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This was on I-240 and may be useful here:
1F-G | TN 14 (Jackson Avenue) | |
2 | Chelsea Avenue; Smith Avenue | |
2A |
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3 | Watkins Street | Exit to reach Overton Crossing Street |
5 | North Hollywood Street | |
6 | Warford Street | |
8 | TN 14 (Jackson Avenue) | Split into 8A and 8B westbound |
10 | TN 204 ( Covington Pike) | |
12A | White Station Road | Eastbound exit and eastbound entrance only |
12A |
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Westbound exit and westbound entrance only |
12B | Sam Cooper Boulevard |
From the wikipedia feedback system, some feedback for this page on the question of a missing exit from the exit list. It is noticeable that the numbering in the list has gaps, with no explanation of those gaps. -- Tagishsimon (talk) 21:11, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
//Why don't you have distances from the start of the interstate to the exits on the interstate. I notice you have that for your US routes and State routes but few of your interstates. I myself am writing a series of books about rebuilding the earth with all electricity renewable and knowing distances between the start and stop of an interstate, state route, or US route in a particular state and the distance between the start of the highway and each exit on the highway is practically needed and I don't want to have to look up some mileage calculator to calculate distance between start of highway and an exit on that highway for every single exit, especially the interstate ones. Caters1 ( talk) 06:33, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
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There has been a bit of an edit war on the I-269 page, with the dust settling on a claim that Wikipedia should not recognize the extension of the interstate designation as official until there is documentation that TDOT has recognized the change, even if federal approvals have been granted.
This begs the question: for I-69 in Tennessee, is there any documentation in support of TDOT recognizing the designation as official? It's obviously been approved by AASHTO and FHWA; TDOT is almost certainly going to sign it as such if/when the new sections get built. But at the moment, I don't see any documentation that TDOT officially agrees that the overlap section of I-55/I-240/I-40/SR 300 really is I-69 today. There's just a bunch of internet lore, much of it referencing Wikipedia, that TDOT will sign it "someday".
(This comment is being added all of I-40/I-240/I-55/TN 300. More detail on I-269 talk page.) MikeTheActuary ( talk) 04:52, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
Per this link, it appears that the Roane/Cumberland County line (the Eastern/Central Time Zone border) is at milepost 340.4 . Shouldn't the exit list be adjusted accordingly? -- DarkStarHarry ( talk) 17:48, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
According to multiple sources, the 1988 tanker truck explosion was blamed on a poorly designed ramp with a sharp curve. Multiple sources, including this one (dead link), cite this accident as one of the top reasons for why this interchange was completely reconstructed. Bneu2013 ( talk) 23:39, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
From what I can tell, the general consensus has been to include only major events in the history sections of roads, such as initial construction, reconstruction projects, major accidents that led to reconstruction, etc. Therefore, we probably shouldn't include smaller projects, such as resurfacings, bridge repairs, new interchanges, minor interchange reconstructions, etc., in the history section, even though the latter two are generally acceptable in the exit list. United States Man insists that we should include information about a truck climbing lane that was recently constructed in Smith County; however, I'm not sure that this should be included in the history section. This is one of about ten truck lanes that have been constructed on I-40 in Tennessee in the last ten years, and the current wording seems to imply that it is related to the ongoing widening in Lebanon, which is not indicated by the source. Maybe a sentence or two about an effort by TDOT to construct truck lanes throughout the entire corridor that included this project would work better; however, a different source will be needed for this. Bneu2013 ( talk) 00:31, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
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@ Bneu2013: - did you want the prose comments in sections (based on the article structure) too? Kingsif ( talk) 11:12, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Traveling on the interstate through Tennessee, a motorist can observe- reads as promotional or like a travel guide.
by the latter 1960s- "latter" doesn't mean "late", which is presumably what this intends (rather than the CE 1960s compared to BCE 1960s...)
with the stretch between Memphis and Nashville the first major interstate segment to be finished in the state in 1966- what exactly is meant here? Was it the first segment to be "finished in the state in 1966", or was it the first segment "to be finished in the state" (coincidentally in 1966)? Rewording would clarify.
