Talk:Utah State Route 128

GA Review

GA review (see here for criteria)

1. It is reasonably well written.

   a (prose): b (MoS):

   The comment about U.S. 89 in Arizona could stand to be parenthetical.

I agree, this sentence stuck out. I tried to smooth and re-order the content better in this paragraph. Hopefully this fixed the issue. If not please advise on how to best do this.

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

   a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):

   It may be common knowledge, but the river road should be cited if it's commonplace. Where did the information about the King's Toll Road come from?

Done

1. It is broad in its coverage.

   a (major aspects): b (focused):

2. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

   Fair representation without bias:

3. It is stable.

   No edit wars etc.:

4. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.

   a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):

   Great pics. There are almost too many - maybe one too many.

Removed one photo and re-ordered the rest.

1. Overall:

   Pass/Fail:

Great article overall. —Rob (talk) 14:33, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the review and kind words. I have responded to all your comments.Davemeistermoab (talk) 01:23, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

All right, I feel it meets the criteria now. —Rob (talk) 20:28, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Newspaper articles

• 1919: Gives Reasons for Building River Road
• 1919: Midland Trail Will Come Down River By Way of Moab
  • This presumably refers to the 1919 state highway definition law: "(n) From Springville to[sic] Utah county southeasterly via Mapleton, [...] Green River, Little Grand, Valley City, Moab, Richardson, up the Grand River past Dewey to Cisco and Westwater to the Utah-Colorado State line." A 1923 amendment moved it to the direct route.
• 1920: River Road Project to be Launched by Grand County Soon
• 1936: Civic Group Urges River Road Funds
  • Club is Assured Support in U.S. Highway Routing (calls it "one of the most scenic routes of Utah")
  • Scenic Features of River Route Thrill Visitors

There are a lot more in [1], but they can be hard to find. I've been using the advanced search with the first two fields, for instance "cisco" and "river road"; if I want a year I can include it in the first. --NE2 21:29, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Map of Dewey Bridge and Colorado River

Hey, nice article, congrats on it being main-page featured. Very interesting account of the Dewey Bridge. But, given the discussion of the highway running along the Colorado River, it seems to me that including the Colorado River in the map and showing the Dewey Bridge location would be very helpful. Also, it is misleading to have an unlabelled blue line in the map. I think many readers would interpret the blue line incorrectly, like me at first, as the River. Therefore i thought the highway, in red, ends at the Colorado River at the north end, where the bridge would be. In fact, the blue line is Interstate 70, and it is midway in the red line that 128 crosses the Colorado river, which is not shown. The bridge is located, in fact, here: 38°48′43″N 109°18′9″W. Viewing the map in Mapquest shows the highway and river clearly. Actually, it may be clear in the article, but i am unsure now, is the 128 now broken--you cannot drive it because there's no way to cross the Colorado River now? Anyhow, I think the river and the bridge location should be shown in the map included in the article. doncram (talk) 17:55, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, that is good feedback on the map. Unfortunately, I can't get to it today. For the record, the highway is still contiguous, the concrete bridge downstream was also burned in the fire, but other than replacing some wooden signposts and repainting, no repairs were required to it.Dave (talk) 18:42, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Great, glad u find it helpful. When you do revise the map, it would also be helpful to make some other revisions too: 1) explain the grey shaded area to right (perhaps it is the Colorado border? and Utah vs. Colorado needs to be noted), 2) show "Grand County" remove the partially obscured "ORAND"?, 3) if one county is labelled, show border of another county or state, 4) perhaps have an arrow and label "to Grand Junction", 5) show a scale somewhere on map, 5) label all the differently colored lines, or provide a key showing which ones are county roads vs. whatever (I think a label or two rather than a key would be simpler/better). It appears the map is a fragment from a larger map where the use of colors and scale and so on may be better explained. Perhaps linking to that larger map would substitute for explaining all the terms and colors here, but as a standalone use in a Featured Article the non-obvious elements should be explained here, IMO.

Also, not about this article exactly, but I was trying to figure out if Dewey Bridge spans into 2 counties, to update its listing within National Register of Historic Places listings in Utah, where i think it is currently listed only in Grand County. The available maps for Grand County, Utah and other counties don't label the rivers or other squiggly land features that make their borders; I am unsure if the Colorado River is a border between counties or not. This should be clearer in the county articles than it is. Again that is not about the highway article. doncram (talk) 19:02, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

The bridge is in Grand County only, the G must have gotten clipped in what looks like Orand =-)Dave (talk) 19:05, 6 April 2009 (UTC)