Talk:Rhode Island Route 37

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Date	Process	Result
August 26, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed

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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that a portion of the Rhode Island Route 37 expressway was inadvertently constructed over a historic cemetery in Cranston, Rhode Island?

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Rhode Island Route 37/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Comments:

Recently, a new addition to the MOS called WP:ALT has been introduced that calls for alternative text to be included in an image to help visually impaired readers. The alt= parameter should be added to each image and the junctions in the infobox should use {{jct}}.
Done - changed to {{jct}} in the infobox. The other images in the article already have alt text. -- Rai•me 01:56, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"limited-access freeway" sounds wordy, "freeway" would simply suffice here.
Done -- Rai•me 01:56, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"freeway began completion"? "completion" should be "construction".
Fixed -- Rai•me 01:56, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Do not use "then" in describing progression of route in route description.
Fixed -- Rai•me 01:56, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"the freeway and has a complicated interchange" sounds awkward. In addition, what makes the interchange so complicated?
Removed "and". The varying right-hand and left-hand exits as well as the ref to the aerial map display how the interchange is complicated. -- Rai•me 01:56, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The sentence "Archaeological research indicated that the portion of Route 37 in Cranston between Exits 2 and 3 was inadvertently constructed over a portion of the State Farm Cemetery in the 1960s; the cemetery's wooden burial markers had deteriorated by the time Route 37 was constructed, and environmental studies that would have indicated the location of the cemetery were not conducted prior to the expressway's construction." needs to be split into two.
Done -- Rai•me 01:56, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am placing the article on hold. Dough4872 (talk) 00:46, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review and cheers, Rai•me 01:56, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I will pass the article. Dough4872 (talk) 02:40, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

West end safety curve[edit]

A curved section was added to the westbound road immediately before the west terminus as a safety improvement, intending to curtail an alarming series of crashes (82 in 6 years and 1 month, according to the below press release). I'm not sure how (or if) this should be integrated into the article.

Relevant links:

planning.ri.gov — project authorization, pages 8-9, TIP ID 9601, describes the curve as "similar to a chicane"
ri.gov — RI Dept. of Transportation press release upon completion
turnto10.com — WJAR (local NBC affiliate) report upon completion

— Greentryst ^T_C 00:49, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lincoln Avenue Freeway ?[edit]

I've lived in RI my whole life, and I've never heard of this road described as the "Lincoln Avenue Freeway". --ZeLonewolf (talk) 16:34, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]