Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Capitol Loop

Capitol Loop

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 13, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 12:37, 2 October 2014 (UTC)



The Capitol Loop is a state trunkline highway running through Lansing, Michigan, in the United States that was commissioned on October 13, 1989. It forms a loop route off Interstate 496 through downtown near the Michigan State Capitol complex, home of the state legislature and several state departments. The trunkline follows a series of one-way and two-way streets through downtown Lansing, directing traffic to the State Capitol and other government buildings. Unlike the other streets downtown, the seven streets comprising the Capitol Loop are under state maintenance and jurisdiction. The loop was originally proposed in 1986 as part of a downtown revitalization effort. Almost from the beginning the highway was affected by various controversies. Local community leaders suggested renaming the Capitol Loop for Martin Luther King, Jr., immediately before the state designated the highway. Reconstruction projects along the loop in 2004–05 were also contentious. In 2010, additional issues surfaced regarding the posting and enforcement of speed limits on city streets in Michigan, including the streets that make up the Capitol Loop.


 * Most recent similar article(s): Creek Turnpike, August 28, 2014
 * Main editors: Imzadi1979
 * Promoted: 2010
 * Reasons for nomination: October 13, 2014, is the 25th anniversary of the day the Michigan Department of Transportation assumed jurisdiction over the streets that make up the Capitol Loop and commissioned the designation on the highway.
 * Support as nominator.  Imzadi 1979  →   01:42, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Support great date selection and great article with no issues. Blurb looks good and within the character limits. -  Floydian  τ ¢  00:59, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, high quality, educational, and encyclopedic. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 22:53, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Scheduling, but I'm using the general route marker as the image as the suggested image doesn't really work on the main page - we can't make out anything, such as the sign, and the picture gives the impression that it's more about the building than the road. BencherliteTalk 12:37, 2 October 2014 (UTC)