How do you get to Fall River?

How do you get to Fall River?

The new Veterans Memorial Bridge, which replaced the old Brightman Street Bridge, is open and I think it is great, but how do you get to Fall River? It takes only minutes to get from President Avenue to the Home Depot in Somerset. Coming back from Somerset is a breeze also. Less stop and go, and just smooth sailing. BUT……, I can’t figure out the signage. When traveling from Fall River to Somerset there are four or five signs directing you to Somerset and letting you know what town you are in on the first few exits.

 

But when traveling back to the River, the signs take you to Middleboro, Tiverton and New Bedford. Not once do the signs let you know you are in Fall River.

I guess it is up to the State to decide what to put on the highway signs, but who figured out that a commuter would need to know how to get to cities and towns 10 to 20 miles away, rather than letting you know how to get to, say the Industrial Park, or maybe President Avenue or Davol Street, or Heritage State Park, or Battleship Cove?

                           

As you head east on the bridge you are faced with a decision to go left or right at the end. If you bear left and head north the sign says you are going to Middleboro. What happened to North Fall River, Freetown, Assonet, Berkley and Taunton? If you take the right at the end of the bridge and head south, you are on your way to New Bedford and Tiverton. Well at least Tiverton is the next town you will hit, if you travel the complete north south length of Fall River, but New Bedford? You’re going to have to go through Westport and Dartmouth and travel about 15 miles first. Also, the signs direct you to Tiverton by staying on Route 79, but if you are trying to get to New Bedford, the state signs direct you to get off the highway and follow Route 6.Why would they direct you to city streets and stop lights rather than staying on Route 79 and take 195 East to NB?

Oh well, as I said, the bridge is great, but you would thing that someone, during the 30 years it took to build it, could have figured out better signage for us confused drivers.

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