Talk:Nevada State Route 447

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[edit] Washoe County Route 447 at Gerlach

There have been a few rounds going on here where a new user has posted info about Nevada State Route 447 turning into Washoe County Route 447 at Gerlach. But without citations, of course that disappeared in typical Wikipedia fashion.

The user who has been trying to contribute that information is my nephew from Reno. I offered to help him collect the right documentation to satisfy the Wikipedian culture. And then I'm sure he'll be more satisfied with the result too.

Let me start with he actually is correct about the signs. I've visited Black Rock 35 times. I can confirm the highway in Gerlach is indeed signed as the end of Nevada State Route 447 and beginning of Washoe County Route 447 on the same signpost. I've seen it more than enough times that I took it for granted. So please go with us that the problem is getting the documentation and how to present it, not a matter of whether the road is actually signed that way.

Unfortunately, Washoe County's web site is a dearth of info on the topic. So I'm thinking that photos of the signs will be a good place to start to document this. I found a useful hint about this in oGoogle Maps directions through Gerlach showing Hwy 447 going to the California state line. NavTeq actually drives the routes shown in their data - so you can take that as an indication that they observed signs saying 447 all the way to the border.

So that should be useful for anyone who doubted this. It isn't useful as a citation though. I was amused by the comment from an editor from Texas who said Nevada doesn't use this kind of County Route signage. Apparently Washoe County does. Sometimes you need to actually go see a place to know for sure.

So, now that the picture is clearer, let's hear any new suggestions anyone has based on this. Also, I'll help him upload a new shield image to Commons instead of WP. (His first version of it is shown at the right.) I've already got a handful of images up on Commons. But any suggestions from the roadgeeks about how you'd prefer to see that image re-done will be accepted. My only edits on highway pages in this area so far have been to add Nevada State Route 447 and others at Black Rock to the Category:Black Rock Desert category which I created. (I also added an aerial photo to I-580 in California.)

So that's the story... mentoring a new Wikipedian. Ikluft (talk) 10:46, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

I have been working on an expansion. For now I have avoided the issue. Washoe County's website confirms the road is under county mantanence, but I also cannot find an "official" source for it being CR447. I hope to work on getting NV shields this week. There are some help pages (but not that great) on how to make road shield, (using correct fonts etc.) here: Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Shields/Design

Davemeistermoab (talk) 06:49, 4 February 2008 (UTC) Davemeistermoab (talk) 06:49, 4 February 2008 (UTC)