Talk:U.S. Route 29 in Maryland

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US 29A[edit]

I am not entirely sure how this should be worked into the article, but several years ago US 29 was realigned in Burtonsville such that it now follows a more direct path; and the former alignment is currently designated US 29A. It is a 0.92-mile long roadway aligned in a north-south direction, with the northern terminus at Dustin Road (to the north is designated an offramp from US 29 proper) and the southern terminus at MD 198. See pages 188 and 189 of the Montgomery County MAARS for more specific information. I forget the precise history, but I recall that the alignment was on the books since the 1960's but only began construction around 2002-2003, with completion in (I believe) 2004 or 2005. I'll keep an eye out for a more definitive source than my memory. --Bossi (talk ;; contribs) 04:27, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How is this even remotely related?[edit]

Okay I understand the first sentence is referring to US 29, and the second sentence is referring to 29 in Montgomery/Howard counties, I don't see how the first sentence is even remotely related to this particular article. US 29 is an entirely different road and has no connection with this Rt 29. It would be the same as going to the Apple Computer's page and it saying this:

"Apples are a fruit that people eat. Apple Computer's is a company that makes computer products"

They have nothing to do with one another. So please explain to me how the 29 that goes down to Florida has any connection whatsoever to this 29 when the two are not the same road? Why is this first sentence even there? Having lived in the area more than 30 years, having traveled the full extent of the road in every direction thousands of times, I know very well 29 starts a little before Route 70 and ends in Downtown Silver Spring at a roundabout. I mean go look at the "Junction List" on this page, where does it say it starts and ends? It says nothing about extending all the way down to Florida. Go look at the map on the page to, it ends right at the District line. So what in the world does that first sentence have to do anything with this article? I mean what does the sentence say?

"U.S. Route 29 (US 29) is a north–south United States highway that runs for 1,036 miles (1,667 km) from the western suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland, to Pensacola, Florida."

That isn't true! There may be "a" route 29 that goes down to Florida, but this one does not. This article is specifically about Route 29 in Montgomery/Howard County.

Lets look at what it says on the US 29 page:

"US 29 enters Washington, D.C., via the Francis Scott Key Bridge adjacent to Georgetown University. The designation turns east onto the Whitehurst Freeway, bypassing Georgetown to the south. Upon crossing Rock Creek, the freeway ends, becoming the at-grade K Street. US 29 remains on K Street to 11th Street, where US 29 turns north onto 11th for seven blocks. At Rhode Island Avenue, US 29 turns right. US 29 northbound turns left at 6th Street NW (touching US 1 where it turns from Rhode Island Avenue to 6th Street); it follows 6th Street NW for two blocks and then turns left onto Florida Avenue NW, where it then turns right onto Georgia Avenue NW. US 29 southbound at this point, however, follows 7th Street, NW to Rhode Island Avenue NW. The route maintains a northerly routing as it passes through northern Washington, D.C. and enters Maryland. During its alignment with Georgia Avenue NW, US 29 bypasses the Howard University campus to the west."

Notice the words "the freeway ends". And how is it possibly the same road if you are turning off it in so many locations? Turn right, turn left, turn right, that makes it a different road!Zdawg1029 (talk) 17:38, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

US 29 is a U.S. Highway that passes through 7 states and the District of Columbia. In Wikipedia, we have the main article, U.S. Route 29, and one state-detail article for each state:

These state-detail articles, as can be implied from the name, provide greater detail about US 29 in each state. The main article serves to summarize and provide overall information about US 29. If all of the information about US 29 were in one article, that article would be extremely long. State lines are used to separate the information for the state-detail articles because that is the most appropriate and objective way of splitting the information. In this article, the first sentence states that US 29 as a whole runs from Florida to Maryland. The second sentence lets the reader know that this article concerns the part in Maryland, and this segment is a subset of the route in the first sentence.

Your analogy to Apple is incorrect. The fruit is not a subset of Apple Computer. US 29 in Maryland is a subset of US 29. If you continue from Maryland into D.C. and then into Virginia, you follow a series of roads that are each marked with the same route sign. The fact that US 29 has many turns and transitions from a freeway to a street in D.C. is irrelevant; it is all one route. V C 20:36, 6 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Dark Knight[edit]

Note: This section was originally added to the article ahead of April Fool's Day in 2012. With the impending improvement of the article, such irreverent content will not be appropriate in the main article. It has been moved here for preservation.

There have been multiple sightings of Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, on US 29. The superhero's presence amid the citizens of Maryland was revealed in two high-profile incidents along US 29. In November 2011, the Howard County Police Department assisted the Caped Crusader when his Batmobile, which is a modified Lamborghini, got a flat tire. On March 21, 2012, the Montgomery County Police Department pulled Batman over in Silver Spring because he did not have his license plates displayed properly. The U.S. Highway is part of the superhero's route from the Batcave to the various sites in which he helps save children.^[1]

Reference[edit]

^ Rosenwald, Michael S. (2012-03-28). "Who is the Route 29 Batman? This guy". The Washington Post. Washington, DC: The Washington Post Company. Retrieved 2012-03-28.

Mrs. K's Toll House[edit]

This Article has the only mentions of Mrs. K's Toll House Restaurant ... a long time landmark and eatery on Route 29 just outside Downtown Silver Spring...

The article says: "On April 1, 1930, Harvey and Blanche (Mrs. K) Kreuzberg opened Mrs. K's Toll House Restaurant in the toll house (with significant expansion) at 9201 Colesville Road.[7][8]" ...

And yet in the sidebar there is a Graphic Advertisement for alleged to be for Mrs. K's Toll=House Tavern pointing to the Colesville Pike location outside of Silver Spring... The DATE is October 4th, 1924... I've gone and checked the Washington Evening Star Archives at the LOC and it is indeed there on Page 14 of that issue...

Evening star. [volume], October 04, 1924, Page 14, Image 14 About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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So... Something isn't Correct about this article & situation...

All of this becomes interesting to Marylanders who have eaten at Mrs. K's for special events...Birthdays etc....as we now hear that the site is being "closed" for sale... December 2020...

I can't sort this out... but I've done my part to raise the issue and point out a problem. All the best Emyth (talk) 15:22, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1924-10-04/ed-1/seq-14/

[Batman-1] Rosenwald, Michael S. (2012-03-28). "Who is the Route 29 Batman? This guy". The Washington Post. Washington, DC: The Washington Post Company. Retrieved 2012-03-28.

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