Talk:Bailey Island Bridge

Bridge in Scotland

Note the removal of "erroneous reference to a similar structure in Scotland destroyed during WW II". The bridge in Scotland is mentioned on the referenced Maine.gov site [1]. I think other sites back up the WW II destruction bit, but I'd have to look. Can the anonymous user who deleted this reference, give evidence it is incorrect? Thanks! Isoxyl 11:19, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I found a source with a relevant sentence, so reworked that sentence and cited. GRBerry 21:14, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Article Re-Naming from Bailey Island Bridge to Cribstone Bridge

Jesant, can you comment on your reasons for renaming this article, especially since it was done without discussion? The Maine DOT site and the Register for Historic Places all give the name as "Bailey Island Bridge". I'm not saying I disagree with you, but I'd like a source for this being the definitive name. Isoxyl 19:57, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

I live on Orr's Island right near the bridge and it is called by islanders as the "Cribstone Bridge". I have also added a source on the article page that calls it the "Cribstone Bridge". --Jesant13 16:46, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the link. While I appreciate that islanders would and do call it the Cribstone Bridge, since it is unique, this is a descriptor and also a name. Since the plaque given by the National Register of Historic Places gives it the name "Bailey Island Bridge" and the Maine DOT page does the same, I am just curious if there is some way to be definitive about what the 'official' name is. Because you changed the name without any consultation, I just want to be sure that the correct version has been settled upon. There is room for alternative names in the article as well, regardless. Anyone else have an opinion on the official name of the bridge? Isoxyl 17:54, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Current press release from the Me. DOT on repairs says "Bailey Island Bridge, also known as The Cribstone Bridge, in Harpswell" in the text, but titled the release as "MAINEDOT TO DISCUSS IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR CRIBSTONE BRIDGE IN HARPSWELL". Looks like both names are real, and the state does not have a strong preference. I'd recommend using the rarely appropriate google test; see which name appears online more often, under the rule of using the most common name. GRBerry 21:03, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Apparently, Jesant13 reverted his original change. What's the reason for the reversion? A new source? Love to hear more! Isoxyl (talk) 22:01, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not positive as this was over two years ago, but I believe I reverted the change because I decided to read the plaque on the bridge, and upon doing so, I discovered that the bridge really is called the Bailey Island Bridge. So, I changed the name of the article back as a result. As for what GRBerry suggested, I just tried it now. Cribstone Bridge returned about 1,300 results according to Google, while Bailey Island Bridge returned about 226,000 results. That seems to support that changing the article's name back to Bailey Island Bridge was justified and correct.--Jesant13 (talk) 21:05, 18 August 2010 (UTC)