Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways/Assessment/A-Class Review/U.S. Route 223

U.S. Route 223
review
 * Suggestion: Promote to A-Class
 * Nominator's comments: The second in my current batch of nominations to get all of Michigan's US Highways up to A-Class. This one's a bit longer, and as a bonus, it includes a short segment in Ohio.


 * Nominated by:  Imzadi 1979  →   04:49, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Comments by Dough4872:
 * 1) I think you need another source to back up that US 223 is unsigned in Ohio, I don't think the SLDs would work here. Perhaps using Google Street View would work.
 * 2) How many lanes wide is the US 23/US 223 freeway?
 * 3) "southern city limits for Adrian"? I would use "of" rather than "for" here.
 * 4) The infobox implies US 223 is signed north-south, but the route description implied US 223 Bus. is an east-west road. Are these two roads signed in different directions or is there an error here? I'm assuming US 223 and US 223 Bus. would be signed the same direction even if they don't follow that direction.
 * 5) Do you have any traffic counts available for US 223?
 * 6) The paragraph about the route changes in Adrian seems to be vague and lacking in detail. You should mention what streets US 223 was shifted along in the city and what streets the first business loop followed.
 * 7) When US 223 was realigned to run along the US 23 freeway, what happened to the former alignment south to Ohio? Did it become another route or an unnumbered road? Should mention this detail.
 * 8) Since it appears I-73 will be not constructed along the US 223 alignment anytime soon if ever, should this really be in the future section? If this is a former proposal that will most likely never happen, I would suggest folding the details about I-73 into the History section.
 * 9) Any updates on the construction project along the US 23/US 223 freeway? You mention it was announced in 2012 but no details are given to a timetable on this project.
 * 10) I don't think the MDOT map can verify the signage status of BS I-375 or the Capitol Loop. I think you may need Google Street View here or I would remove the sentence as it seems a little trivial.   Dough   4872   23:46, 19 July 2018 (UTC)


 * This nomination has been suspended for inactivity and can be reactivated within 6 months. --Rschen7754 19:48, 21 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Comments by Moabdave:


 * Route description:
 * suggest wikilink Unsigned highway
 * Near as I can tell the railroad line near Adrian is specifically the Wabash Railroad more specifically, per the FRA data at https://fragis.fra.dot.gov/GISFRASafety/, it's the Detroit district subdivision. Unfortunately no article exists, but you may want to at least mention that, if not link to it. There seems to be a push to create articles for railroad line subdivisions. I've seen several red links turn blue from articles on my watchlist in the past year or so.


 * History
 * "however the road was not signed with the number at the time" is sourced to a map. Does the map actually say the highway is unsigned?


 * Business Loop
 * "It is also currently the highest numbered and signed business routing in the state of Michigan. Both Business Spur I-375 (BS I-375) and Capitol Loop currently exist but BS I-375 is not signed and the Capitol Loop, while inventoried as Connector 496 does not use that number on signs.[41]" That to me is akward, and bordering on fancruft trivia. Maybe play with the wording a bit? I think if it were worded differently it might fit better but as worded it's akward to me.

Review finished. Dave (talk) 19:26, 4 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Suspending after several months of inactivity. --Rschen7754 17:46, 25 November 2021 (UTC)