Talk:New Jersey Route 35/GA1

GA Review

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I will be reviewing this article and expect to have comments by the end of the day. --Polaron | Talk 15:01, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

• Lead -- Generally well-written and summarizes the main body of the article well. I have removed a few details that are probably unnecessary for a summary.
• Route description

  Well written? -- There are issues with overly using mileposts to locate every intersection/feature on the road. I would suggest looking at the possibility of removing these milepost numbers unless it is essential for understanding what the route is doing. There are also several sentences that are too long and might be better split into two. Below is a suggestion for how to rewrite the route description using the Ocean County section:

Route 35 begins at the entrance to Island Beach State Park in Berkeley Township, Ocean County on the Barnegat Peninsula. It heads north on a divided highway with parking spaces in the median through residential areas of South Seaside Park.[2] It briefly becomes an undivided highway before crossing into Seaside Park, where the route becomes four-lane, divided Central Avenue, which also has median parking spaces. Route 35 passes by residences in Seaside Park, with the median widening for the Seaside Park Police Department building at the Sixth Avenue intersection, widening to six lanes further north.[1][2] Upon crossing Decatur Street, the southbound lanes of Route 35 run one block to the west of the northbound lanes and then turns to the west, crossing into Seaside Heights. In Seaside Heights, Route 35 turns north and interchanges with Route 37 on the Seaside Heights/Berkeley Township border on the eastern shore of Barnegat Bay. Past the Route 37 interchange, Route 35 continues north along Barnegat Bay, curving eastward and crossing into Toms River Township, where the route splits into a block-wide one-way pair with two lanes in each direction that heads north through residential and commercial Ortley Beach. After crossing into Lavallette a mile later, the northbound direction of Route 35 becomes Grand Central Avenue and the southbound direction of Route 35 becomes Anna O Hawkins Boulevard.[1][3] The route then crosses back into Toms River Township, passing through Dover Beaches North. When Route 35 enters Brick Township, the northbound direction becomes Ocean Avenue and the one-way pair between the opposing directions of Route 35 narrows as it passes oceanfront residences.[2] Upon crossing into Mantoloking, Route 35 becomes a two-lane, undivided road and heads north along the narrow peninsula, intersecting the eastern terminus of County Route 528 (Herbert Street) less than a mile later.[1] Route 35 continues north through Bay Head, becoming Main Avenue, then enters Point Pleasant Beach, swinging to the west and turning north onto another one-way pair with two lanes in each direction, with the northbound direction following Cincinnati Avenue and the southbound direction following Richmond Avenue. Southbound Route 35 intersects the eastern terminus of Route 88 in this area.[3] The one-way pair carries the route through the downtown area of Point Pleasant Beach.[2] At the County Route 633 (Arnold Avenue) intersection, northbound Route 35 shifts slightly to the west and becomes Hawthorne Avenue. The route becomes a two-way highway again after half a mile and becomes a four-lane divided highway after intersecting County Route 635 (Broadway), almost immediately crossing a channel of the Manasquan River and entering Monmouth County.[1]

• Factually accurate? -- Good

  Broad in coverage? -- Generally good. Some improvements can be made by removing minor county route intersections that do not add to understanding the overall path of the route and are unnecessary detail.

  Neutral and stable? -- Good

  Images? -- Good

• History

  Well written? -- Good

  Factually accurate? -- Good but some people may consider the cited sources to be unreliable. I don't have any reason to believe the information is wrong but better sources need to be found if the article is going to A-class or FA.

  Broad in coverage? -- 19th century turnpike alignments should be mentioned. Otherwise, very good.

  Neutral and stable? -- Good

  Images? -- None directly related to history. The realignments can be somewhat confusing so a map of the evolution of Route 35 would be very helpful. It's not required for GA but this is something that editors of this article should think about in the future.

• Overall comments -- The article has similar issues as NJ 27. A partial rewrite of te route description to make it more compact and eliminate most of the unnecessary milepost numbers would improve readability. The route is also part of several early turnpikes and these should be mentioned in the article. I'm not familiar with the area but this looks like it passes through "touristy" areas and it would be good to try to mention (and link to) more tourist attractions as appropriate. I'm putting the article on hold to allow for changes to the article. --Polaron | Talk 14:29, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

I have gone back and made changes to the article. Dough4872 (talk) 16:59, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. After some minor copyedits, I'm passing the article. Congratulations. --Polaron | Talk 22:37, 14 January 2009 (UTC)