Talk:Route 261 (Delaware–Pennsylvania)

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Date	Process	Result
March 1, 2012	Good article nominee	Listed

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Dr. Blofeld (talk · contribs) 22:52, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Will review tomorrow.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:52, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please add a route map for google/bing.

Requested for one to be made. Dough 48 72 19:09, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

KML added. Dough 48 72 18:07, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Route description

"The road heads neat business parks" What exactly is meant by this, can you reword to make clearer?

Fixed. Dough 48 72 19:09, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

History

What is the Blue Ball Properties project? Do you have a source to support it to check it out?♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:57, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Added some details. Dough 48 72 19:09, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

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Seems to meet requirements. But I would strongly recommend you take Freddie's advice and learn how to create the maps and links. I think they are very important to writing about roads.♦ Dr. Blofeld 22:17, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What's this about (older) PA 61?[edit]

I find:

"PA 261 was first designated in 1928 to run from the Delaware border to PA 61 (Concord Road) and PA 161 (Chelsea Road) in Chelsea, following Foulk Road."

OK (and OK for the link to PA 161, which route number is no longer in use, but I fail to see (on PA 61 page, with PA 61 running north out of Reading) a reference to this older use of PA 61 designation.

The original PA 61 was designated along what became US 322 between Concordville and Chester, which is now today unnumbered Concord Road. The route can be seen on the 1928 map. Pennsylvania Route 61 (1920s) exists as a redirect to U.S. Route 322 in Pennsylvania, which is where the original designation of PA 61 should be covered. The current PA 61, which was designated in the 1960s to replace the portion of US 122 between Reading and Sunbury, has no relation to the former route and therefore the former route is not covered in the PA 61 article. Dough4872 00:21, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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