Template:Did you know nominations/Callicoon Bridge

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:29, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

Callicoon Bridge

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... that the 966-foot (294.4 m) Callicoon Bridge (pictured) between New York and Pennsylvania is the longest on the Upper Delaware River?

Reviewed: Hot Sun

Created by Daniel Case (talk). Self nominated at 04:31, 18 September 2014 (UTC).

New and long enough, no copying issues found, but the source for the bridge length says 294.4 metres (966 ft), so where does the 971.5 feet (296.1 m) come from? Jsayre64 (talk) 17:03, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

That comes from having to give the number in feet first since it's an American bridge, and using the number you get from the metric. I think there's a way to do it so the real target unit comes first. Let me see ... Daniel Case (talk) 19:41, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Done In both the article and the hook. Daniel Case (talk) 21:58, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

Good to go now. Jsayre64 (talk) 22:47, 10 October 2014 (UTC)