Talk:Washington State Route 203/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Truflip99 (talk · contribs) 08:50, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Lead

• Last sentence sounds a little awkward. Try: SR 203 was included as part of the proposed Interstate 605
  • Fixed and split.

Route desc

• ... on a steel truss bridge and entering Monroe
  • Fixed.
• ... before it terminates at an intersection with US 2
  • I'd rather keep the terminating subject clear, as "the highway" could be read as the physical road.
• Main Street continues north as Chain Lake Road...
  • Fixed.
• Vast stretches of SR 203 was built as a rural, shoulder-less highway consisting of two lanes with speed limits between 50 to 55 miles per hour (80 to 89 km/h) outside of city centers.
  • I don't see how this makes any more sense.
    • @SounderBruce: I would still find a way to reword it, as it doesn't sound right with "Most" starting it off. "SR 203 is largely/mostly a rural..."
• based on the citation, I would word the last sentence as: ... and often closes for several days each year.
  • Fixed.

--Truflip99 (talk) 08:50, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

@Truflip99: Thanks for picking this one up for review. Just for future reference, you should mention the existing text to be fixed, followed by corrections using {{tq}}. It makes it easier to figure out (via browser search), especially in a long list of revisions. SounderBruce 00:30, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

History

• Second sentence: The initial road was built on the west side of the valley in the 1870s and was paralleled
  • "to the east by a new road on the east side" -- this sounds a bit redundant
  • Fixed.
• 2nd paragraph, 1st sent: The northernmost section of the road, along Lewis Street in Monroe
  • Done.
• 2nd p, 1st sent: while the rest of the highway was described as
  • Not necessary, as "highway" is mentioned shortly before.
• "The final paving projects were approved in 1945 and completed over the next three years." (sounds more appropriate/common/rolls off the tongue)
  • Done.
• Lewis Steel Bridge replacement -- when?
  • Yearadded.
• ... constructing the freeway, which would have traveled from southern King County... The study determined that through-travelers would have only saved five minutes... ... determined that a highway built north of Snoqualmie would not have been economically feasible and failed to sufficiently...
  • I have to disagree with some uses of past tense in the last sentence, as the study was relatively recent and projected towards the 2020s and 2030s.
• Last p, 2nd sent: "unsignalized" I don't think should have a dash in American English?
  • Removed.
• WSDOT completed the construction of a second roundabout...
  • Not necessary.
• last sentence: change a populated area to plural form
  • Done.

--Truflip99 (talk) 17:11, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

@Truflip99: All done with these. SounderBruce 21:51, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

I am satisfied with the final read through. Passing. --Truflip99 (talk) 19:13, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.