Does anyone know why old exit 12B-A has been relabeled to Exit 28C-A-B?

Traveling south, "C" brings you to 113 west towards Route 2. "A" leads to the Warwick Mall. "B" Leads you to 113 East.

I would think they would be 28 C-B-A respectively...not C-A-B.

Bugging the crap out of me.

EDIT: Adding images of the signs

EDIT2: Here's the response from the Project Manager at RIDOT: "The southbound exit numbers follow the numbering northbound. The exit to I-295 is Exit 28 A The Rte. 113 Interchange becomes 28 B-C (However no Exit 28 C northbound) While it is somewhat inconsistent it keeps the exit numbers consistent for the destinations. This is the same issue noted at I-195."

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saucyB52 t1_it5czo2 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 1:26 AM

#160,366

hey pal, some geniouse went to grad school for this braniaac menouver

dont question it

Megs0226 t1_it5i8oa wrote on October 21, 2022 at 2:04 AM

#160,783

Because Federal Highway Administration said so: https://www.dot.ri.gov/projects/exitnumbers/index.php

WhyPartyPizza OP t1_it5ieh4 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 2:05 AM

#160,793

Replying to Megs0226 (#160,783)

No actually, they don't. "C" is not listed. 🤷

Megs0226 t1_it5iuip wrote on October 21, 2022 at 2:08 AM

#160,830

Replying to WhyPartyPizza (#160,793)

Well, in all honesty, the only think I can think of is RIDOT screwed it up. I’ll be around there this weekend. I’ll post if I think it figured it out 🤷🏼‍♀️

monkysandtools t1_it77y04 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 1:10 PM

#164,669

The way RIDOT has been signing the old exit tabs has been questionable in workmanship and consistency.

No standard on the Dimensions (some are more square, other's tend to be longer)
No standard on the naming convention (I've seen old exit 27 labelled as "Old 27")
No standard placement (I.e. some signage is on the gore point exit sign, while other aren't)

This is almost as bad as a couple years back when a contractor was overzealous with putting in the Curvature warning signs for the offramps. Oddly enough it was also old exit 12 they messed up on. The contractor ended up mounting the 270 turn sign wrong. I think only after contacting the DOT was it corrected

If there is a silver lining, I'm thinking the lower number old exit tabs are being reused from I-295; at least they were consistent

Beezlegrunk t1_it79z5j wrote on October 21, 2022 at 1:26 PM

#164,866

Replying to saucyB52 (#160,366)

And that genius learned to spell too …

CatH2222 t1_it7a23s wrote on October 21, 2022 at 1:27 PM

#164,874

Not the first time they screwed up. The one I drive by every day is to Quonset. They put the signs up wrong so you think you need to be in the left lane for Quonset only to get find out that one goes to Frenchtown road. Every morning people are swapping lanes and it's an easy fix!

[deleted] t1_it7e4zc wrote on October 21, 2022 at 1:58 PM

#165,214

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WhyPartyPizza OP t1_it7hl8p wrote on October 21, 2022 at 2:22 PM

#165,543

Replying to monkysandtools (#164,669)

Thanks for the validation that it might just be a screwup rather than something designed. I just emailed RIDOT for clarification...will share what I find out here!

CatH2222 t1_it7j1rk wrote on October 21, 2022 at 2:32 PM

#165,696

Replying to monkysandtools (#164,976)

I was listening to WPRO and the DOT was answering questions. He said the first set of signs were put up incorrectly and were going to be swapped. It hasn't happened yet. The second set are correct but the first set, where you have enough time to switch lanes, are up wrong. The signs should be aligned to the denote exit positions.

SadCandidate6 t1_it88hhb wrote on October 21, 2022 at 5:22 PM

#168,075

12A is 28A and 12B is 28B...

There is no C

SadCandidate6 t1_it894v3 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 5:26 PM

#168,131

Replying to SadCandidate6 (#168,075)

If there's a sign that shows C, then it must be a mistake unless they are adding a ramp or something

But I totally get what you mean. I want to go drive down by it so I can check it out haha. Theres all kinds of discrepancies throughout this new mile market exit numbers crap.

monkysandtools t1_it8htuz wrote on October 21, 2022 at 6:24 PM

#168,906

Replying to SadCandidate6 (#168,075)

What ended up happening;
12B (113 West and I-295 North) turned into 28 A and C
12A (113 East) turned into 28 B

What should have happened
12B turns into 28 C and B (I-295 N and 113 West)
12A turns into 28 A (113 East)

Even Google Maps got it messed up right now (Claiming both exits as 28B)

BlackbirdDesignRI t1_it9b1o9 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 9:43 PM

#171,257

My guess is that A and B have to designate opposite directions (East/West, for example) and that the I-295N offshoot of 28A is called 28C for that reason.