New highway signs, exit numbers planned for routes 2 and 11
New highway signs and exit numbers will be seen soon along Route 2 through Colchester, Norwich, Bozrah and Lebanon and Route 11 through Colchester and Salem.
The project, set to be completed by May of next year will include the replacement of on-ramp and off-ramp signs; large overhead guide signs; mile markers; exit gore signs; speed limit signs; and merge signs, the department said.
Signs will only be replaced if they have “exceeded their useful service life,” meaning they’re damaged, have poor reflectivity or don’t comply with state and federal standards, the department said.
To comply with federal standards, exit sign numbers will be changed from the current sequential numbering to mileage-based numbering that represents the mile marker the exit is located at on the route. For at least two years, “old exit” numbers will be posted adjacent to the new mileage exit signs while drivers become familiar with the new numbers, the department said.
On Route 11 northbound and southbound, Exit 5 Meadow Road will change to Exit 13 and Exit 6 Hayward Road will change to Exit 17.
On Route 2, more than 30 exits will change, including Exit 17 to Colchester eastbound changing to Exit 22 and Exit 22 to Lebanon eastbound and westbound changing to Exit 31.
Visit the state DOT website, portal.ct.gov/dot, for a complete list of exit changes.
Anyone interested in obtaining more information on the changes is asked to email supervising engineer Barry Schilling at barry.schilling@ct.gov, referencing project number 0172-0490.
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