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SECTION 300 - CONSTRUCTION CHRONOLOGY IN MARPLE WOODS AREA-- Is there any good reason to have this unexplained, non sequitur, and hard-to-read detailed history of the procedures from the construction of a short segment of this highway? Unless someone posts a plausible defense of this section in the next few days, I will delete this section. Spikebrennan 02:33, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
The result of the debate was merge V60 VTalk · VDemolitions
When the infobox was cleaned up, why were the junctions reorganized from north to south, in violation of common practice of using south to north? -- TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 22:23, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
I think this page could use some improvement and cleaning up. It mostly consists of information on the Blue Route with a few Northeast Extension-related bits tacked on, however now that Northeast Extension redirects here I think more information on the history Northeast Extension should be integrated somehow. Also a lot of stuff could be moved around or consolidated; the Description section pretty much just repeats info described later in the article plus some weird nonsense about I-476 "becoming part of a multi-county beltway" (?). Perhaps History should be where Description is now. Same with the Notes section, everything else in the section is found somewhere in the article, except for the one bullet point about it being longer than I-12/I-19/etc. which would still be better integrated elsewhere. (One thing that also puzzles me is why the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project is mentioned no less than three times in the article, including in "See also"? It's not related to either the Blue Route or the Northeast Extension at all.) Krimpet 12:52, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
I expanded the History section into separate sections for the Blue Route and the Northeast Extension. I also added a less rambling route description into the beginning of the article, and integrated the Notes section into the rest of the article. Krimpet 03:15, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to see this article along the long road to featured article status. It was rated as a stub last September when it looked like this, an apt rating IMO, but I'd say it's greatly improved since then. I'm curious, does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on how this article could be improved further? Krimpet 04:10, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
The article is quite good and close to GA status but I was concerned by the lack of sources in the Route description section. This section is the most likely to be infected with original research and the best way to counter that is sourcing. If some sources, even general ones, could be added that would be great. I didn't see any other issues and the sourcing in the rest of the article is adequate. Eluchil404 13:48, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
I may be away from home, but i can still help out. I've been on this route thousands of times. I'll fix the exit list just a little bit with the notes and milages but you guys shouldn't worry I won't mess anything up. -- JohnnyAlbert10 Time to talk · My Help 17:42, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I forgot to site my cources. I got the millages from DeLorme's computer program and i tested it several times and it seems to be correct. The exit number for Clarks Summit is 131 why does it say the length is 129? I would understand 130 but 129 is too less. I think those people you got that information from are wrong Krimpet. -- JohnnyAlbert10 Time to talk · My Help 22:51, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
(A helpful hint BTW: you don't have to add a new subsection to the talk page everytime, you can just edit the existing sections.)
I'm changing the mileage back to FHWA's. The exit numbers should not be regarded as mileages, although PA uses the mile-based exit numbering. A reason it's a bit off is because of the first exit being numbered 1, and that causes the distance in DeLorme's Street Atlas to be off. This is the same reasoning behind the length of Interstate 780 (California). V60 VTalk · VDemolitions · VRoads 18:14, 7 March 2007 (UTC) Just for reference, the Northeast Extenstion has a length of 110.6 miles between the Mid-County interchange and the Clarks Summit interchange [1], while the Mid-County Expressway has a length of 21.5 miles according to PennDOT's Blue Route page. -- Polaron | Talk 19:17, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
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This has a GA and a High For all! Neptunemusic ( talk) 00:41, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
I find "There is also a small dirt road near the Haverford Township exit ...". What does this have to do with I-476? The only other Haverford reference I find is a reference to Haverford College.
Are you sure the Taylor and Clarks Summit exits had old numbers 38 and 39 respectively? This would have been a change from even older exit numbering in that area (Taylor exit did not exist yet, and Clarks Summit was exit 38). (I have put in a remark just ahead of the I-476 exit list to explain old exit number 25A and also old exit numbers 31 and upward.)
Also I remember a remark somewhere that the Northeast Extension was posted as I-476 because the Interstate system in this part of the U.S. was out of 2-digit odd numbers. (99 was taken for the U.S. 220 expressway much further west in Pennsylvania, and 67 is thus the highest currently-unused 2-digit odd number in the system.)
