Talk:Washington State Route 16

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
March 25, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed

United States: Washington Low‑importance

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GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Washington State Route 16/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Dough4872 (talk · contribs) 01:33, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
The article says it is an east-west road but the major intersections says north-south. The article needs to be flipped per WP:USRD/STDS to describe the road in west to east progression and not east to west progression.
WSDOT and the RCW describe SR 16 as beginning at I-5 in Tacoma and ending at SR 3, while the route is signed as east-west on highway shields.

"The freeway bypasses Purdy to the east and passes Peninsula High School before intersecting SR 302 Spur and entering Kitsap County.[28][29][30] SR 16 passes the community of Burley and intersects its main access highway, Burley-Olalla Road, in an interchange before entering the city of Port Orchard" you use "passes" in two consecutive sentences.
Replaced the first "passes"

" After the collapse of the original bridge on November 7, 1949,[49] PSH 14 was truncated to Gig Harbor in 1949.", didn't Galloping Gertie collapse in 1940? Also, was 1949 the year PSH 14 was truncated and not 1940?
Apparently, the Legislature didn't revised the route's description until 1949, but traffic was redirected to an alternate ferry landing.

I would call the Exit list as Major intersections instead since it includes at-grade intersections.
It does have exits and is a freeway for the majority of the route.
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Is a detailed history of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge really necessary in the article? After all, the bridge has its own article.
I'm not so sure on this one, but PSH 14/SR 16 give the bridge state funding and is a large portion of the highway's history, influencing some extensions/contractions.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

I will put the article on hold for fixes to be made. Dough 48 72 01:53, 27 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I will now pass the article. Dough 48 72 00:55, 28 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]