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TexasTowelie

(116,768 posts)
Mon Aug 19, 2019, 01:44 AM Aug 2019

Signs need do-over for want of an 'M'

New York -- What's in a name? Or in the case of New York's new Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, what's not in it?

Roughly year-old signs for the long suburban bridge are being patched over because they don't bear the former governor's middle initial, the state Department of Transportation said Thursday.

Department spokesman Joseph Morrissey said it's being done "to ensure every sign reflects the official name of the new bridge" and make sure signs are uniform.

It's not immediately clear how many signs are involved or how much the fixes will cost. The Journal News first reported on them, pegging the number at dozens of signs.

Read more: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Signs-need-do-over-for-want-of-an-M-14308683.php
(Albany Times Union)


In this Aug. 1, 2019, photo, traffic passes under a sign for the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge on the New York State Thruway in Nyack, N.Y. The New York State Department of Transportation said Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 that roughly year-old signs for the suburban bridge named after the former governor are being patched over because his middle initial is missing. (Peter Carr/The Journal News via AP)

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Signs need do-over for want of an 'M' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2019 OP
Were any of us ever aware of his middle name?? Rhiannon12866 Aug 2019 #1
Just be grateful that his last name wasn't Muomo. TexasTowelie Aug 2019 #2
Just go back to the "Tappan Zee Bridge" a great name that had a ring to it. BamaRefugee Aug 2019 #3
Just imagine how large the signs would have to be if royable Aug 2019 #4
They would have to spill over into Connecticut. nt TexasTowelie Aug 2019 #5
It would be a great honor since.... whistler162 Aug 2019 #6

Rhiannon12866

(222,159 posts)
1. Were any of us ever aware of his middle name??
Mon Aug 19, 2019, 03:09 AM
Aug 2019

Somehow I don't think the good governor would approve of this wastefulness.

royable

(1,369 posts)
4. Just imagine how large the signs would have to be if
Mon Aug 19, 2019, 03:21 AM
Aug 2019

if the Governor's name was John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

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