signs would be larger than the current ones to be placed on overhead gantries, they complained to MassDOT and their local legislators. In response, MassDOT announced at a June 2016 public meeting that it listened to the public comments and were redesigning the signs to match the size of the current ones and that the exit numbers would not be changed, for now. The exit tabs and gore signs for the new signage would be designed however so the milepost numbers could fit on them, if changed, sometime in the future. The winning bid for the scaled down contract simply to replace the signs was made by Liddell Bros. Inc. of Halifax and announced on February 7, 2017. The project started in mid-2017 and was completed in late 2019. Meanwhile, on November 18, 2019, MassDOT announced that a statewide exit renumbering project would begin in the last part of 2020. While Cape officials again objected to the proposed numbers (based on the same mileage as those in 2016 from the Rhode Island border), state officials this time held their ground. The statewide project started on October 18, 2020, with Route 140. Work to renumber US 6 started on December 13, 2020, and was completed on December 24, 2020. Major intersections Related routes Route 6A, a more northern alignment of US 6 in Cape Cod prior to the construction of the Mid-Cape Highway Route 28, the original alignment of Route 3 in Cape Cod Route 3, the designation of US 6 (excluding the stretch from Bourne to Orleans) prior to 1926 Route 6, the designation of US 6 between Bourne and Orleans, as well as of US 3/Route 3 prior to 1926 See also New England road marking system List of U.S. Highways in Massachusetts References External links Highway photos from Mile by mile Massachusetts 06 Two-lane freeways in the United States Transportation in Bristol County, Massachusetts Transportation in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Transportation in Barnstable County, Massachusetts 1926 establishments in Massachusetts