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I have moved this to U.S. Route 40, as that is the name used by AASHTO, the Federal government, and many states. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Highways#Useful resource - AASHTO reports 1989-present. If there are no complaints about this or the other three I have moved in a day or so, I will move the rest. -- SPUI ( talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 03:21, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Is it just me or does this statement not belong at the top of the page. If this page was a U.S. 40 in PA article, it would be appropriate, but not for the national article, IMHO. Any objections to removing it? Davemeistermoab 06:44, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Please see today's edit that change the "as of year". Ronbo76 22:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
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"It crosses the Mississippi River on the Poplar Street Bridge in St. Louis and is multiplexed with Interstate 64 until its terminus between the Missouri River and Interstate 70. " This won't be true until the ongoing I-64 construction in St Charles County between I-70 and an interception near MO-94 completes in a few years. (There are two stop lights remaining to be bypassed and several miles of new ashplat that need added both in that area and in another area of the project.) The Feds might also hold off offically designating this until the old US-40 Eastbound bridge over the Missouri River is replaced which might push this back another year. In the mean time there is a dispute on where exactly I-64's western designation begins. Jon 18:45, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
This article has been extensively rewritten and referenced per the current USRD Article Improvement Drive. I am going to go ahead and nominate it as a Good Article Candidate. Hopefully it will pass! -- Jayron32| talk| contribs 18:27, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
I've passed this article because there are lots of reliable sources, the writing is great, and the overall coverage is broad. Might want to improve on the stableness of the article, and link to/create state detail articles. Keep it up! V60 干什么? · 喝掉的酒 · 路 19:58, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Obviously the detailed history should go in the state articles. Here are some general notes. Only 40N east of Limon is detailed here. -- NE2 18:30, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
Do we seriously need {{ clr}} in the beginning of the route description, right near the two tables? As far as I know and in accordance with WP:USH, text must flow in between the two tables there, regardless of the placement of pictures. ( →O - R L Y?) 18:39, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
WP:USH says an article needs to have a lengths box and a major cities box. Common sense says that blocks of white space are undesirable. Therefore, common sense says text should flow between them. — Scott5114 ↗ 20:44, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Update: I've tooled around with the first few subsections of the route description, and changed the Colorado and Kansas picture placements. I've had to remove the Utah picture because it did not give much context to the article. ( →O - R L Y?) 22:44, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Aside: I'm impressed by the dedication to maintain high standards in WP:USRD articles, as shown by the enthusiasm among editors here for delisting substandard good articles. I thought I would point out that there is a procedure at Good article review for delisting an article without going through the GA/R process: a single person can delist, as long as it done properly. I also had a look at some of the other WP:USRD GAs, and think that New Jersey Route 33, California State Route 37, and Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey) are a bit weak as well. Geometry guy 21:00, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm taking this to good article review, mainly since many of the sources are not reliable. -- NE2 08:01, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
The current image file (US_70_map.png) is wrong. It should be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_40_map.png. Autryld ( talk) 14:23, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
I don't know if a change was made without logging history, but the map is correct now. This is weird. Before adding this section, I confirmed that it was the incorrect map. Autryld ( talk) 17:20, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
I grew up near US40 west of Springfield, Ohio. In fact, the address of the high school I attended is described as “9830 West National Road.” When I was taught in middle school about road numbers (even numbers are east-west, odd are north-south, three number is a by-pass, etc.) it was mentioned that US 40 was named “forty” because it ran along the 40th Parallel in the eastern part of the country. Seems like that should be mentioned somewhere in the article. I can work on getting a cite. Eric Cable | Talk 13:32, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
Why does this article begin with US 40 in the west, when the oldest part of the route is in the East?
In the United States, the Federal hghway numbering system, not Interstates, begin their route numbers in the east for east-west routes, and in the north for north-south routes. The interstate system begins its numbering system in the west and south, the opposite of the highway system.
Even in the article, there is the statement that the route is a east-west route, yet the article runs contrary to this statement by starting with the Utah section and ending in New Jersey.