The article says that the non-toll section of I-476 (locally known as the "Blue Route") is 21.5 miles (34.6 km) long. However, the exit list shows the toll barrier at 19.97 and the overpass of the main line of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is at the 20.3 mile marker. I also remember the bridge being around the 20 mile marker as well. The toll barrier is considered the dividing line, and is numbered as Exit 20. Therefore, the lower section should be listed as 20 miles (32 km) in length. Bill S. ( talk) 14:20, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
Interstate 476 allows access to Interstate 78 via US 22. I have seen other road articles include interstates in the infobox that the interstate does not have a direct interchange with. For example, Interstate 78 has Interstate 476 in the infobox. I think that Interstate 78 should be added to the infobox. Any thoughts? PointsofNoReturn ( talk) 00:06, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
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SECTION 300 - CONSTRUCTION CHRONOLOGY IN MARPLE WOODS AREA-- Is there any good reason to have this unexplained, non sequitur, and hard-to-read detailed history of the procedures from the construction of a short segment of this highway? Unless someone posts a plausible defense of this section in the next few days, I will delete this section. Spikebrennan 02:33, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
The result of the debate was merge V60 VTalk · VDemolitions
When the infobox was cleaned up, why were the junctions reorganized from north to south, in violation of common practice of using south to north? -- TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 22:23, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
I think this page could use some improvement and cleaning up. It mostly consists of information on the Blue Route with a few Northeast Extension-related bits tacked on, however now that Northeast Extension redirects here I think more information on the history Northeast Extension should be integrated somehow. Also a lot of stuff could be moved around or consolidated; the Description section pretty much just repeats info described later in the article plus some weird nonsense about I-476 "becoming part of a multi-county beltway" (?). Perhaps History should be where Description is now. Same with the Notes section, everything else in the section is found somewhere in the article, except for the one bullet point about it being longer than I-12/I-19/etc. which would still be better integrated elsewhere. (One thing that also puzzles me is why the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project is mentioned no less than three times in the article, including in "See also"? It's not related to either the Blue Route or the Northeast Extension at all.) Krimpet 12:52, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
I expanded the History section into separate sections for the Blue Route and the Northeast Extension. I also added a less rambling route description into the beginning of the article, and integrated the Notes section into the rest of the article. Krimpet 03:15, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to see this article along the long road to featured article status. It was rated as a stub last September when it looked like this, an apt rating IMO, but I'd say it's greatly improved since then. I'm curious, does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on how this article could be improved further? Krimpet 04:10, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
The article is quite good and close to GA status but I was concerned by the lack of sources in the Route description section. This section is the most likely to be infected with original research and the best way to counter that is sourcing. If some sources, even general ones, could be added that would be great. I didn't see any other issues and the sourcing in the rest of the article is adequate. Eluchil404 13:48, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
I may be away from home, but i can still help out. I've been on this route thousands of times. I'll fix the exit list just a little bit with the notes and milages but you guys shouldn't worry I won't mess anything up. -- JohnnyAlbert10 Time to talk · My Help 17:42, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I forgot to site my cources. I got the millages from DeLorme's computer program and i tested it several times and it seems to be correct. The exit number for Clarks Summit is 131 why does it say the length is 129? I would understand 130 but 129 is too less. I think those people you got that information from are wrong Krimpet. -- JohnnyAlbert10 Time to talk · My Help 22:51, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
(A helpful hint BTW: you don't have to add a new subsection to the talk page everytime, you can just edit the existing sections.)
I'm changing the mileage back to FHWA's. The exit numbers should not be regarded as mileages, although PA uses the mile-based exit numbering. A reason it's a bit off is because of the first exit being numbered 1, and that causes the distance in DeLorme's Street Atlas to be off. This is the same reasoning behind the length of Interstate 780 (California). V60 VTalk · VDemolitions · VRoads 18:14, 7 March 2007 (UTC) Just for reference, the Northeast Extenstion has a length of 110.6 miles between the Mid-County interchange and the Clarks Summit interchange [1], while the Mid-County Expressway has a length of 21.5 miles according to PennDOT's Blue Route page. -- Polaron | Talk 19:17, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria
This review is part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps, a project devoted to re-reviewing Good Articles listed before August 26, 2007.
This has a GA and a High For all! Neptunemusic ( talk) 00:41, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
I find "There is also a small dirt road near the Haverford Township exit ...". What does this have to do with I-476? The only other Haverford reference I find is a reference to Haverford College.
Are you sure the Taylor and Clarks Summit exits had old numbers 38 and 39 respectively? This would have been a change from even older exit numbering in that area (Taylor exit did not exist yet, and Clarks Summit was exit 38). (I have put in a remark just ahead of the I-476 exit list to explain old exit number 25A and also old exit numbers 31 and upward.)
Also I remember a remark somewhere that the Northeast Extension was posted as I-476 because the Interstate system in this part of the U.S. was out of 2-digit odd numbers. (99 was taken for the U.S. 220 expressway much further west in Pennsylvania, and 67 is thus the highest currently-unused 2-digit odd number in the system.)
The article says that the non-toll section of I-476 (locally known as the "Blue Route") is 21.5 miles (34.6 km) long. However, the exit list shows the toll barrier at 19.97 and the overpass of the main line of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is at the 20.3 mile marker. I also remember the bridge being around the 20 mile marker as well. The toll barrier is considered the dividing line, and is numbered as Exit 20. Therefore, the lower section should be listed as 20 miles (32 km) in length. Bill S. ( talk) 14:20, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
Interstate 476 allows access to Interstate 78 via US 22. I have seen other road articles include interstates in the infobox that the interstate does not have a direct interchange with. For example, Interstate 78 has Interstate 476 in the infobox. I think that Interstate 78 should be added to the infobox. Any thoughts? PointsofNoReturn ( talk) 00:06, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
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