Massachusetts

I have some ideas for making over the route signs in Massachusetts. I sent these to RV Droz's Great International Highway Makeover all in a bunch before, and they're there, so this will be a series of four posts. So here's the first idea, with an option for town roads with routes marked on them separate from the state routes.

This first one is a makeover of the basic Massachusetts blank square. The number is still in the middle of a white field, with the Massachusetts state shield off to the left and off-centered vertically. I think it is the most elegant of any route markers, anywhere, actual or imaginary.

This second one could be for town roads with routes on them. A rectangle with a line through it, with the name of the town on top and the route number below. The route number is in goldfinch yellow rather than warning sign / county route marker gold for higher visibility at night, especially when it rains. That's because by my experience the standard gold has extremely poor visibility at night, with zero at night and in the rain.  The example shows a possible extension of Route 123 in Scituate, Mass., from the Greenbush Rotary along The Driftway, New Kent Street and Kent Street to Scituate Harbor. What I would not want, though, is a route that goes from a state route marker to a town route marker and back again. Nor would I want a town route marker on a stretch of highway owned by the state. That would create confusion.