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List of Interstate Highways in Washington

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I've listed this article for peer review because I am looking for a non roadgeek's opinion of the two table styles. I am torn on what I want to include / use in the tables, and was wondering what would make this table usable for someone who isn't familiar with the topic.

Thanks, Admrboltz (talk) 00:48, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Finetooth comments: I'm more of a river geek than a road geek, so I think I qualify.

• I can't exactly choose one table over the other because I would prefer a third kind, similar but not identical to either of the existing two. The following comments (I hope) explain what I mean.

• As a driver, I don't need to know the county names, but I like to know what cities the auxiliary highways are meant to serve or, in some cases, bypass. For example, one purpose of I-205 is to avoid downtown Portland and traffic jams between Portland and Vancouver, Washington, that occur on I-5 during the daily commuting hours.

• I also like to know about daily traffic-density variations. When and where is I-5 so jammed up that it's best to stay away from it?

• I like to know the names, locations, and elevations of any mountain passes a particular highway crosses. You mention Snoqualmie, which is probably the highest, but others may be high enough to require traction devices sometimes. Or maybe not.

• You mention the Columbia River crossing for the Washington half of I-205. Would it be worth mentioning other major river crossings? For example, I suppose I-5 in Washington begins in the middle of the Interstate Bridge over the Columbia, and I-90 and I-82 cross the Columbia as well.

Infobox

• PSH and SR should probably be spelled out here (or maybe in the lead) as well as abbreviated for the many readers who may not know what they mean.

Lead

• "One route, I-605, has been proposed over the years to form another bypass around I-5 and I-405... " - Would it be helpful to say more specifically in the lead and in the auxiliary table where in the state I-605 would go? I mean from what town to what town? What Interstates would it intersect?

Primary Interstate Highways

• "I-405 is intersected, which serves the Eastside, as I-5 enters Seattle." - I'd make this active rather than passive; i.e., "As I-5 enters Seattle, it intersects I-405, which serves the Eastside." Is "Eastside" a proper noun, or should this say "the eastern part of the city" or something similar?

Links in tables

• I see a few redundant links here and there. For example, I think you need to link "Canada – United States border" and "I-90"only once each in the primary table and "Oregon", "Lynnwood", "Tukwila", "Pasco", "US 12", and "US 395" only once each in the auxiliary table.

• Shouldn't places like "Mercer Island" and "Ellensburg" be linked?

Icons

• Once per row is enough for the highway icons in the tables, I think.

I hope these suggestions prove helpful. If so, please consider reviewing another article, especially one from the PR backlog at WP:PR; that is where I found this one. I don't usually watch the PR archives or check corrections or changes. If my comments are unclear, please ping me on my talk page. Finetooth (talk) 03:16, 2 December 2010 (UTC)