Talk:Interstate 180 (Illinois)
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[edit] No intersection between I-180 and Illinois Route 6 exists
The article states that I-180 has an intersection with Illinois Route 6. That is false. No such intersection exists. Route 6 does not extend that far north at this time.--Will 05:33, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
- No one else implemented this. So I did. Will 00:31, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
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- Eh? No, it intersects U.S. Route 6, which is true. That's the exit to Princeton and Spring Valley. But the exit list already demonstrates this, though it doesn't show the control cities as of yet, I believe. —Rob (talk) 11:45, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
After I made the change, I realized I had the wrong route. However, US Route 6 can't help get you from Chicago to Peoria -- at least more than I-80 can. That was where the text was. Will 14:52, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Nav box lists Illinois routes -- not Interstates
Since I-180 is an Interstate, the call to Template:il browse should show Interstates. Will (Talk - contribs) 03:59, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Article Bias / Perjoritive Description
The description of this interstate seems very biased to me. Its an interstate that goes nowhere, therefore of course it has the lowest traffic density of maybe any other interstate. There is no mention that this interstate could connect Chicago straight to Caterpillar. There is also no mention of the amount of traffic that goes out of their way to stay on the interstate and therefore passes through Bloomington on I-39 to I-74 to get to Peoria. There is most likely thousands that would take I-180 if the interstate did not end abruptly. Instead, they go a 30 to 45 minutes out of their way through Bloomington to stay on the interstate to get to Peoria.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Melilly (talk • contribs)
- The navbox is per WP:USRD/INNA. As for the description... well, if the description reflects the truth, how is it biased? The I-180 / Illinois Route 29 upgrade has been discussed but not funded, and most grassroots organizations have been able to prevent the upgrades of Illinois Route 116 and U.S. Route 24, the only other alternatives. If the IL 29 project gets funding, it will receive a mention in this article. —Rob (talk) 15:54, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
I would agree. The description of biased is not accurate. Retarded would be a much better description. Instead of looking at the amount of traffic that drives from Chicago to Peoria, they looked at the amount of traffic that takes this dead end road. If I-55 or I-39 were dead end roads, do you think they would have high traffic density?
I took I-180 many times earlier in the decade (prior to the steel plant re-opening) to visit a friend at Bradley in Peoria. I had no idea of its history, but I recall specifically thinking this has to be the deadest, most bizarre US Interstate I've ever seen. I am actually kinda fond of it. Colebert (talk) 20:17, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
