Talk:Maryland Route 231

Maryland Route 231 has been listed as one of the Engineering and technology good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
February 26, 2011	Good article nominee	Listed

U.S. Roads: State highways / Maryland Mid‑importance

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Topics

U.S. state highways

Locations

Maryland

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Racepacket (talk) 13:17, 26 February 2011 (UTC) GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria[reply]

No disamb links and all links check out. Does the Benedict Bridge deserve its own article rather than being a redirect to this article?

Is it reasonably well written?
A. Prose quality:
Is the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge in Solomons or Solomon's Island?
The bridge is in the census-designated place of Solomons. V C 16:21, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

B. MoS compliance for lead, layout, words to watch, fiction, and lists:
Is it factually accurate and verifiable?
A. References to sources:

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:
Need ref for "village of Benedict, which was the site of the landing of British troops to march toward Washington prior to the Battle of Bladensburg."
I added a reference for the War of 1812 information. V C 16:21, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

C. No original research:
Is it broad in its coverage?
A. Major aspects:
The National Bridge Inventory gives the 2008 traffic density. Perhaps you should include it in the article.

Why and how were tolls removed from the bridge?
I added information about the tolls and traffic to the History. V C 16:21, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

B. Focused:
Article would be more focused if the Benedict Bridge material were spun off into a separate article.
I merged the Benedict Bridge article into this article for several reasons: the bridge is not significant enough to warrant its own article; the article was a stub that had little growth prospects; there is not a lot of information available about this bridge; and the bridge article contained much of the same information as the MD 231 article even before I updated MD 231: see pre-merger edition of Benedict Bridge. V C 16:21, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Is it neutral?
Fair representation without bias:
Is it stable?
No edit wars, etc:
Does it contain images to illustrate the topic?
A. Images are copyright tagged, and non-free images have fair use rationales:

B. Images are provided where possible and appropriate, with suitable captions:
Overall:
Pass or Fail:
This article represents significant work by its author. I am placing the review on hold for you to address concerns. Racepacket (talk) 15:17, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nominator gives a logical expanation for the merger of the bridge article with the Rt 231 article. Additional references check out. All other concerns have been resolved. Congratulations. Racepacket (talk) 18:15, 26 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]