Talk:Baltimore–Washington Parkway

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May 23, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
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Length[edit]

[1]

DC: unknown - if it actually does enter; the NBI lists those bridges - including over the Anacostia River - as "state highway agency"; [2] says it begins at the line
Prince George's County: 0.20 mi on US 50 (SHA maintained and called John Hanson Highway by them), 12.36 mi as federal parkway
Anne Arundel County: 6.20 mi as federal parkway (to just south of MD 175), 8.90 mi as MD 295
Baltimore County: 1.42 mi
Baltimore City: 3.60 mi [3]
total 32.52 mi [4]

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by SPUI (talk • contribs) 20:59, 9 June 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Article Introduction[edit]

The current article introduction is unwieldy and duplicative of information that appears later in the article. It needs to be merged with the existing information in the appropriate section(s) or replace said sections. Not only that, it's far too long to serve as a decent introduction - it needs to be substantially shortened. -User:TheOneKEA

Route 1[edit]

I changed the link from U.S. Route 1 (Maryland) to U.S. Route 1 because it redirected there anyway. Then changed the link Baltimore-Washington Boulevard to U.S. Route 1 in Maryland because those are the same roads (I hope I'm not wrong.) However, the article on U.S. Route 1 in Maryland needs to indicate that.

Enrique Vargas 22:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hon Sign?[edit]

Perhaps a mention of the "notorious" alteration of the welcome sign at the northern end of the parkway? http://www.mail-archive.com/chat@charlesvillage.info/msg01197.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.124.138.29 (talk) 23:54, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia's greatest feature is that we can add virtually any and/or all information that there is for a given topic. While I do not believe that this is notable, I wouldn't be against its addition. Road articles tend to be quite bland -- it's sometimes nice to have some trivia so long as it doesn't clutter the article. --Thisisbossi 04:07, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Park[edit]

When the NSA was moved to Fort George G. Meade in the 1950s (to protect against a nuclear detonation in downtown Washington), existing roads were inadequate to handle the traffic from a then Washington-based workforce. The B-W Parkway was built primarily to service the agency, which is why the Federal Government, and not the State of Maryland, built the Parkway to a point just beyond the NSA exit.

I think the above statement is wrong. NSA moved to Fort Meade in 1957, three years after the Parkway was finished in 1954. Unless there was a plan all along to do it after the Parkway was finished, I doubt that the Parkway was built explicitly for the NSA. Still, I have moved the paragraph here to elicit comments on this topic. -TheOneKEA

WikiProject class rating[edit]

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:06, 9 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Naming?[edit]

Would anyone object if I moved this to Baltimore–Washington Parkway in conformance with WP:MOSDASH? The old hyphenated name would still redirect. —Scott5114 ↗ [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 07:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Road sign[edit]

Why was the B-W parkway sign removed? Right now, the MD 295 marker in the route box is misleading as it implies that the whole route is designated MD 295. While that's technically true, A large portion of this route is not signed as such. Since there is no route marker for the federal B-W Parkway (that I'm aware of), I used a generic road sign to represent the federal portion, done in the style of road signs used along the federal portion for the sake of accuracy. I don't see why this article is any more misleading with it than it is without it.-Jeff ^(talk) 17:05, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's misleading to show a sign that's not actually used. --NE2 21:05, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A similar sign is used on the Suitland Parkway, and I'm pretty sure such a sign can also be seen on the B-W parkway (unfortunately this article doesn't have a photo of it). I know it's not a route marker, but it's the closest thing we have.-Jeff ^(talk) 01:26, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

start of BW Parkway[edit]

I asked for a cite for the parkway starting as US 50 and one was provided (though it is not exactly readable). This leaves 2 questions. (1) what is the road that attaches to DC-295? (2) how, exactly, does US-50 pass over the parkway at 0.330 miles (on structure #16118) if the parkway is US50 at that point? PDBailey (talk) 19:00, 17 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to the HLR for Prince George's County, at the Tuxedo Interchange near the DC border, the Baltimore-Washington Parkway heads north as unsigned MD 295, with the road continuing south of US 50 as MD 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) to the DC border, where it becomes DC 295. Meanwhile US 50 runs east-west through the interchange as the John Hanson Highway, becoming New York Avenue at the DC border. (Google Maps is a little misleading as Kenilworth Avenue south of the interchange is not actually MD 295 but MD 201.) Dough4872 (talk) 18:41, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I'm having a hard time finding that in the reference. Can you cite a page or some text that I can look at? Also, how, exactly, does US-50 pass over the parkway at 0.330 miles (on structure #16118) if the parkway is US50 at that point?PDBailey (talk) 02:02, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If you go to page 226 in the Prince George's County HLR, it shows US 50 passing over the parkway at 0.330 miles (on structure #16118). However, if you look at the route name in the top left part of the page, the name for US 50 is the John Hanson Highway. If you go to the previous page, you will see US 50 is called the John Hanson Highway from the DC border. Thus, US 50 is never part of the parkway. Dough4872 (talk) 17:48, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If US-50 is never part of the BWE, then the BWE does not start in the interchange and we agree that MD-295 extends out of DC-295, right? PDBailey (talk) 23:53, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I think this is right, look at the AADTs, the BWE definitely is not part of US-50 or the reference is just wrong. PDBailey (talk) 23:57, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Baltimore–Washington Parkway/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Starting review.Pyrotec (talk) 09:31, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

A comprehensive article

Is it reasonably well written?
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I'm not sure that all the abbreviations are defined before they are used. I corrected quite a few, but there may be a few more.

B. Citation of reliable sources where necessary:

C. No original research:
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Congratulations on the article, I'm awarding GA status.Pyrotec (talk) 20:33, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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