It was a feud for the ages. Two signs on the Massachusetts Turnpike 4 miles apart disagreed on how far away Worcester was for at least seven years, with the sign closer to Worcester claiming that it was further away.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has now chosen a winner, updating the other sign.
Both had a claim to be telling the truth. One sign, near the Mass. Pike’s eastbound 52-mile marker in Chicopee, claimed that Worcester was 37 miles away. The other sign, near mile marker 56 in Ludlow — 4 miles closer to Worcester — said that Worcester is 40 miles away…