The content of the article should start with its origins in New Jersey, and should progress through to the Utah section. Sjkoblentz ( talk) 10:55, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
How many miles was US 40 in California? How many miles was US 40 in Nevada? How many miles was US 40 in Utah of the full way? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.101.5.150 ( talk) 13:45, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
The Major intersections section lists numerous crossings with I-70. Are these really major intersections? My gut feel is they are helpful to local traffic only, and make this section more confusing. Any objection to replacing all of these with single mentions in the Colorado and Maryland subsections that the two highways loosely parallel each other between these states and have numerous crossings? Dave ( talk) 17:22, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
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This should go to B class. Let's review this article before it (might do) does. Kevon kevono ( talk) 03:43, 30 April 2016 (UTC) (What the hell is UTC?) 20:43 (PT)
This section, which I added just this morning, was blanked on the grounds that the book cited, by a bastion of American literature, isn't "noteworthy". Some thoughts: 1. Anything by a noted author is noteworthy, by virtue of authorship. (Did reverter even click on the Beagle link?) 2. The work in question was an early work from a prominent American culture-driver, therefore: obviously noteworthy. The fact that no-one has yet written an entry on it is meaningless. Things exist before WP acknowledges them. 4. Article as-is contains not a single pop culture reference for this subject, which is however a very important one to American history and culture. 5. Consider that discovery of information is one of the main functions of an encyclopedia. Yeah, I know there are Wikipedians who like to play noteworthiness-hockey. Maybe consider whether you're actually improving the article before you make your mark? I did. Laodah 21:50, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
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It seems that it should say I70 rather than I80 in terms of which interstate replaced it. I70 goes through all the cities referenced in the sentence below it. THe last sentence of the first paragraph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.170.167.144 ( talk • contribs) 13:30, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
"Important Junctions"
Not counting the concurrency with I-76 along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, just one more junction with a major highway would include Interstate 71 in Columbus, Ohio, which recognizes one of the larger cities on I-70 and a non-trivial Interstate. Pbrower2a ( talk) 17:23, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
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I have moved this to U.S. Route 40, as that is the name used by AASHTO, the Federal government, and many states. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Highways#Useful resource - AASHTO reports 1989-present. If there are no complaints about this or the other three I have moved in a day or so, I will move the rest. -- SPUI ( talk - don't use sorted stub templates!) 03:21, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Is it just me or does this statement not belong at the top of the page. If this page was a U.S. 40 in PA article, it would be appropriate, but not for the national article, IMHO. Any objections to removing it? Davemeistermoab 06:44, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
Please see today's edit that change the "as of year". Ronbo76 22:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Different projects are permitted to have tags on this article. In addition, ratings will vary but usually reflect each closely but might have some differences depending on the weight assigned by the project. Ronbo76 22:43, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
"It crosses the Mississippi River on the Poplar Street Bridge in St. Louis and is multiplexed with Interstate 64 until its terminus between the Missouri River and Interstate 70. " This won't be true until the ongoing I-64 construction in St Charles County between I-70 and an interception near MO-94 completes in a few years. (There are two stop lights remaining to be bypassed and several miles of new ashplat that need added both in that area and in another area of the project.) The Feds might also hold off offically designating this until the old US-40 Eastbound bridge over the Missouri River is replaced which might push this back another year. In the mean time there is a dispute on where exactly I-64's western designation begins. Jon 18:45, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
This article has been extensively rewritten and referenced per the current USRD Article Improvement Drive. I am going to go ahead and nominate it as a Good Article Candidate. Hopefully it will pass! -- Jayron32| talk| contribs 18:27, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
I've passed this article because there are lots of reliable sources, the writing is great, and the overall coverage is broad. Might want to improve on the stableness of the article, and link to/create state detail articles. Keep it up! V60 干什么? · 喝掉的酒 · 路 19:58, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Obviously the detailed history should go in the state articles. Here are some general notes. Only 40N east of Limon is detailed here. -- NE2 18:30, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
Do we seriously need {{ clr}} in the beginning of the route description, right near the two tables? As far as I know and in accordance with WP:USH, text must flow in between the two tables there, regardless of the placement of pictures. ( →O - R L Y?) 18:39, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
