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Any idea who owns the bridge? --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 07:30, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If it not owned directly by the feds, it more then likely owned ny DC, due to the situation with the potomac border. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 02:30, 23 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article should either be renamed Francis Scott Key Bridge (Washington, D.C.) or Francis Scott Key Bridge (Potomac River). --Caponer 12:25, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Page moved. Unanimous support after full listing, and seems to be correct and uncontroversial. (non-admin closure) — Amakuru (talk) 11:13, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Francis Scott Key Bridge (Washington, D.C.) → Key Bridge (Washington, D.C.) – per WP:UCN (use common names) / WP:OFFICIALNAME (official names should be used only if they are actually the name most commonly used). Browse these Google Books results for samples of usage. — AjaxSmack 20:52, 12 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support move, it seems to me that using the common name is really just common sense. - WPGA2345 - ☛ 22:08, 13 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Seeking Consensus

Hello All! @Serols has flagged me for vandalism for adding vital historical information about the history of the Key Bridge. I have asked for clarification via @Serols talk page.

At the encouragement of @Schazjmd, I would like consensus on the fact that the bridge was "named for a racist man who owned other human beings and believed that Africans in America were 'a distinct and inferior race of people, which all experience proves to be the greatest evil that afflicts a community.'" My citation is https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-racist-history-of-americas-patriotic-anthems

I would like to invite @Serols:, @Schazjmd:, and @Shellwood: to the consensus.

Thank you. Truthpatrol2 (talk) 19:03, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

18:25, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

If there is actually controversy over the name, in multiple sources, it should have its own section, and not be the first line of article. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 18:15, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The source linked above makes no mention of any controversy over the name of the bridge, and I can't find any in a search. Schazjmd (talk) 18:38, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like this thing fell over

What the heck 2405:6E00:1394:8F00:9D4D:9F03:D9EB:7F79 (talk) 07:00, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're thinking of a different bridge. Doctor Whom (talk) 09:18, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is a Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, MD that collapsed after being hit by a ship. This is a different bridge, this bridge is in Washington, DC and did not collapse. Lorax (talk) 12:05, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not ambiguous?

Since the edit history demonstrates a fair amount of confusion between this Key Bridge and the other Key Bridge, I disagree with "not ambiguous" and suggest that the hatnote be restored. Doctor Whom (talk) 12:15, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. For the benefit of people who might be tempted to remove it again, here's why I think it should be there.

There are two Francis Scott Key bridges within 40 miles of each other, that's ambiguous. That one is commonly called just the Key Bridge doesn't eliminate the ambiguity. The number of edits incorrectly changing this article with information about the Baltimore bridges collapse, requiring it to be semi-protected, proves this out. After the "Not to be confused with..." was removed there was a talk page request to edit it, that further highlights that people are actually confused about this. I suspect people have always been confused, but weren't trying to edit the page so no one noticed.

I was going to add it back but someone beat me to it. Hopefully if anyone disagrees they will discuss it here before removing it again.

Lorax (talk) 21:04, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As the one who 'beat you to it' in putting the "confused" tag back in (sorry for that...) I fully agree with your reasoning. Whether or not 'key bridge' redirects to one or the other is hardly relevant, the two bridges are quite obviously confusing users. Unfortunately someone already reverted my edit as WP:NOTAMB. MichielN (talk) 06:17, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, in ticket:2024033010007092, a reader contacted us to express that these structures are easily confused and if we could have a navigation between them. — xaosflux ^Talk 11:45, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 27 March 2024

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Francis Scott Key Bridge, more commonly known as the Key Bridge, is a six-lane reinforced concrete arch bridge conveying U.S.

should be changed to: Francis Scott Key Bridge, more commonly known as the Key Bridge, was a six-lane reinforced concrete arch bridge conveying U.S.

The only change is the word "is" to the word "was" Isfeldstill (talk) 14:15, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Key Bridge (Washington, D.C.). Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. The bridge that collapsed is Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore) not Key Bridge (Washington, D.C.). Shadow311 (talk) 14:49, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU REQUEST AN EDIT TO THE ARTICLE

This is NOT the talk page for the bridge that recently collapsed. The article for the bridge that recently collapsed is Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore). Make edit requests for that article at Talk:Francis Scott Key Bridge (Baltimore), not here. Shadow311 (talk) 14:57, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page title

If the bridge goes into Virginia, too, then would Washington metropolitan area be a better disambiguator than "Washington, D.C.", specifically? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 02:36, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]