Talk:Interstate 70/Archive 1

Frederick Bypass bridge dates
— Preceding unsigned comment added by SPUI (talk • contribs) 08:32, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 1984 under MD 144FA
 * 1957 over South Street
 * 1955 under MD 355
 * 2002 under New Design Road
 * 1967 ramp to I-70 west over I-70 east
 * 1955 I-70 east over I-270
 * ? I-70 west over ramp to I-70 east
 * 1968 I-70 west over I-270
 * 2002 ramp to I-270 south over ramp to I-70 east
 * 1955 under Jefferson Street
 * 1958 over Patrick Street
 * 1958/1968 over Rosemont Avenue
 * 1958/1968 over 7th Street
 * 1958 under Motter Avenue
 * 1957 over MD 26 west

Major Reorg is necessary for this page
I see 3 problems with this page. Would like to discuss some clean-up. 1. The spur routes section is completely redundant. Why not just have the table and delete the info above it. 2. Why is the "shunpiking" deserving of its own section? From my POV this is just another note 3. Speaking of the notes section, this is a laundry list of things. Why not break this into state sections (as is common in most other highway pages) and placing the notes in the corresponding state section.

Any thoughts? Davemeistermoab 03:35, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

OK, 3 weeks later and nobody opined, so I made the above changes Davemeistermoab 05:24, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I-70 substandard section in Pennsylvania
I am not a highway engineer, however I do know quite a bit about highway design. I characterized this section as sub-standard and listed the reasons as such. There is little disagreement amomgst any person that sharp curves, and a lack of merge space at on-ramps make for a sub-standard interstate highway. This is an instance where perhaps a general consensus can be reached among the community, particularly if locals of Western Pennsylvania could corroborate, rather than having an external link. I should also note that the I-70 in Pennsylvania page notes that this section of road was built prior to the start of the Interstate highway system, thus offering further evidence that it does not meet today's standards. I would encourage all to look at aerial photos to confirm the shortcomings of the highway. Bcirker 04:34, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Update on substandard section
After some consideration, I will remove the supurlative about the section in Western Pennsylvania.Bcirker 13:44, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I-70 in Missouri
''The 1985 World Series between the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals was nicknamed the "I-70 Series" because St. Louis and Kansas City are the two endpoints of I-70 in Missouri and the highway passed both Busch Stadium and Kauffman Stadium. The Kansas City portion is called "The George Brett Super Highway" after the Royals third baseman.''
 * Shouldn't this say "the highway passed both Busch Stadium and Royals Stadium"? It is in the past tense and at the time of the series the official name of the stadium was Royals Stadium not Kauffman Stadium. Just wanna make everything as correct as possible. Stardust8212 15:43, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
 * That's kind of splitting hairs. Royals Stadium still exists although renamed.  The Busch Stadium of the series has been torn down but its replacement in the same location is also Busch Stadium.   Americasroof 13:10, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe it is splitting hairs but I think the article should be correct, either it passed Busch stadium and Royals stadium (past tense) or it passes Busch Stadium and Kauffman stadium (present tense). I think I'll just go ahead and change it since no one seems to really have a strong opinion on the matter except for my obsession with details.  Stardust8212 14:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * If it still passes both stadiums, regardless of names, then make it present tense. Someone like me, not familiar with the stadium names, won't notice it, and someone who is familiar with the stadiums would know that.  As long as it links to the stadiums, then it's all good.  I'm from Virginia and I got the gist.  --MPD01605 (T / C) 17:01, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Kansas Turnpike
According to the Kansas Turnpike's own map (and website), it ends at 18th Street. The section from 18th Street to state line is not part of the pike. Americasroof 13:10, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * So change it. Google maps calls the section from 18th Street to MO the Jay Dillinger Mem Hwy.  --MPD01605 (T / C)

Indiana importance scale
The Indiana wiki project threw on a "low importance" grade to this article on its wiki template (and left no comments as to why it was rated that way). Such a rating is flame bait and you have to be nuts to think an interstate that crosses the entire state is of low importance. So I took the rating off. If they want to put it on again, please make comments explaining why. Americasroof 12:24, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I just don't understand how to rate road articles in terms of importance that isn't obvious. Interstate = High, U.S. Route = Mid, State Detail Articles = Low... I don't need the tag to say that, which is why I left it out of the Assessment project. Now, if individual state WikiProjects want to rate the importance of each individual article with reference to their state, go right on ahead, but I'm not going to start that. &mdash; Rob (  talk  ) 16:07, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

I-470 OH/WV
How does the latest change make it clear that where I-70 intersects I-470 at St. Clairsville, Ohio, and Wheeling, West Virginia, is really the same one road, a bypass? Skapare 10:40, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I removed all spurs of I-70 in the Intersections with other Interstates. They're not necessary in that section since there shoudl be a "spur routes" section on the page. (like Interstate 95 or Interstate 90).  The added intersections make the section too long, and apparently cause a lot of arguing.  If someone wants to start that, you can put a little more info in that section, like "bypass around Wheeling, WV".  --MPD01605 (T / C) 14:48, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

long distance mileage signs
Photo: from
 * Baltimore, Maryland &mdash; Near the east end of Interstate 70, while driving westbound, just after crossing the I-695/Baltimore Beltway interchange there is a sign that gives the distance (2200 miles) to Cove Fort, Utah, the town nearest to the west end of I-70; and 3 other control cities over 400 miles away passed along I-70.


 * Mack, Colorado &mdash; West of Mack, there is a mileage sign that gives the distance to Las Vegas, 506 miles away via I-70 and I-15

Interstate 470 not the closest
At the bottom of this article it states that I-70 holds the distinction of having the two closest spur routes with the same number (I-470) at 72 miles apart. I believe this can be contradicted by the fact that I-91 has two spur routes even closer (I-291). These are in Massachussetts & Connecticut respectively. This should therefore be changed and the I-91 wiki page recieve this distinction. Route 82 16:13, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I-95 has two 395s 59 miles apart at the point where they intersect 95. If we're talking about spurs that are numbered but don't intersect the parent route, then 695s are closer.  Even so, the I-291s are 21 miles apart.  So yeah, this article's wrong. -- M PD T / C 16:40, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Formatting of Ohio section
The Ohio section is currently a bullet list rather than prose, like all the other states. Not sure of the best way to fix it. 70.185.217.138 04:42, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

World's Longest Exit Ramp
I have two problems with this section. One, it contains unsourced statements with admitted speculation "It just may be the world's...." Two, is it really that noteworthy? I've seen some 3di's that are nothing more than glorified offramps, but are long enough to give them a separate number. It's a difficult claim to prove, at best. IMO this should be scrubbed. Anybody else?Davemeistermoab 04:31, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I'll take it down and we'll see what happens. -- T M F Let's Go Mets - Stats 05:25, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Portal Roads
Added to Portal:Roads as a selected article as there was not article selected, and there were no banner notes saying this FA had been on the US Roads portal before SriMesh | talk  02:51, 18 January 2009 (UTC)