The first SB shield is also the only narrow one I spied.

NB (see the sign in the distance?).


MA 140 SB at MA 9 WB, which is the right bear. The left bear, who wants more porridge, isn't a multiplex - in other states, it would be "SOUTH 140 TO EAST 9".


Old signs preserved south of Milford and the MA 140-MA 16 junction.

North of MA 24, MA 140 is a long, winding surface road. South of 24, MA 140 is the New Bedford Expressway, a short freeway to the eponymous town. The rest of the signs are from that.


This is northbound Exit 12B, and yes, it's a sharp left. In fact, Exit 12 happens at a traffic light. Since there are no numbered exits north of here, I don't know why this one is numbered - nor do I know why this isn't redone to eliminate the signals, since traffic frequently backs up the ramp (as a sign on MA 24 warns).


SB, the A looks weird, because this was originally just Exit 11 (the Silver City Galleria became 11B in the early 1990's). Brian Colby told me the history of this sign, and tells me that originally this sign's upper line read "County Rd". I was expecting many old signs to follow this, and instead was greeted by a drought, until...


Southbound, this is Exit 5 - exits were not originally numbered, so some signs never got the tabs (most that did were replaced by the one-piece tabbed signs you'll see below).


EB (first two photos) and WB (last two photos) on Phillips Road at Exit 5. Church St. begins immediately south of this interchange, as Phillips Rd. was cut off into a residential street to the southeast upon construction of the freeway.


Still SB, my favorite picture of all of these is the last one. In addition to that tiny little exit tab, there's the rare message "EXITS AHEAD", where a "KEEP" or "NEXT" "RIGHT" would normally be found.


NB signage for Exits 4 and 5, the only NB button copy still around thanks to the I-195 area reconstruction.


After this, 140 comes to a traffic light at US 6, and that's about it. Note that US 6 is considered an "exit", even though it's a cross intersection where MA 140 ends and a surface road continues. MA 140 recently underwent reconstruction in the I-195 area, so all this signage came down except for the US 6 advances. What a shame.

Onto MA 1A
Onto MA 9
To MA 16
Exit 12 to MA 24
Exit 2 to I-195
Exit 1 to US 6
MA 140 on Steve Anderson's bostonroads.com
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