Talk:Washington State Route 509

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
February 27, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed

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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Washington State Route 509/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Dough4872 (talk · contribs) 04:22, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
The sentence "The highway travels north from Interstate 705 (I-705) in Tacoma along the Puget Sound through south King County, serving the cities of Federal Way, Des Moines, and Burien west of Seattle–Tacoma International Airport to SR 99 south of downtown Seattle." needs to be reworded. I would suggest splitting into two sentences with the first sentence mentioning the termini and the second sentence mentioning the cities it passes through.
Split

The sentence "SR 509 continues north onto Marine View Drive through the city of Normandy Park and into SeaTac,[24][25] where it turns southeast onto Amabaum Boulevard and Des Moines Memorial Drive to a trumpet interchange, the southern terminus of a limited-access freeway section of SR 509" needs to be split.
Split

The sentence "SR 509 passes Highline High School and intersects Southwest 148th Street in a partial cloverleaf interchange, forming the western terminus of SR 518,[29][30] before a half-diamond interchange with South 146th Street." sounds awkward.
Re-worded

You use the verb "intersects" a lot in the route description. Can you please try to vary the wording a bit?
Varied
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Are there any additional details that can be added about the construction of the Burien Freeway?
✗ No additional dates

Are there any additional details that can be added about the planned upgrades to SR 509, such as dates?
✗ No set timeline
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

I will put the article on hold for some concerns to be addressed. Dough 48 72 04:37, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hope this'll do it. Sounder Bruce 05:08, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I will now pass the article. Dough 48 72 05:14, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Route description[edit]

The landmarks given in the description seem to be from liberal definitions of what the highway goes past. The concurrency with SR 516 is stated to go "past" Mount Rainier High School. This is true in a general sense, but the school is not actually by the highway. The route goes "past" the school in the same sense that I-5 goes "past" Mount Saint Helens. It does, and it doesn't. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.180.211.253 (talk) 23:35, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]