorchester and the Tip O'Neill Tunnel, was underway as of Thursday. Work will proceed between old exit 28 and 48 beginning Monday and could take up to four weeks, officials with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation said. Sign installation will take place between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. each night. The project will switch current exit numbers to ones based on mileage, bringing the state in line with federal highway mandates. Massachusetts, Delaware and New Hampshire are the only three states to not have started work on converting to a mileage-based system. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said it's making the changes to comply with a federal mandate. If it does not fall in line, it could risk federal funds. Federal funds in this case will pay for 90 percent of the cost of changing sign numbers. I-93 exit numbers 1 through 12 will remain the same exit numbers as they are already consistent with the existing mile markers. The old exit signs will remain up for two years after the replacement signs are installed. Here are the new exits to help I-93 commuters get used to the change: Old ExitNew ExitStreet/Route1A/B SB1A/B SBJct. I-95, RTE 128, US 12A/B2A/BJct. RTE 13833Ponkapoag44Jct. RTE 245A/B5A/BJct. RTE 2866Jct. RTE 3777Jct. RTE 388Furnace Brook Pkwy.99Willard St./Bryant Ave.10 (SB)10 (SB)Squantum St.11 (NB)11 (NB)Granite Ave.11A/B (SB)11A/B (SB)Granite Ave12 (SB)12 (SB)Jct. RTE 3A13 (NB)13A (NB)Freeport St.14 (NB)13B (NB)Morrissey Blvd.1514Columbia Rd.16 (NB)15A (NB)Southampton St.18 (NB)15B (NB)Frontage Rd.18 (SB)15 (SB)Frontage Rd.20 (NB)16 (NB)Jct. I-90 E, South Station20A/B (SB)16A (SB)Jct. I-90 E, South Station23 (SB)16B (SB)Purchase St.23 (NB)17 (NB)Gov't Ctr24A/B (SB)17A/B (SB)Gov't Ctr & Callahan Tunnel2618Storrow Dr.27 (NB)19 (NB)Jct. US 12820Jct. RTE 9929 (NB)21 (NB)Jct. RTE 28 & RTE 3830 (SB)21 (SB)Jct. RTE 28 & RTE 383122Jct. RTE 163223Jct. RTE 603324Jct. RTE 2834 (NB)25Jct. RTE 2835 (SB)26Park St.3627Montvale Ave.37A/B28A/BJct. I-95 & RTE 12837C30Presidential Way3831Jct. RTE 1293933Concord St.4034Jct. RTE 624135Jct. RTE 1254238Dascomb Rd.43 (NB)39 (NB)Jct. RTE 13343A/B (SB)39A/B (SB)Jct. RTE 13344A/B40A/BJct. I-4954542River Rd.46A/B (NB)43A/B (NB)Jct. RTE 110 & RTE 11346 (SB)43 (SB)Jct. RTE 110 & RTE 1134745Pelham St.4846Jct. RTE 213