Talk:Interstate 15 in Arizona

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[edit] Too many images

Love the images, but there's too many as is. Need a gallery, or to put some at commons. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 06:11, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Successful good article nomination

I am glad to report that this article nominee for good article status has been promoted. This is how the article, as of August 14, 2007, compares against the six good article criteria:

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If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to a GA review. Thank you to all of the editors who worked hard to bring it to this status, and congratulations.SenatorsTalk | Contribs 22:42, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Number of Bridges

The bridges carrying I-15 over the Virgin River in Arizona are numbered from 1 to 7, increasing in number in the northbound direction. The original plans called for 7 separate bridges; however, a change order during construction combined Bridges 2 & 3 into a single continuous bridge from milepost 13.12 to 13.43. ADOT record systems still continue to keep separate entries for the two bridge segments, since they use slightly different structure types and details, but the reality is that there are only six actual bridges (abutment to abutment) on I-15 in Arizona, and four in the heart of the gorge. RCMoeur (talk) 00:29, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Can you provide a source for that? --Holderca1 talk 00:59, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
How's this:
  • It's common knowledge among Arizona DOT staff working on the corridor
  • It's been confirmed in verbal interviews and discussions with the original engineers
  • A visual inspection of the bridge reveals it to be one continuous structure over the river, with slightly varying bridge types for the original #2 & #3 segments
  • It's probably on a set of plans somewhere (which are in the records files in Phoenix and are not on the Internet)
While these facts aren't readily discoverable by someone casually cruising the Internet, they are still correct.
P.S. I'll be looking at these bridges in person next week (finishing up the recent structural work on Bridge #7). If for some reason I'm incorrect (which I think is unlikely), I'll definitely post a correction. RCMoeur (talk) 04:21, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
Holderca1, I think if you put as a source "per email response from ADOT employee" this would not be challenged at the review.Dave (talk) 04:59, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
I think this is going to be a problem when taking the article to FAC. I was trying to find the proper way to cite an e-mail and found out that all sources have to be published, which an e-mail is not. Is there a published document somewhere that verifies this? Keep in mind, the source doesn't have to be available online to be cited. --Holderca1 talk 15:15, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the info. You wouldn't have more photos of other Arizona highways that you would be willing to contribute would you? --Holderca1 talk 20:48, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Images

We might want to change the images; the two Cedar Pocket ones are very similar. We should probably move them to Commons too so we can link to the others. --NE2 14:03, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I hadn't noticed that, I guess the clouds made it look different. I know there were more images in this article earlier on and I removed some of the for a better layout. I will check to see if those are better. I agree on moving them to the Commons, isn't there a bot or something that will that for us if we just tag the images? --Holderca1 talk 18:03, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
There is no bot. There are a couple of scripts out there to semi-automate the process. I use Wikipedia:Commons_helper, it's not that bad.Dave (talk) 19:30, 16 May 2008 (UTC)