The I-40 corridor between Memphis and Nashville is culturally significant in that it passes through a region that was instrumental in the development of American popular music, and is known as "Music Highway".- I would personally front-load "Music Highway" here, and state rather than explain (no "it is X, which means that Y" kind of phrasing; we're not talking to the reader)
This resulted in the state abandoning the alignment through the park in favor of relocating the interstate onto a section of what was originally part of I-240.- this would be improved if it specified what (case?) after "This". It could also be reworked and appended to the preceding sentence with a semi-colon for improved readability.
where motorists are advised to slow downare unnecessary - despite appearances, this isn't actually a route guide. If there have been a number of road incidents in certain areas, paired with such warnings as noted in independent sources, this could be discussed. (As done later.)
I-40 was designated as such by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly in 1997 "from the eastern boundary of Davidson County to the Mississippi River in Shelby County," a distance of about 222 miles (357 km).- this sentence seems to get lost at the start of the quotation. It says the name was given in 1997, but then, without preamble or even punctuation, goes into the boundaries. Could something be added in there to make it complete?
the territorial legislature on July 10, 1795, authorized a wagon trail to be constructed between Knoxville and Nashville.- I'd move the date to the end here, for flow.
1.09 miles (1.75 km) long- the convert template here will need "adj=on" (or "yes", can't quite remember) to make it adjectival.
23 miles (37 km) section,
21 miles (34 km) section, and a few others. Some seem to be done already.
In Jackson, TDOT is working to widen I-40- is this still current?
The rugged terrain of East Tennessee presented numerous challenges for I-40 construction crews and engineers. Rockslides, especially along the eastern Cumberland Plateau and in the Pigeon River Gorge, have been a persistent problem since the road's construction.- since there's also an erroneous space at the end, it looks like this was recently chopped from a longer paragraph
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I have made additional improvements to this article since it passed GA, and would like to nominate it for a featured article. However, there are a few outstanding issues I have that I would like to address before doing so.
I'd appreciate if someone more experienced with getting US road-related articles to FA could give some input. Bneu2013 ( talk) 22:05, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
Note that I am reposting comments from the archived FAC review that I was unable to get to before it was archived. This is so I can confirm that they have been addressed before I re-nominate. Bneu2013 ( talk) 05:01, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
@ Rschen7754: - I thought I'd let you know that I have gone ahead and addressed all of the remaining points you posted that I was unable to get to before the FAC was archived. That being said, I've also made some additional recommended changes, as well as cleanups (and even managed to add a small amount of information while slightly condensing the article). That being said, I am going to try for an FA again. Bneu2013 ( talk) 04:35, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
While the crash that happened near Dandridge in 2013 did receive lots of press coverage, I don't see that it was in any way caused by a design in the roadway and/or resulted in a change in design to the roadway. This is usually used as a yardstick for inclusion of incidents such as these. While this incident was very tragic, accidents caused by blown out tires are fairly common and rarely caused by a flaw in the road. Contrast this incident to the Memphis tanker truck disaster, which was partly a result of an unsafe design and was the impetus for the eventual reconstruction of this section of highway. Or the 1990 Interstate 75 fog disaster, which did result in safety improvements to this section of highway. Bneu2013 ( talk) 08:42, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
It might be interesting to briefly address parallel / predecessor rail corridors. The main rail route between Memphis and Nashville was the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, which as its name suggests did not continue east to Knoxville but rather southeast to Chattanooga. Nashville to Knoxville was never a major rail route; I think the closest thing to a direct connection was the Tennessee Central Railway. Mackensen (talk) 16:13, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
I saw in the recent revert of the change is that the junctions are more than 10. What happened to the 10 jct limit? Why doesn’t it apply to this I-40 in TN article? 174.209.192.45 ( talk) 14:06, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
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This was on I-240 and may be useful here:
