Talk:U.S. Route 44

Official lengths

• NY: 29.92+36.06 = 65.98 [1]
• CT: 106.03 [2]
• RI: 26 [3] (AASHTO); 26.2 Google Maps
• MA: 38.4038 [4]; includes new expressway alignment — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polaron (talk • contribs) 16:37, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

History notes

• Old turnpikes
  • Farmer's Turnpike (NY); Dutchess Turnpike (NY); Ulster and Delware Turnpike (NY); Greenwoods Turnpike (CT); Talcott Mountain Turnpike (CT); Boston Turnpike (CT); Pomfret & Killingly Turnpike (CT); West Glocester Turnpike (RI); Glocester Turnpike (RI); Powder Mill Turnpike (RI); Taunton & Providence Turnpike (MA)
• Old route numbers
  • Route 101 in MA and RI from 1922-1935
  • 1922-1932 in CT: part of 101 between Eastford (at current CT-198) and RI line; 109 between North Coventry and Eastford; 3 between Hartford and North Coventry; 17 between North Canaan (at US 7) and Hartford; 121 between NY line and North Canaan
  • 1932-1935 in CT: 199 between NY line and North Canaan; 101 between North Canaan and RI line
  • NY 1924-1930: unnumbered west of the Hudson River; 21 from Poughkeepsie to Amenia; 22 from Amenia to Millerton; unnumbered Millerton to CT line
  • NY 1930-1935: part of 55 between Kerhonkson and Poughkeepsie; 200 from Poughkeepsie to South Millbrook; 82A from South Millbrook to west of Amenia; 22 ovlp Amenia-Millerton; 199 Millerton-CT line
• Subsequent realignments
• Expressway plans — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polaron (talk • contribs) 19:04, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Proposed merge with U.S. Route 44 in New York

U.S. Route 44 in Connecticut also links to this discussion. –Fredddie™

In the spirit of WP:USRD's informal "three-state rule" even though US 44 goes through four states, this entire U.S. Highway is less than 250 miles long and could therefore be covered adequately in one article. –Fredddie™ 02:16, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

• Support—it's not the number of states, per se, but the total length of a highway that usually determines the need to split out subarticles. Imzadi 1979 → 12:35, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
• Support - The highway is only 236 miles long, which can adequately be covered in one article. Even though it goes through four states, remember that states in the Northeast are small. Dough4872 17:21, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
• Comment What about its Good Article status? Would there need to be a reassessment before merging? AmericanAir88^(talk) 18:20, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

  As in the past when a Good Article is merged into another article, the Good Article status is not conferred to the merge target. The newly expanded article would have to go through GAN. –Fredddie™ 03:10, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

  And if the merger is done well, the combined article should be well on its way to passing GAN. Imzadi 1979 → 03:19, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

• Weak support - While it is a relatively short highway and logical to consolidate into one article, the two state articles seem sufficiently long, and one is a GA. --Sable232 (talk) 22:49, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
• Support - For all reasons mentioned in this discussion. Needforspeed888 (talk) 13:38, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

I am going to create a new article in the draftspace that merges in the content from the subarticles. Draft:U.S. Route 44. –Fredddie™ 03:15, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

@Fredddie: That draft looks pretty good-to-go, and there seem to be no objections, so it seems like a fine time to move it over. Klbrain (talk) 13:11, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Object-- The merging was hastily done. Each article is sufficient enough, US 44 is a long enough route to warrant an article for each state. In addition, particularly in New York, US 44 is a very historic route, so deserves detailed history sections. Having an article for each state doesn't detract from the overall US 44 article. Smith0124 (talk) 23:58, 6 January 2020 (UTC)