I-84 in MA Exit
List
7.4 Miles, from Holland on CT Border to I-90 Mass Pike in Sturbridge
Exit Renumbering Completed on March 2, 2021
Interchange |
Milepost |
New Exit Number |
Old Exit Number |
Mashapaug
Rd - Southbridge
|
3.3 |
3
|
1 |
To
|
5.1 |
5
|
2 |
|
6.6 |
6A |
3A
|
|
6.9 |
6B |
3B |
|
7.7 |
--
(8)*
|
--
|
- Sturbridge, Southbridge
This
exit list contains both the new milepost based exit number and the old
exit number after MassDOT converted I-84 to the Geographic Reference
or Milepost Exit Numbering system in early March 2021. MassDOT started
converting exit numbers in October 2020 and by the spring of 2021
plans to renumber exits on routes in the western and central parts of
the state. This project was first planned for 2016, but eventually postponed.
* The
interchange with the Mass Pike has never had an exit number, however,
with the removal of the toll booths in 2016, the exit is now just like
other exits at the end of an interstate, such as I-295 and I-93, which
do have them. Therefore, I am suggesting this exit be numbered as 8
under the new milepost based system (the ramps could be numbered 8A
for I-90 Westbound and 8B for Eastbound). When this was posed as a
comment to MassDOT after their exit renumbering announcement, they
said they have no current plans to add exit numbers, mentioning the
additional weight of exit tabs might compromise wind load design
limits on the existing signs. However, there are other similar signs
in the state with exit tabs, and there has never been any apparent
wind related incidents with them. Also, the signs could be
placed elsewhere, perhaps to the support posts. New numbered gore
signs would have no wind load problems.
Check out Photos of Renumbered Exits at New England Exit Renumbering Central.
Travel the length of I-84 with these videos, courtesy of RoadwayWiz:
Eastbound to the Mass Pike Westbound to Connecticut
Return to Mass Highways in the 21st Century
© Robert H. Malme 2013-2021