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I was looking at the recent changes, and it appears as though the extension is done, but I think a bit too much was shaved off the bottom. Some is easy to put back (the part beyond the "Southern Extension" section clearly should not have been removed; i'll put that back shortly), but what about the "Southern Extension" section. Assuming it was completed, it does deserve some editing, but there is still some useful info there, some of which should be merged into the top part of the article since it's now current. (most notable the junctions section of routeboxint) -- Chris 02:58, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
The bridge is not 1.5 miles long. It is actually 1.3 miles long. See our own database: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Plaines_River_Valley_Bridge —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.16.169.178 ( talk) 14:57, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Planning on nominating this article as a good article once # of edits settles to a reasonable level... 3 days or so. If there's anything notably missing prior you notice prior to its nomination, please note it here. Thanks! — Rob ( talk) 22:23, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Here is the current revision of the page. Below is my assessment. GA review (see here for criteria)
Further examination of my findings:
After reading the article, I am happy to pass this article, per all my above reasoning. Congratulations to all the users involved. Well done. Rudget. talk 17:52, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Because I have not yet reviewed the text of these articles, they shouldn't be cited as of yet. When they are cited, the URL may be useful, but mostly likely not - it will be reviewed on microfiche. — Rob ( talk) 06:07, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
The issue is, the Eisenhower extension from modern-day I-355 to York Road in Elmhurst gets lumped in with the part from the Addams Tollway to Army Trail Road. I'm trying to figure out what came first, or if it was all built at once. — Rob ( talk) 22:37, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
There are a few places where it appears that the exit list does not match signs. Please change them if that is in fact the case (i.e. signs have not been updated):
-- NE2 23:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
The "detailed map" in the article is rather redundant. Should it be removed? ^_^ AL2TB ^_^ 03:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
I believe the article needs more photos. Could we add some more? ^_^ AL2TB ^_^ 18:32, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Does it make sense for this article to have a control city box like at Borman Expressway?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTD) 06:42, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
The last paragraph of the "Route description" section says, "Due to increasing congestion, the Veterans Memorial Tollway will be widened to four lanes between 75th Street and I-88 in 2008." 2008 obviously passed, so what exactly happened with this plan? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edge3 ( talk • contribs) 02:24, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Any chance of doing this in order to go along with US Roads-Manual of Style? Personally, I find it easier to read when the road is described first and then has the history explained.- RoadView ( talk) 09:35, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
This is an article about a road. How is this today's featured article? How is it even an article? Are roads notable? It reads like a direcrtory or tourist guide, for god sake it has a list of exits. This is why wikipedia is seen as a joke by so many. The content we want to feature as the best Wikipedia has to offer is an article about a road. If it wasn't todays featured article I'd send it to AFD. Perhaps I should make the road outside my window an article too. Stupidstudent ( talk) 02:21, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
My apologies I ment no offense to anyone who contributed to this article. My objection is not the standard of writing which is quite high. My objection is the article isn't encyclopedic. WP is not ment to be a directory or guide book. Stupidstudent ( talk) 02:40, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
{{ Globalize/US}} Stupidstudent ( talk) 02:52, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
For a while, there WAS political controversy involving I-355, particularly the new extension that was completed in 2007. I know all you non-US people aren't going to like it, but Wikipedia is a US-based company. Ignore it, get used to it, or find a site from your own country to visit. Giltramirez ( talk) 21:06, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Eh? Someone has the wrong idea of a "Featured Article". I don't really care if you think it's not worth writing about, but it's been through the vetting process and I covered every major aspect worth writing about, down to the Emerald Hine's Dragonfly. If you want to argue against the structural importance of roads... do a research on the importance of the Interstate Highway System to interstate commerce, something not relevant to this article. If you want to argue that this article is U.S.-centric... it's a road physically located in Illinois. I don't see how it could possibly affect anybody outside of Illinois, but where it touched on broader, appropriate points (see: dragonfly, construction techniques), I did. — Rob ( talk) 22:45, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
The information about the new bike trail is a bit dated. I added some info on it back in June, but I only bothered reading the one article. -- Odie5533 ( talk) 13:23, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
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help)Not sure if the info is worth adding, but they do mention specific areas being connected and a ComEd easement. -- Odie5533 ( talk) 23:57, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Rates have increased; and as a result, the information in the "Route description" section is out of date. I would update the information; but there is a citation, and I am not sure how to handle that. The northernmost two toll plazas (Boughton Road and Army Trail Road) now charge $1.90 cash and $0.95 for cars with I-PASS and E-ZPass. Visit the www.illinoisvirtualtollway.com website to verify. 76.16.49.113 ( talk) 05:20, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
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Sentences in writing that do not make any sense.
Read the following carefully:
"The tollway authority had route of the new extension through Will County and a small portion of Cook County, which together comprised one of Illinois' fastest-growing regions at the time."
