Talk:Baltimore-Washington Parkway

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Contents 1 Length 2 Route 1 3 Hon Sign? 4 The Park 5 WikiProject class rating 6 Naming? 7 Road sign

[edit] Length

[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).

[edit] Route 1

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)

[edit] Hon Sign?

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)

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)

[edit] The Park

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

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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)

[edit] Naming?

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)

[edit] Road sign

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)

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

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)