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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)
Rhiannon12866
(222,159 posts)Somehow I don't think the good governor would approve of this wastefulness.
TexasTowelie
(116,768 posts)New York would have had the "3M Governor."
BamaRefugee
(3,706 posts)royable
(1,369 posts)if the Governor's name was John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
TexasTowelie
(116,768 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)his name is my name to. Okay I will be that cruel....