MyWiki:WikiProject Highways/Assessment/A-Class Review/California State Route 55

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Withdrawn. Found over 50 articles in the LA Times archive. Good, but will require a large rewrite of the history. --Rschen7754 00:32, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

California State Route 55

{{Wikipedia:Featured article tools|1=California State Route 55}} California State Route 55 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) review

Suggestion: Promote to A-Class

Nominator's comments: I brought this article from C-class to GA recently, and since the history is complete, I think it could stand a chance at ACR and FAC.

Nominated by: Rschen7754 08:40, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

First comment occurred: 00:25, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

• Comments - I have some concerns with the article before I can support it for A-class:

1. The southern terminus appears to be slightly south of SR 1. This should be fixed in the lead and infobox.

   Fixed. --Rschen7754 03:25, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

2. "SR 55 runs between the Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1) in Newport Beach to the south and the Riverside Freeway (State Route 91) in Anaheim to the north" since you already defined SR 55 as standing for State Route 55, you can use abbreviations for SR 1 and SR 91.

   Fixed. --Rschen7754 03:27, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

3. The route description seems kind of dry as it appears to only mention what cities it passes through and what roads it intersects. Can some detail about the physical surroundings be added? From looking at Google Maps, it appears like most of the freeway passes near suburban residential and commercial areas. Can this be mentioned at least once in the route description?

   Not done, and will not be done. The cities should provide enough detail. --Rschen7754 03:00, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

   Just naming the cities will not provide detail, mentioning the surroundings at least once will let the reader know what surroundings SR 55 passes through. Dough4872 03:02, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

   Still not convinced. I'm pretty sure the route does not pass through farmland. --Rschen7754 03:06, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

   You and I may know that, but a reader from another part of the world may have no clue what Orange County is like, so some indication the road is in a suburban area should be mentioned. A brief mention in the lead would suffice, such as a sentence, "The freeway passes through suburban development in Orange County." Dough4872 03:10, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

   Done, begrudgingly. --Rschen7754 03:14, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

4. When first designated, what route was the northern terminus at?

   Added detail; it continued onto what is today another route, so I left out the northern terminus detail. --Rschen7754 23:02, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

5. "In 1959 the freeway was renumbered as Route 55, and its route was shortened from Route 1 to the also-renumbered Route 91.", wasn't this from before the route was a freeway?

   Fixed. --Rschen7754 20:59, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

6. Is there any information available on the planning of the freeway? It didn't just appear.
7. The sentence "1995 also saw further widening of SR 55 between SR 22 and McFadden Avenue." needs to be reworded so it doesn't begin with a numeral.

   Fixed. --Rschen7754 03:10, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

8. "Newport channel bridge", shouldn't "channel" be capitalized? Dough4872 00:25, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

   Fixed. --Rschen7754 03:06, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

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