Talk:New York State Route 135/GA1

GA Review
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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)


 * Done. Took a while. Mitch 32 ( Go Syracuse ) 20:41, 30 January 2009 (UTC)