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GA Review[edit]

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Comments:

  1. Try to get a map of the route for the infobox
  2. "locals in Long Island"? Sounds awkward
  3. Change "would first come about" to "first came about"
  4. Is there a definite time when the expressway changed its name?
  5. First sentence in third paragraph of lead: add semicolon after expresseway, remove comma after time and change "proposing to "he proposed"
  6. Indicate bridge to Rye would cross Long Island Sound
  7. "killed the plans"? Sounds awkward. Try using a different word
  8. Capitalize "rye"
  9. Are pictures of welcome signs to towns along the route nessecary for the article? I would suggest trying to get more pictures of the actual road, if possible
  10. First paragraph of route description: change "following" to "heading"
  11. "crossing on an overpass over Waverly Avenue": reorder words
  12. In the sentence "The highway from there passes its first guide sign, depicting about Interchange 2 (for New York State Route 27), about a 1/2 mile ahead." remove comma after "sign" and "about"
  13. In the sentence "The highway from there, upgrades to three lanes, and the highway continues to the offramp for Interchange 2." begin with "From there, the highway" and replace second "the highway" with "it"
  14. When mentioning number of lanes, be sure to indicate whether it is in each direction or total
  15. Remove comma after expressway
  16. Last sentence in second paragraph of route descripiton: continue should be plural
  17. Change "following" to "running" in sentence "After that, Seamans Neck Road becomes the service road to the expressway, following parallel to the east."
  18. What nearby community are you referring to?
  19. Mention information about exit 3 in route description
  20. "the Bethpage" sounds colliqual
  21. "NY 135 comes back together" Do you mean the lanes?
  22. Remove "a nearby community" after Plainview
  23. Make sure to mention every interchange in route description
  24. " It is part-concrete, part-asphalt paved from the southern end to Exit 7 and Exit 7 to the northern end." Can you clarify this sentence?
  25. Rewrite "There are about 11% of trucks traveling the highway on average". to "About 11% of the vehicles that travel the highway on average are trucks."
  26. First section of history: what year did they take the right of way for the proposed expressway?
  27. disambiguate Sunrise Mall
  28. First sentence in third paragraph of history: remove words from parentheses and add comma after highway
  29. Change "slow" to "slowed"
  30. Add "of the construction" after "The final outcome"
  31. Remove "New York's big-name public works engineer,"
  32. Again, indicate bridge to Rye crosses over Long Island Sound
  33. Remove sentence "Robert Moses pushed for the plan."
  34. Combine "There, however, Moses ran into a problem. As the proposal was brought to the Federal Highway Administration, opposition from both sides of the Long Island Sound began to form." into one sentence and remove "there" at beginning
  35. Clarify the sentence "With plans to turn the Oyster Bay area into a bird sanctuary and a protected park, working on the highway became harder, with doing such being against the law."
  36. "destroyed the plans"? reword
  37. Change " restudying" to "restudied"
  38. How can right-of-way for an expressway be produced? try using another word
  39. "the Wantagh" sounds colliqual
  40. In last paragraph in fifth section of history, provide a link somewhere to Long Island Sound link
  41. Remove "way" after "entrance"
  42. Fix redlink template for how many gallons of propane fuel the tanker contained
  43. "where they would take diesel train to Bethpage and nearby Babylon to continue progress eastward." Do you mean the passengers?
  44. Fix spelling of "Parkway"
  45. Rewrite "the highway is differently divided, with an unusually large median." to "the highway is divided with a large median."
  46. Remove comma after Bethpage State Parkway
  47. add "in" after "be"
  48. "the Bethpage State" sounds colliqual
  49. Capitalize "presidents"
  50. Combine last two sentences in history
  51. Remove "Current alignment" heading in Exit list
  52. Fix alignment of second row of exit list. Is an exact mileage known for this exit? Use Template:Jct for the destinations in this row

I am placing the article on hold Dough4872 (talk) 18:07, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Took a while.Mitch32(Go Syracuse) 20:41, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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