cybah
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Okay.. I just got back from spending a quiet weekend on Provincetown on the cape. Since it's the off season and there's no ferry.. and I do not own a car, I rode the Plymouth and Brockton Bus all the way to PTown.
This was my first *ever* ride on US Route 6 from the Sagamore to Ptown. Yes amazingly enough, after 15 years of living in MA, I've never actually rode the entire length of US Route 6. I've been to Hyannis from Boston, and to Orleans from Ptown (via a friend who needed to go to Staples).. but never the entire length.
Anyways.. I was looking online and I couldn't find an answer for this question. Does anyone know why US Route 6 isn't a full divided highway between Sagamore and PTown? It just seems logical with the amount of traffic during the summer it would be two lanes in each direction from end to end.
It's a divided highway from north of Wellfleet to PTown, and again from the Sagamore to Exit 9 in Dennis. It seems like they wanted to, but just never bothered.
I know that part of US 6 goes thru town centers (i.e Wellfleet, Orleans, etc) so widening that part to a full separated highway is nearly impossible.. but my question is more about the 13 mile section on US 6 called "Suicide Alley" from Exit 9 in Dennis to the Orleans Rotary. The road isn't in a densely populated area, and could handle being widened. Even some of the overpasses look like they have enough clearance for a divided highway.
It also would eliminate the head on crashes, which gives that section of US 6 it's name. (which in itself, is ironic, because US 6 in Connecticut between Willimantic and the 395 interchange in Killingly is also called "Suicide Six")
Anyone have any idea? (outside of NIMBYism or wetlands issues).
(mod's feel free to tell me to move this elsewhere, but I thought this location was appropriate since it's not really in Boston, so it wouldn't fall under the Boston categories)
This was my first *ever* ride on US Route 6 from the Sagamore to Ptown. Yes amazingly enough, after 15 years of living in MA, I've never actually rode the entire length of US Route 6. I've been to Hyannis from Boston, and to Orleans from Ptown (via a friend who needed to go to Staples).. but never the entire length.
Anyways.. I was looking online and I couldn't find an answer for this question. Does anyone know why US Route 6 isn't a full divided highway between Sagamore and PTown? It just seems logical with the amount of traffic during the summer it would be two lanes in each direction from end to end.
It's a divided highway from north of Wellfleet to PTown, and again from the Sagamore to Exit 9 in Dennis. It seems like they wanted to, but just never bothered.
I know that part of US 6 goes thru town centers (i.e Wellfleet, Orleans, etc) so widening that part to a full separated highway is nearly impossible.. but my question is more about the 13 mile section on US 6 called "Suicide Alley" from Exit 9 in Dennis to the Orleans Rotary. The road isn't in a densely populated area, and could handle being widened. Even some of the overpasses look like they have enough clearance for a divided highway.
It also would eliminate the head on crashes, which gives that section of US 6 it's name. (which in itself, is ironic, because US 6 in Connecticut between Willimantic and the 395 interchange in Killingly is also called "Suicide Six")
Anyone have any idea? (outside of NIMBYism or wetlands issues).
(mod's feel free to tell me to move this elsewhere, but I thought this location was appropriate since it's not really in Boston, so it wouldn't fall under the Boston categories)
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