WP:USH says an article needs to have a lengths box and a major cities box. Common sense says that blocks of white space are undesirable. Therefore, common sense says text should flow between them. — Scott5114 ↗ 20:44, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Update: I've tooled around with the first few subsections of the route description, and changed the Colorado and Kansas picture placements. I've had to remove the Utah picture because it did not give much context to the article. ( →O - R L Y?) 22:44, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Aside: I'm impressed by the dedication to maintain high standards in WP:USRD articles, as shown by the enthusiasm among editors here for delisting substandard good articles. I thought I would point out that there is a procedure at Good article review for delisting an article without going through the GA/R process: a single person can delist, as long as it done properly. I also had a look at some of the other WP:USRD GAs, and think that New Jersey Route 33, California State Route 37, and Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey) are a bit weak as well. Geometry guy 21:00, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm taking this to good article review, mainly since many of the sources are not reliable. -- NE2 08:01, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
The current image file (US_70_map.png) is wrong. It should be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_40_map.png. Autryld ( talk) 14:23, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
I don't know if a change was made without logging history, but the map is correct now. This is weird. Before adding this section, I confirmed that it was the incorrect map. Autryld ( talk) 17:20, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
I grew up near US40 west of Springfield, Ohio. In fact, the address of the high school I attended is described as “9830 West National Road.” When I was taught in middle school about road numbers (even numbers are east-west, odd are north-south, three number is a by-pass, etc.) it was mentioned that US 40 was named “forty” because it ran along the 40th Parallel in the eastern part of the country. Seems like that should be mentioned somewhere in the article. I can work on getting a cite. Eric Cable | Talk 13:32, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
Why does this article begin with US 40 in the west, when the oldest part of the route is in the East?
In the United States, the Federal hghway numbering system, not Interstates, begin their route numbers in the east for east-west routes, and in the north for north-south routes. The interstate system begins its numbering system in the west and south, the opposite of the highway system.
Even in the article, there is the statement that the route is a east-west route, yet the article runs contrary to this statement by starting with the Utah section and ending in New Jersey.
The content of the article should start with its origins in New Jersey, and should progress through to the Utah section. Sjkoblentz ( talk) 10:55, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
How many miles was US 40 in California? How many miles was US 40 in Nevada? How many miles was US 40 in Utah of the full way? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.101.5.150 ( talk) 13:45, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
The Major intersections section lists numerous crossings with I-70. Are these really major intersections? My gut feel is they are helpful to local traffic only, and make this section more confusing. Any objection to replacing all of these with single mentions in the Colorado and Maryland subsections that the two highways loosely parallel each other between these states and have numerous crossings? Dave ( talk) 17:22, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
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This should go to B class. Let's review this article before it (might do) does. Kevon kevono ( talk) 03:43, 30 April 2016 (UTC) (What the hell is UTC?) 20:43 (PT)
This section, which I added just this morning, was blanked on the grounds that the book cited, by a bastion of American literature, isn't "noteworthy". Some thoughts: 1. Anything by a noted author is noteworthy, by virtue of authorship. (Did reverter even click on the Beagle link?) 2. The work in question was an early work from a prominent American culture-driver, therefore: obviously noteworthy. The fact that no-one has yet written an entry on it is meaningless. Things exist before WP acknowledges them. 4. Article as-is contains not a single pop culture reference for this subject, which is however a very important one to American history and culture. 5. Consider that discovery of information is one of the main functions of an encyclopedia. Yeah, I know there are Wikipedians who like to play noteworthiness-hockey. Maybe consider whether you're actually improving the article before you make your mark? I did. Laodah 21:50, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
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It seems that it should say I70 rather than I80 in terms of which interstate replaced it. I70 goes through all the cities referenced in the sentence below it. THe last sentence of the first paragraph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.170.167.144 ( talk • contribs) 13:30, 19 April 2020 (UTC)
"Important Junctions"
Not counting the concurrency with I-76 along the Pennsylvania Turnpike, just one more junction with a major highway would include Interstate 71 in Columbus, Ohio, which recognizes one of the larger cities on I-70 and a non-trivial Interstate. Pbrower2a ( talk) 17:23, 14 October 2020 (UTC)