RI 51: is completely unsigned. Should therefore be deleted, per SOP to not include unsigned routes.
ISTR reading somewhere back in the day that this is an unsigned route. I found nothing in GMSV, and it's not shown
here,
here, or
here. Yes, it should get the axe.
RI 114: signage has it following Broad St and Blackstone St through downtown Cum4berland (what OSM shows matches the signage). This also means there is a RI 114/RI 123 concurrency.
Broad St south of RI123 definitely looks right.
RI123 and north, I'm less sure of. Commencing with the thinking out loud in 3, 2, 1...
Blackstone St is not shown on the
2016 Official State Highway Map or
State Highway Routes Map.
it is on the
Highway Functional Classification Map , shown as a Major/Urban Collector, vice the Principal & Minor Arterials for other numbered routes in the area.
(This distinction doesn't necessarily mean much though, as numbered routes *can* be on collectors, E.G. the soiuth end of RI77 and most of RI51.)RIDOT GIS shapefiles:Broad St north of RI123, RTNO = NULL.
All of High St north of RI123, RTNO = 114.
Blackstone St, RTNO = NULL, and ROADTYPE = NULL, vice ROADTYPE of STATE for all Broad, Dexter, and High.
If I can download newer shapefiles, will anything be different? Newest shapefiles are still dated 2016-03-10.GMSV:At Dexter and High,
signage consistently shows RI114 existing to the north on High St.
Southbound,
RI114 is shown to take a right onto Dexter, beginning its RI123 concurrency.
Signage along Dexter itself, and at Dexter & Broad, shows RI123 only.
Northbound on Broad at Blackstone, there's a
TO NORTH RI 114 -->. I'd take the TO to suggest that Blackstone isn't actually part of RI 114 itself. Blackstone is visibly lower standard, narrower with no centerline.
(Again, RoadType = Null, not State.) There's no corresponding signage for the left turn, heading the other direction.
OTOH @ the other end, we've got
this.
Again, no corresponding signage for the left turn heading the other direction.
I'm almost inclined to write it off as a case of the
missing "TO" that we see now-n-again in roadgeekdom. However --
this too?Most recent imagery here is mostly 2012, with a little 2009 thrown in. @Duke87, did you see anything significantly different in your travels?Attempting to drive thru and follow the routes...NB, I'd miss the unsigned turn onto RI123 & continue to Blackstone, where I'd see TO NORTH RI 114 -->. No signage at High St; I'd have to figure out on my own that I need to make the left turn.
SB, I'd take a right onto Blackstone (and thus not even see the signage at Dexter & High), and seeing no signage at Broad, I'd continue straight to get lost on Factory St somewhere.
Either way, I'd travel Blackstone St before getting lost. Either way, I'd need to know to make a turn that's unsigned.
On the one hand,I could let the fact that I need to know in advance which turns to make where be my guiding philosophy.
NB, if my "advance knowledge" says to turn onto RI123, I hit the signage @ Dexter & High, and life goes on.
SB, if I know to just keep on truckin' past Blackstone, I hit the signage @ Dexter & High (but also need to know to turn left to follow RI123).
The advantage to this approach is that it nicely makes things match the DOT maps & shapefiles. Seems to be the "official" route in that regard...
On the other hand,I could take more of a pure follow-the-signs approach. Tracing out a route from either direction puts me onto Blackstone St.
CHM/TM veterans: Thoughts?
