Talk:Interstate 88 (east)

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  • Major connector between Pennsylvania and Albany; as with US 20, much more can be said about the routing of I-88 than what's in the article now. Information on the numerous, unfulfilled proposals to extend I-88 could also add to the quality of the article, that is if references are provided. TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 03:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

There's no talk about I-88's original planned routing from Albany to Portsmouth, NH. I'll put it in later, provided I can find a reference. -- Tckma 18:38, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mention of the 'other' I88

Somehow, there should be mention of the other I88 in IL. If you don't read the tiny mention on one of the other pages, or go through the dab page, you may never know it really exists. Remember, people are idiots. Even with (west) and (east), people may not notice. Otherwise, there should be a link to a separate page or at least the information in the one article about these discontinuous numbers. Andyross (talk) 16:21, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

But how do people end up in this article anyway? They usually follow a link. If ther simply search for "Interstate 88", they'll end up at the disambiguation page where they should quickly realize that there is another route. --Polaron | Talk 17:17, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
But on the other hand, this shouldn't be just a simple 'tree' of links. It should be spaghetti. Andyross (talk) 15:27, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
However, I don't see any way that anyone looking for I-88 in Illinois would end up here unless something was mis-disambiguated. I doubt anyone looking for I-88 in Illinois would explicitly type in "I-88 (E)" or "Interstate 88 (east)" into the search box; rather, they'd more likely put in "I-88" or "Interstate 88", which leads to the dab that links to both 88s. As for a need-to-know standpoint... knowing that an I-88 exists in Illinois isn't vital to understanding I-88 in New York, and vice versa. It's just like auxiliary Interstate Highways whose numbers exist in multiple states like I-290 - one has nothing to do with the other and knowing whether the others exist isn't vital to understanding, say, I-290 in New York. --TMF Let's Go Mets - Stats 08:49, 30 December 2007 (UTC)