Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Ontario Highway 401

Ontario Highway 401

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the TFAR nomination of 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 TFAR nom underneath.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/November 10, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 21:51, 21 October 2014 (UTC)



Highway 401 is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario stretching 817.9 km. The portion that passes through Toronto is the busiest highway in the world, and one of the widest. By the end of 1952, three individual highways were numbered "Highway 401": the partially completed Toronto Bypass between Weston Road and Highway 11; Highway 2A between West Hill and Newcastle; and the Scenic Highway between Gananoque and Brockville. The route was expanded across the province, and became fully navigable from Windsor to the Quebec border on November 10, 1964. In 1965 it was designated the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway, in honour of the Fathers of Confederation, and it became a freeway for its entire length in 1968. A portion of the highway was designated the Highway of Heroes in 2007, as the road is travelled by funeral convoys for fallen Canadian Forces personnel from CFB Trenton to the coroner's office in Toronto. In 2011 construction began on a westward extension of Highway 401 that will be known as the Herb Gray Parkway and extend to Interstate 75 via a new international crossing.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Capitol Loop on October 13 (most recent road article)
 * Main editors: Floydian
 * Promoted: March 3, 2012
 * Reasons for nomination: 50th anniversary of "completion" across Southern Ontario. Two and a hief years since promotion.
 * Support as nominator.  Floydian  τ ¢  00:06, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Now then, I haven't selected a picture because there are so many great options available. These include a stunning aerial photo of the widest part of the freeway, images that showcase the "busiest highway in the world", a featured picture showing an equally busy section completely void of cars (Pyongyang anyone?), a similar image showing streaking lights of cars at night, and several additional aerials. I'm having trouble deciding, but figure pairing a featured picture with its featured article is the best way to go (though the aerial of the 18-lanes is also great, but likely too large). Current character count is slightly over 1300, which hopefully can be fixed (any suggestions?) or given an exemption. -  Floydian  τ ¢  00:06, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Rejigged to within the limit (if the blurb is too long it throws out the left—right balance of the main page). Why not try out a couple of photos (use TFAIMAGE for one perhaps and give links to the rest) and we'll see what looks good at main page size? Thanks, BencherliteTalk 22:27, 10 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Ok, I've picked a larger image that appears alright, but the others that I'm considering are:


 * Hoping a few more get scheduled so I can put this nom up soon. Giddy with anticipation; four years in the making. --  Floydian  τ ¢  20:48, 15 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Support, I like the middle (2nd) picture of the three alternates. All would be fine with me, however. Good luck, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:16, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Support; I prefer the left (1st) image among the alternates because it really emphasizes how wide and busy the highway is. Tezero (talk) 13:02, 15 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Is it just me, or do the images appear much smaller in the nominations than they do on the Main Page? -  Floydian  τ ¢  17:46, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * For landscape-orientation images, I use, which helps. BencherliteTalk 11:08, 15 October 2014 (UTC)