Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Interstate 205 (Oregon–Washington)

Interstate 205 (Oregon–Washington)

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new nomination underneath. To do this, see the instructions at TFAR nom/doc.

The result was: not scheduled by Wehwalt (talk) 17:52, 2 February 2023 (UTC)



Interstate 205 (I-205) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon and Washington, United States. The north–south freeway is 37 mi long and serves as a bypass route of I-5 east of Portland. Such a highway was conceived in 1943 plan for the area, and in the 1950s was included in preliminary plans for the Interstate Highway System. Construction began in 1967 with work on the Abernethy Bridge over the Willamette River, which opened in 1970. By 1972, I-205 was extended west to Tualatin and north to Gladstone but the Portland section was delayed by opposition until 1977. The Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge, spanning the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver, opened on December 15, 1982. The remaining 6.6 mi in Portland opened on March 8, 1983. From Oregon City to Vancouver, the corridor is paralleled by a multi-use bicycle and pedestrian trail, as well as portions of the MAX Light Rail system.
 * Most recent similar article(s): U.S. Route 8 (December 30)
 * Main editors: SounderBruce
 * Promoted: 2022-09-09
 * Reasons for nomination: 40th anniversary of its completion. While there are two other nominations for this date, I would hope that a significant anniversary takes precedence.
 * Support as nominator.  Sounder Bruce  22:31, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support ~ HAL  333  03:58, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Coordinator comment Still at least three weeks until I schedule, but from what I can see this isn't going to be the community's preference for March 8. The only support other than the nominator also supported the Foote article. While it's not our practice to exclusively reserve a given day of the year for the same theme, there's no danger of that here as the TFA for March 8 last year was not woman-themed. Do you want to withdraw? Change the date? I can run it March 7 if no one speaks for that date.--Wehwalt (talk) 14:12, 14 January 2023 (UTC)