1F-G | TN 14 (Jackson Avenue) | |
2 | Chelsea Avenue; Smith Avenue | |
2A |
![]() ![]() |
|
3 | Watkins Street | Exit to reach Overton Crossing Street |
5 | North Hollywood Street | |
6 | Warford Street | |
8 | TN 14 (Jackson Avenue) | Split into 8A and 8B westbound |
10 | TN 204 ( Covington Pike) | |
12A | White Station Road | Eastbound exit and eastbound entrance only |
12A |
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Westbound exit and westbound entrance only |
12B | Sam Cooper Boulevard |
From the wikipedia feedback system, some feedback for this page on the question of a missing exit from the exit list. It is noticeable that the numbering in the list has gaps, with no explanation of those gaps. -- Tagishsimon (talk) 21:11, 15 September 2012 (UTC)
//Why don't you have distances from the start of the interstate to the exits on the interstate. I notice you have that for your US routes and State routes but few of your interstates. I myself am writing a series of books about rebuilding the earth with all electricity renewable and knowing distances between the start and stop of an interstate, state route, or US route in a particular state and the distance between the start of the highway and each exit on the highway is practically needed and I don't want to have to look up some mileage calculator to calculate distance between start of highway and an exit on that highway for every single exit, especially the interstate ones. Caters1 ( talk) 06:33, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
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There has been a bit of an edit war on the I-269 page, with the dust settling on a claim that Wikipedia should not recognize the extension of the interstate designation as official until there is documentation that TDOT has recognized the change, even if federal approvals have been granted.
This begs the question: for I-69 in Tennessee, is there any documentation in support of TDOT recognizing the designation as official? It's obviously been approved by AASHTO and FHWA; TDOT is almost certainly going to sign it as such if/when the new sections get built. But at the moment, I don't see any documentation that TDOT officially agrees that the overlap section of I-55/I-240/I-40/SR 300 really is I-69 today. There's just a bunch of internet lore, much of it referencing Wikipedia, that TDOT will sign it "someday".
(This comment is being added all of I-40/I-240/I-55/TN 300. More detail on I-269 talk page.) MikeTheActuary ( talk) 04:52, 18 December 2017 (UTC)
Per this link, it appears that the Roane/Cumberland County line (the Eastern/Central Time Zone border) is at milepost 340.4 . Shouldn't the exit list be adjusted accordingly? -- DarkStarHarry ( talk) 17:48, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
According to multiple sources, the 1988 tanker truck explosion was blamed on a poorly designed ramp with a sharp curve. Multiple sources, including this one (dead link), cite this accident as one of the top reasons for why this interchange was completely reconstructed. Bneu2013 ( talk) 23:39, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
From what I can tell, the general consensus has been to include only major events in the history sections of roads, such as initial construction, reconstruction projects, major accidents that led to reconstruction, etc. Therefore, we probably shouldn't include smaller projects, such as resurfacings, bridge repairs, new interchanges, minor interchange reconstructions, etc., in the history section, even though the latter two are generally acceptable in the exit list. United States Man insists that we should include information about a truck climbing lane that was recently constructed in Smith County; however, I'm not sure that this should be included in the history section. This is one of about ten truck lanes that have been constructed on I-40 in Tennessee in the last ten years, and the current wording seems to imply that it is related to the ongoing widening in Lebanon, which is not indicated by the source. Maybe a sentence or two about an effort by TDOT to construct truck lanes throughout the entire corridor that included this project would work better; however, a different source will be needed for this. Bneu2013 ( talk) 00:31, 13 June 2021 (UTC)
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@ Bneu2013: - did you want the prose comments in sections (based on the article structure) too? Kingsif ( talk) 11:12, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
Traveling on the interstate through Tennessee, a motorist can observe- reads as promotional or like a travel guide.
by the latter 1960s- "latter" doesn't mean "late", which is presumably what this intends (rather than the CE 1960s compared to BCE 1960s...)
with the stretch between Memphis and Nashville the first major interstate segment to be finished in the state in 1966- what exactly is meant here? Was it the first segment to be "finished in the state in 1966", or was it the first segment "to be finished in the state" (coincidentally in 1966)? Rewording would clarify.
