Talk:Aurora Bridge

Bridge type
Is this really a cantilever bridge? I thought it was an iron arch bridge. - Jmabel | Talk 08:09, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Copyedit
I have rewritten large portions of this article and added inline citations to everything I could. There's still more to expand on with the bridge's history, but I will have to come back to that later. Please comment on the changes here and notify me on my talk page if I have made any errors. Thank you. Cumulus Clouds 20:35, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Speed of jumper
The quoted source is incorrect. Time to impact of a free-falling object from a given height near the Earth's surface, disregarding air drag (minor) is approximately h (in feet) = 16t2. Solving for 180 feet gives t = about 3.354 seconds. Acceleration = about 32t feet per second per second, so in 3.354 seconds, the object reaches = 107.32 ft/sec, or about 73 mph vs. the 55 mph reported. Also, their own figures on impact are incorrect. 55 mph = about 81 ft/sec. x 165lbs = 13,365 ft-lb/sec, not the 28,000 quoted. If we use the figures given in this post of 107'/sec x 165 lb, we get 17,655, still far less than 28,000. Need a more accurate source for this section. Unimaginative Username (talk) 09:00, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow, I never thought to check the math and you're right, that guy was terrible at it. It is unlikely I'll find another section with the same type of information, so if you don't oppose it, I'll just take that part out. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 01:28, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, that article from the Journal of Trauma may have it, I'll see what I can find. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 01:30, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Of the two sources, one says nothing about speed and the other is a dead link. Since the info isn't exactly key to this article, I'll remove it.  Better silence than misinformation. Paulc206 (talk) 07:52, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Units
Intro is given in metric, converted to English. Per the Manual of Style, "# For US-related articles, the main units are US units; for example, 10 miles (16 km)." Since the bridge is in Seattle, Washington, intro should be revised accordingly: US units, with conversion to metric. (infobox also) Unimaginative Username (talk) 09:00, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

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Name of the article
If the lead sentence is correct when saying the bridge is "commonly called the Aurora Bridge", is there a good reason that the article title isn't "Aurora Bridge", per WP:COMMONNAME? —BarrelProof (talk) 15:25, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, we have the same problems with the Ballard Locks. Both should be moved. Interstate 90 floating bridge is probably OK -- in the vernacular the I-90 crossing is one bridge, but the articles cover both the Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge and Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge. I'd support a move of both Hiram M. Chittenden Locks and George Washington Memorial Bridge. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 15:36, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 26 September 2015

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 17:02, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

George Washington Memorial Bridge → Aurora Bridge – Per WP:COMMONNAME. The article says that this bridge is "commonly called the Aurora Bridge". —BarrelProof (talk) 16:05, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 16:54, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Support  Sounder Bruce  20:17, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Further comment: Here is a news article from today and another one and another one from yesterday that talk about the bridge. There is no mention of the "Washington" name in any of those articles, and I did not go looking for examples like that. This is just what pops up – e.g., by searching for "fatal accident Seattle", and that is not just what the locals call it. At least two of those three were written for nation-wide readership (i.e., the Associated Press and CNN). —BarrelProof (talk) 21:15, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
 * It should also be known that WSDOT uses the "Aurora Bridge" name alongside or in place of the official name on their webpages: here, here (though it uses "Aurora Avenue Bridge"), here, and here.  Sounder Bruce  21:23, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Support Peaceray (talk) 22:06, 28 September 2015 (UTC)


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