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someone realizes that there is a lot more to Alt US 40 than what is described so far. Pull up a good map and examine the section from Frederick to Braddock Heights to Boonsboro. Then travel the Old National Pike Road (which, incidentally, parallels Interstate 70 (appx. 1500 feet to the west), and also is only six minutes slower from Frederick to Hagerstown than US 70Â !). Leave Frederick around noon, stop for lunch at
John Hagan's Tavern, then visit the
Washington Monument State Park for an afternoon of history (there's even a lake for swimming !), and finally enjoy fine dining at the
Old South Mountain Inn(where deer are plentiful around dusk). These are just a few of the missing attractions from a portion of Alt US 40 worth mentioning... Then you can give it a B. :)
I would even add in the live traffic cam from the Maryland Department of Transportation's section of I-70 (west of) I-270 for thoughtful travelers: when they see all the traffic, they'll want to travel the Old National Pike Road instead. Hag2 ( talk) 18:43, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
This article is beautiful in all parts. However, I think a stub on Keyser's Ridge may be necessary. How is someone gonna know where it is, if it has no article? I won't hold for it, but I feel it is necessary. Congratulations, you got a GA.Mitch32( UP) 01:09, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
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I am concerned that this article does not meet WP:NOTABILITY because there are no sources that discuss it directly and in detail. Could someone here explain to me how the Roads project decides if a road is notable? Thanks. Awadewit ( talk) 16:06, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Would the anonymous editor that keeps violating consensus please comment here on why? This article is a Featured Article, meaning it has been reviewed as one of the highest-quality articles on all of the English Wikipedia. The image layout was vetted as a part of that process. Please explain your reasoning here, or desist in making further changes. Furthermore, as it stands now, moving that image up to your proposed location violates the Manual of Style, specifically MOS:IMAGES, "Images should be inside the section they belong to (after the heading and after any links to other articles), and not above the heading." That image belongs inside the "Route description" section, not above it where you are placing it.
Also, your edits to the paragraph to insert a link to the Eastern Continental Divide have been deemed vandalism by a number of editors. To make your changes, you've inserted a Google Maps reference, and removed a USGS Quadrangle Map. Consensus appears to be running against you on this matter, so the correct thing to do would be to bring the dispute to the talk page for a discussion, and possible compromise. That's what I've done here, hoping to help broker a compromise. Imzadi1979 ( talk) 21:13, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
I was confused when I first read the article, wondering why Pennsylvania landmarks were mentioned but hadn't paid attention to the article's title. Anyway, the first National Road/National Pike tollhouse in Pennsylvania still stands outside Addison(Petersburg). Also, near where the National Pike crosses into Pennsylvania, there's a stone-arch bridge that emerges from the bottom of the Youghiogheny Reservoir (or Youghiogheny River Lake), during droughts or when the Reservoir is being drawn down. Used to be a village there called "Somerfield" ( 1999 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story), "National Road in Pennsylvania" (photos). I was poking around Wikipedia to see if there was a related article about the part of the Pike that ran through Pennsylvania, but maybe I just didn't look it up under the correct WP-title. Does anyone know if there are similar articles about the section that runs through Pennsylvania? Thanks, Shearonink ( talk) 04:01, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
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someone realizes that there is a lot more to Alt US 40 than what is described so far. Pull up a good map and examine the section from Frederick to Braddock Heights to Boonsboro. Then travel the Old National Pike Road (which, incidentally, parallels Interstate 70 (appx. 1500 feet to the west), and also is only six minutes slower from Frederick to Hagerstown than US 70Â !). Leave Frederick around noon, stop for lunch at
John Hagan's Tavern, then visit the
Washington Monument State Park for an afternoon of history (there's even a lake for swimming !), and finally enjoy fine dining at the
Old South Mountain Inn(where deer are plentiful around dusk). These are just a few of the missing attractions from a portion of Alt US 40 worth mentioning... Then you can give it a B. :)
I would even add in the live traffic cam from the Maryland Department of Transportation's section of I-70 (west of) I-270 for thoughtful travelers: when they see all the traffic, they'll want to travel the Old National Pike Road instead. Hag2 ( talk) 18:43, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
This article is beautiful in all parts. However, I think a stub on Keyser's Ridge may be necessary. How is someone gonna know where it is, if it has no article? I won't hold for it, but I feel it is necessary. Congratulations, you got a GA.Mitch32( UP) 01:09, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Possible alternative sources for route description
I am concerned that this article does not meet WP:NOTABILITY because there are no sources that discuss it directly and in detail. Could someone here explain to me how the Roads project decides if a road is notable? Thanks. Awadewit ( talk) 16:06, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Would the anonymous editor that keeps violating consensus please comment here on why? This article is a Featured Article, meaning it has been reviewed as one of the highest-quality articles on all of the English Wikipedia. The image layout was vetted as a part of that process. Please explain your reasoning here, or desist in making further changes. Furthermore, as it stands now, moving that image up to your proposed location violates the Manual of Style, specifically MOS:IMAGES, "Images should be inside the section they belong to (after the heading and after any links to other articles), and not above the heading." That image belongs inside the "Route description" section, not above it where you are placing it.
Also, your edits to the paragraph to insert a link to the Eastern Continental Divide have been deemed vandalism by a number of editors. To make your changes, you've inserted a Google Maps reference, and removed a USGS Quadrangle Map. Consensus appears to be running against you on this matter, so the correct thing to do would be to bring the dispute to the talk page for a discussion, and possible compromise. That's what I've done here, hoping to help broker a compromise. Imzadi1979 ( talk) 21:13, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
I was confused when I first read the article, wondering why Pennsylvania landmarks were mentioned but hadn't paid attention to the article's title. Anyway, the first National Road/National Pike tollhouse in Pennsylvania still stands outside Addison(Petersburg). Also, near where the National Pike crosses into Pennsylvania, there's a stone-arch bridge that emerges from the bottom of the Youghiogheny Reservoir (or Youghiogheny River Lake), during droughts or when the Reservoir is being drawn down. Used to be a village there called "Somerfield" ( 1999 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story), "National Road in Pennsylvania" (photos). I was poking around Wikipedia to see if there was a related article about the part of the Pike that ran through Pennsylvania, but maybe I just didn't look it up under the correct WP-title. Does anyone know if there are similar articles about the section that runs through Pennsylvania? Thanks, Shearonink ( talk) 04:01, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
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