The I-40 corridor between Memphis and Nashville is culturally significant in that it passes through a region that was instrumental in the development of American popular music, and is known as "Music Highway".- I would personally front-load "Music Highway" here, and state rather than explain (no "it is X, which means that Y" kind of phrasing; we're not talking to the reader)
This resulted in the state abandoning the alignment through the park in favor of relocating the interstate onto a section of what was originally part of I-240.- this would be improved if it specified what (case?) after "This". It could also be reworked and appended to the preceding sentence with a semi-colon for improved readability.
where motorists are advised to slow downare unnecessary - despite appearances, this isn't actually a route guide. If there have been a number of road incidents in certain areas, paired with such warnings as noted in independent sources, this could be discussed. (As done later.)
I-40 was designated as such by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly in 1997 "from the eastern boundary of Davidson County to the Mississippi River in Shelby County," a distance of about 222 miles (357 km).- this sentence seems to get lost at the start of the quotation. It says the name was given in 1997, but then, without preamble or even punctuation, goes into the boundaries. Could something be added in there to make it complete?
the territorial legislature on July 10, 1795, authorized a wagon trail to be constructed between Knoxville and Nashville.- I'd move the date to the end here, for flow.
1.09 miles (1.75 km) long- the convert template here will need "adj=on" (or "yes", can't quite remember) to make it adjectival.
23 miles (37 km) section,
21 miles (34 km) section, and a few others. Some seem to be done already.
In Jackson, TDOT is working to widen I-40- is this still current?
The rugged terrain of East Tennessee presented numerous challenges for I-40 construction crews and engineers. Rockslides, especially along the eastern Cumberland Plateau and in the Pigeon River Gorge, have been a persistent problem since the road's construction.- since there's also an erroneous space at the end, it looks like this was recently chopped from a longer paragraph
The result was: promoted by
SL93 (
talk)
03:06, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
Improved to Good Article status by Bneu2013 ( talk). Self-nominated at 04:27, 18 February 2022 (UTC).
I have made additional improvements to this article since it passed GA, and would like to nominate it for a featured article. However, there are a few outstanding issues I have that I would like to address before doing so.
I'd appreciate if someone more experienced with getting US road-related articles to FA could give some input. Bneu2013 ( talk) 22:05, 8 May 2022 (UTC)
Note that I am reposting comments from the archived FAC review that I was unable to get to before it was archived. This is so I can confirm that they have been addressed before I re-nominate. Bneu2013 ( talk) 05:01, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
@ Rschen7754: - I thought I'd let you know that I have gone ahead and addressed all of the remaining points you posted that I was unable to get to before the FAC was archived. That being said, I've also made some additional recommended changes, as well as cleanups (and even managed to add a small amount of information while slightly condensing the article). That being said, I am going to try for an FA again. Bneu2013 ( talk) 04:35, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
While the crash that happened near Dandridge in 2013 did receive lots of press coverage, I don't see that it was in any way caused by a design in the roadway and/or resulted in a change in design to the roadway. This is usually used as a yardstick for inclusion of incidents such as these. While this incident was very tragic, accidents caused by blown out tires are fairly common and rarely caused by a flaw in the road. Contrast this incident to the Memphis tanker truck disaster, which was partly a result of an unsafe design and was the impetus for the eventual reconstruction of this section of highway. Or the 1990 Interstate 75 fog disaster, which did result in safety improvements to this section of highway. Bneu2013 ( talk) 08:42, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
It might be interesting to briefly address parallel / predecessor rail corridors. The main rail route between Memphis and Nashville was the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, which as its name suggests did not continue east to Knoxville but rather southeast to Chattanooga. Nashville to Knoxville was never a major rail route; I think the closest thing to a direct connection was the Tennessee Central Railway. Mackensen (talk) 16:13, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
I saw in the recent revert of the change is that the junctions are more than 10. What happened to the 10 jct limit? Why doesn’t it apply to this I-40 in TN article? 174.209.192.45 ( talk) 14:06, 22 January 2024 (UTC)