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RickWest495 t1_jatctae wrote

Reply to comment by brownstonebk in Learning the larger cities and towns of Massachusetts by adgo1

I checked maps and a see the point. But Springfield is also geographically large. And the Mass Turnpike goes through it and people think it is horizontal across the state. It’s not. It goes southwest across the state, but still appears somewhat horizontal. I think it is an optical illusion that fooled me.

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singalong37 t1_jb0exaq wrote

Southwest from Boston-Sturbridge, then more or less westerly. After Westfield, northwest toward Albany.

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RickWest495 t1_jb1hyi8 wrote

Yes. Optical illusion. People think is a straight East/West highway. There is a cool video on YouTube about the creation of the highway and why is was built where it is. If crosses the least number of rivers, goes around the most number of hills and saved the most number of buildings possible.

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