Template:Did you know nominations/Queensboro Bridge

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton talk 04:22, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Queensboro Bridge

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Queensboro Bridge

• ... that a local newspaper hosted a beauty pageant to celebrate the opening of New York City's Queensboro Bridge? Source: "Queens History; How a Bridge Shaped a City Queensboro span key to population explosion". Newsday. March 27, 1994.
  • ALT1: ... that during a tour of the Queensboro Bridge in 1988, a transportation engineer peeled off part of one of the bridge's beams with one hand? Source: Rist, Curtis (December 3, 1989). "Manhattan a Bridge Too Far Commuters hit where they live". Newsday. p. 4
  • ALT2: ... that in 1908, various Irish groups opposed the renaming of New York City's Blackwell Island Bridge to "Queensboro Bridge" because the name sounded too British? Source: Gray, Christopher (November 24, 2002). "Streetscapes/The Queensboro Bridge; Spanning the East River, With a Sense of Drama". The New York Times
  • ALT3: ... that an elevator building connected New York City's Queensboro Bridge with an island below it? Source: Bailey, Anthony (December 1, 1974). "Manhattan's other island". The New York Times.
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  • Comment: More hook suggestions are appreciated.

Improved to Good Article status by Epicgenius (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 2. DYK is currently in unreviewed backlog mode and nominator has 647 past nominations.

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Epicgenius (talk) 14:32, 25 March 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Primary hook approved. – PeeJay 11:25, 26 March 2024 (UTC)