The verbs are particularly bad.05:27, 7 February 2018 (UTC) — Preceding
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I was looking at the recent changes, and it appears as though the extension is done, but I think a bit too much was shaved off the bottom. Some is easy to put back (the part beyond the "Southern Extension" section clearly should not have been removed; i'll put that back shortly), but what about the "Southern Extension" section. Assuming it was completed, it does deserve some editing, but there is still some useful info there, some of which should be merged into the top part of the article since it's now current. (most notable the junctions section of routeboxint) -- Chris 02:58, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
The bridge is not 1.5 miles long. It is actually 1.3 miles long. See our own database: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Plaines_River_Valley_Bridge —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.16.169.178 ( talk) 14:57, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Planning on nominating this article as a good article once # of edits settles to a reasonable level... 3 days or so. If there's anything notably missing prior you notice prior to its nomination, please note it here. Thanks! — Rob ( talk) 22:23, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Here is the current revision of the page. Below is my assessment. GA review (see here for criteria)
Further examination of my findings:
After reading the article, I am happy to pass this article, per all my above reasoning. Congratulations to all the users involved. Well done. Rudget. talk 17:52, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Because I have not yet reviewed the text of these articles, they shouldn't be cited as of yet. When they are cited, the URL may be useful, but mostly likely not - it will be reviewed on microfiche. — Rob ( talk) 06:07, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
The issue is, the Eisenhower extension from modern-day I-355 to York Road in Elmhurst gets lumped in with the part from the Addams Tollway to Army Trail Road. I'm trying to figure out what came first, or if it was all built at once. — Rob ( talk) 22:37, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
There are a few places where it appears that the exit list does not match signs. Please change them if that is in fact the case (i.e. signs have not been updated):
-- NE2 23:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
The "detailed map" in the article is rather redundant. Should it be removed? ^_^ AL2TB ^_^ 03:43, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
I believe the article needs more photos. Could we add some more? ^_^ AL2TB ^_^ 18:32, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Does it make sense for this article to have a control city box like at Borman Expressway?-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTD) 06:42, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
The last paragraph of the "Route description" section says, "Due to increasing congestion, the Veterans Memorial Tollway will be widened to four lanes between 75th Street and I-88 in 2008." 2008 obviously passed, so what exactly happened with this plan? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edge3 ( talk • contribs) 02:24, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Any chance of doing this in order to go along with US Roads-Manual of Style? Personally, I find it easier to read when the road is described first and then has the history explained.- RoadView ( talk) 09:35, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
This is an article about a road. How is this today's featured article? How is it even an article? Are roads notable? It reads like a direcrtory or tourist guide, for god sake it has a list of exits. This is why wikipedia is seen as a joke by so many. The content we want to feature as the best Wikipedia has to offer is an article about a road. If it wasn't todays featured article I'd send it to AFD. Perhaps I should make the road outside my window an article too. Stupidstudent ( talk) 02:21, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
My apologies I ment no offense to anyone who contributed to this article. My objection is not the standard of writing which is quite high. My objection is the article isn't encyclopedic. WP is not ment to be a directory or guide book. Stupidstudent ( talk) 02:40, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
{{ Globalize/US}} Stupidstudent ( talk) 02:52, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
For a while, there WAS political controversy involving I-355, particularly the new extension that was completed in 2007. I know all you non-US people aren't going to like it, but Wikipedia is a US-based company. Ignore it, get used to it, or find a site from your own country to visit. Giltramirez ( talk) 21:06, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Eh? Someone has the wrong idea of a "Featured Article". I don't really care if you think it's not worth writing about, but it's been through the vetting process and I covered every major aspect worth writing about, down to the Emerald Hine's Dragonfly. If you want to argue against the structural importance of roads... do a research on the importance of the Interstate Highway System to interstate commerce, something not relevant to this article. If you want to argue that this article is U.S.-centric... it's a road physically located in Illinois. I don't see how it could possibly affect anybody outside of Illinois, but where it touched on broader, appropriate points (see: dragonfly, construction techniques), I did. — Rob ( talk) 22:45, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
The information about the new bike trail is a bit dated. I added some info on it back in June, but I only bothered reading the one article. -- Odie5533 ( talk) 13:23, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
{{
cite news}}
: |access-date=
requires |url=
(
help){{
cite news}}
: |access-date=
requires |url=
(
help)Not sure if the info is worth adding, but they do mention specific areas being connected and a ComEd easement. -- Odie5533 ( talk) 23:57, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Rates have increased; and as a result, the information in the "Route description" section is out of date. I would update the information; but there is a citation, and I am not sure how to handle that. The northernmost two toll plazas (Boughton Road and Army Trail Road) now charge $1.90 cash and $0.95 for cars with I-PASS and E-ZPass. Visit the www.illinoisvirtualtollway.com website to verify. 76.16.49.113 ( talk) 05:20, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
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Sentences in writing that do not make any sense.
Read the following carefully:
"The tollway authority had route of the new extension through Will County and a small portion of Cook County, which together comprised one of Illinois' fastest-growing regions at the time."
The verbs are particularly bad.05:27, 7 February 2018 (UTC) — Preceding
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