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why the gently caress is 495 always so congested. Are the decaying mills of Lowell and Lawrence really such incredible destinations to warrant this kind of regular gridlock the first time I got stuck on 495 I figured it must’ve been a fluke and there was an accident or roadwork or something. But no 495 always sucks, every time, and I can’t understand why e:this is the highways and byways forum right
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It's like three lovely lanes with construction and too many cahs. I love it. I call it "The Mad Max Highway"
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Oct 12, 2025 22:36
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Because four nine five.
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Oct 12, 2025 22:36
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Our roads are fine. The problem is all you assholes coming up from Connecticut and New York slowing down to gawk at the decaying shells of our former industrial infrastructure. 495 is for getting up to Maine, not taking pics of crumbling bricks!
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Oct 12, 2025 22:37
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It's an outer ring road demarcating the city from the suburbs
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Oct 12, 2025 22:44
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for more.
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Oct 12, 2025 22:46
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Like I hit the propane tank as soon as I merge on the road and then just go as fast as allowed, until coming to a screeching stop.
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Oct 12, 2025 22:50
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It’s poorly designed OP
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Oct 12, 2025 23:00
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classic 495 haha
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Oct 12, 2025 23:01
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Traffic seems to be a problem everywhere. I wonder if there is a way to fix this? Like, maybe some people could study and become experts in planning, engineering and traffic. Then the government could use tax revenue to fund infrastructure projects and improvements. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
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Oct 12, 2025 23:47
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Take the train instead OP
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Oct 13, 2025 00:00
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the 495th highway ever built. that’s what the number means.
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Oct 13, 2025 00:15
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i love merging from 93 onto 95
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Oct 13, 2025 00:23
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Massa toots and shits
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Oct 13, 2025 00:36
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Highways just fill up if you build them Never played SimCity?
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Oct 13, 2025 00:38
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Haha 495 fuckin SUCKS, I also like how nobody drives good on it
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Oct 13, 2025 00:38
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Buce posted:the 495th highway ever built. that’s what the number means. That's not how the interstate highway system numbering convention works 
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Oct 13, 2025 00:40
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Really it's because you're going north/south and want to stay as far away from Boston as possible
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Oct 13, 2025 00:43
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rear end of pee-ew shits
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Oct 13, 2025 00:53
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Squiggle posted:Haha 495 fuckin SUCKS, I also like how nobody drives good on it I'm like a knife through buttah.
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Oct 13, 2025 01:16
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For what it's worth I was thinking of state 213 interchange that links 495 to 93, but 495 kinda sucks too I guess
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Oct 13, 2025 01:18
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Squiggle posted:For what it's worth I was thinking of state 213 interchange that links 495 to 93, but 495 kinda sucks too I guess 495 for me is through Lowell and Lawrence. Everything else is country driving.
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Oct 13, 2025 01:22
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213 exists so that nobody trying to go to Vermont coming from Amesbury has to interact with Lawrence, and thank god for it Maybe it's not so bad after all
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Oct 13, 2025 01:28
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It's because of cars, OP
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Oct 13, 2025 01:45
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400 plus 90 plus 5. Explained
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Oct 13, 2025 01:57
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It's FOR 95
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Oct 13, 2025 01:58
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The east coast is a mess of crumbling infrastructure and will eventually rust into the ocean 
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So even numbered interstates are east west routes and odd numbered interstates travel north and south. Interstate numbers increase in a northeasterly fashion working from southwestern California. So I-95 travels north to south along the east coast of the United States. Three digit interstates are spurs off of two digit interstates. An even number at the start means they reconnect to another interstate. An odd number indicates they terminate somewhere other than an interstate. So I-495 (Massachusetts) is a spur route off I-95 that reconnects to another interstate.
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Oct 13, 2025 02:07
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drivin 95, what a way to get to lowell barely gettin' by it's all honkin' and no yieldin' they just use your lane and they never give you credit it's enough to drive you crazy if you let it
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Oct 13, 2025 02:11
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Squiggle posted:nobody trying to go to Vermont I had to go down to shop in both Burlington and Waterbury this weekend, and it's now my even firmer belief that any road which facilitates flatlanders trying to come to Vermont should be struck with the hydrogen bomb for maximum devastation, followed by a layer of chemical weapons to interdict repair efforts.
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Please don’t mention traffic or highways in MA. I’m new to the state and all the Massholes I know make it a point of conversation. Hours are lost talking about car wrecks and how long it’s gonna take to drive from point A to point B. What’s the best way to get somewhere given multiple options. What kind of delays were experienced the last time taking a particular route. Maybe it’s something in the water.
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Oct 13, 2025 04:18
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I never lived on the east coast or in California so I'm always out of the loop with regional highway chat.
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Dazerbeams posted:Please don’t mention traffic or highways in MA. I’m new to the state and all the Massholes I know make it a point of conversation. Hours are lost talking about car wrecks and how long it’s gonna take to drive from point A to point B. What’s the best way to get somewhere given multiple options. What kind of delays were experienced the last time taking a particular route. Maybe it’s something in the water. It just sucks to drive there so it's on everyone's minds
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Oct 13, 2025 04:28
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The entire northeast is bad at driving.
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Oct 13, 2025 04:41
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The Management posted:The entire northeast is bad at driving. Also the rest of humanity
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Oct 13, 2025 04:44
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Because Massachusetts committed great sins, op Streetcar map from 1913:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Map_of_the_Street_Railways_of_the_State_of_Massachusetts%2C_1913.jpeg
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Oct 13, 2025 05:07
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That's a terrible map Cape cod is on the wrong side
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They almost did a 695, too, lmao e: free hubcaps posted:e:this is the highways and byways forum right
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Oct 13, 2025 05:15
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The Management posted:The entire northeast is bad at driving. TBF everyone's bad at driving. Driving sucks.
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sell your car and throw yourself to the whim of american public transit
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