WORCESTER, Mass. — MassDOT engineers are performing a structural review of all overhead signs along a Massachusetts interstate after an overhead sign collapsed onto the road Tuesday morning.

Funny and clever highway sign messages are going away 00:32. PHOENIX - It's no joke. Humorous and quirky messages on electronic signs will soon disappear from highways and freeways across the country.

MassDOT will close a section of Route 3 South in Plymouth for overhead sign removal, starting at 7:30 a.m. with a marked detour via exits 15A, 3A, and 13.

Massachusetts has the lowest rate of traffic deaths per vehicle mile traveled, according to recently published federal data. State transportation leaders credit safety strategies — and congestion.

From Sept. 5, 2023, through May 9, 2024, the cameras recorded 3,412 vehicles that failed to stop for buses with their stop signs extended.At the time of the pilot program, BusPatrol said such ...

In 2022, at least 430 people died on Massachusetts public roadways, up from 418 the year before, according to MassDOT crash records. Those were both record-breaking years for traffic fatalities.