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"Along this stretch, it crosses the Beaver River for the third and final time, though this time it has since become the North Canadian River." This sentence confuses me, as I can't really tell what the last part means.
It is trying to convey that sometime between the second and the third crossing, the Beaver River changes names to the North Canadian. It's the same river, though—see
Beaver River (Oklahoma). I'm not really sure of a way to reword this though; suggestions?
Probably not. It's against state law for transportation officials to have first names in Oklahoma. In all seriousness, the source cited doesn't mention his first name, and scrounging through the mastheads of period highway maps shows no Murphys. —
Scott5114↗[EXACT CHANGE ONLY]04:22, 24 January 2013 (UTC)reply
"US-412 Scenic, which was later redesignated US-412 Alternate..." When?
Relatively recently, but I have no idea how to pin the date down. The state map is of no use, as it has always shown Scenic 412 as Alternate 412. The only way I knew it had changed is because
User:US 71 took some photos of the new signs. —
Scott5114↗[EXACT CHANGE ONLY]04:22, 24 January 2013 (UTC)reply
I'm not sure on whether or not this is required, but I always cite the last sentence with the newest state map.
I'm not seeing anything about pavement. I'd be surprised if they designated a US Highway on an unpaved route as late as '88, but you should probably still mention it.
If I remember correctly, there should be semicolons between notes, not commas.
The "Eastern end of SH-136 concurrency" row is uncolored. (Mile 94.6)
Same with the "Western end of SH-15 concurrency" row. (Mile 215.8)
A terminus should be mentioned in the SH-412P row. (Mile 440.6)
All corrected except the semicolons.
User:Rschen7754/How to review road articles recommends semicolons, but doesn't give any sort of guidance on what policy or MOS page this comes from. I would argue that commas are more appropriate, because grammatically, semicolons are reserved for separating clauses that could stand as complete sentences. "Western end of SH-3 concurrency" and the like aren't complete sentences. —
Scott5114↗[EXACT CHANGE ONLY]07:48, 24 January 2013 (UTC)reply
One more comment before I start the references later. I can't help but notice that there's no traffic data in this article. Is there any data for Oklahoma?
Okay, then. We'll just leave it. The references look A-Okay! Checking some references for verifiability or plagiarism, I found no errors. This too shall pass.
Overall: My concerns have been addressed. I feel this meets the Good Article criteria.
Pass/Fail:
Widen/Upgrade
What are everyone's thoughts on the terms widen or upgrade when referring to the highway going from 2 to 4 lanes or similar situation? My feeling is that upgrade should be avoided, since it is a term of opinion, where widen is just a fact. Perhaps the capacity is "upgraded", but that also means the cost is "downgraded" for instance, and so it seems to me that widen or something of the sort would be better. Looking through other highway articles, it seems these terms are generally used interchangeably at the moment. Engineers often call their designs upgrades no matter what, but that's just your good old propaganda to gain support for a project as Strongtowns has detailed. Thanks!
Znns (
talk)
04:13, 20 June 2023 (UTC)reply