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Queen Elizabeth Way

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{{Wikipedia:Featured article tools|1=Queen Elizabeth Way}} Queen Elizabeth Way (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) review

Suggestion: Promote to A-Class

Nominator's comments: April Fools! This one is the big bad boy of the ACRs for this year. However, as the most recent major rewrite under my belt and newest 400-series GA, it should be pretty well up to scratch. Anyways, this is up there with the Pennsylvania Turnpike in terms of historical significance and should be an enjoyable read. Cheers.

Nominated by: Floydian ^τ _¢ 00:56, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

First comment occurred: 00:57, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Review by Dough4872

Review by Dough4872

• I will review this article. Dough4872 00:57, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Comments:

1. Why do you use "Fort Erie end" and "Toronto end" as opposed to a direction in a infobox? If the QEW is signed with directional banners, you should use them.
2. I do not get how QEW fits in the browse between Highway 427 and Highway 400.
3. In the lead, where did the QEW originally end in Toronto?
4. "interchanges provide access to and from the freeway at Central Avenue, Concession Road and Thompson Road, Gilmore Road and Bowen Road.", is Concession Road and Thompson Road supposed to be one interchange. If so, I would use a slash instead of and to indicate these two roads are one interchange.
5. The sentences "Throughout Lincoln, the QEW travels along the Lake Ontario shoreline through the Niagara Fruit Belt. Numerous wineries line the south side of the freeway." should be combined.
6. "Over the next two years, the numerous bridges and cloverleafs along the new highway were constructed" maybe use "cloverleaf interchanges" here.
7. The sentence "Service roads were installed and 13 intersections eliminated, and the accident rate was reduced by 50%" reads awkward.
8. "The collection of tolls continued until December 28, 1973.", was this when toll collection stopped on both bridges or on just one of them? You should be more clear here.
9. The sentence "Construction was carried out over two years, and the twinned structure was opened on October 11, 1985,[23] and christened as the James N. Allan Skyway, in honour of James Allan, Minister of Highways during construction of the original skyway." should be split at the comma after 1985.
10. Again, you should indicate where the original Toronto terminus of the QEW was before it was truncated to Highway 427.
11. In the exit list, I again notice you use cities instead of directions. Dough4872 00:44, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

As a preliminary comment, the QEW is not signed as an east/west or north/south highway as other provincial routes are. Rather, it is unique in that heading towards Toronto from Buffalo, it is consistently signed as "QEW" with a "Toronto" banner below; from Toronto towards Buffalo, it is signed as "QEW Hamilton", "QEW Niagara" and "QEW Fort Erie". It is the only highway in Ontario that uses cities as opposed to cardinal directions. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 06:07, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

You should perhaps mention in the article that the QEW uses cities rather than directions to give orientation of the route. Dough4872 01:01, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

1. Addressed above.
2. The browse lists the 400-series highways in this case. QEW is basically the Ace, high and low. Highway 400 has it listed as the "previous" route.
3. Added
4. Fixed
5. Done
6. Done
7. Fixed
8. Clarified. Tolls were removed from both on the same day.
9. Done
10. Done
11. See #1

I'm adding a bit now regarding the directions to the lede of the RD. Just need to look up a ref. Thank you for the review! This one is quite a handful. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 01:18, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

• Support - Looks good! Dough4872 01:25, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

• Note I am withdrawing this candidate to take it to FAC. ACR is in a bit of a lull at the moment and I figure this article is a little more top notch than its counterparts. - Floydian ^τ _¢ 23:43, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.