Template:Did you know nominations/Interstate 205 (Oregon–Washington)

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 03:37, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

Interstate 205 (Oregon–Washington)

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• ... that completion of Interstate 205 in Portland, Oregon, was delayed to mitigate air and noise pollution for a jail that closed a few months later? Source: The Oregonian (November 17, 1982)
  • ALT1: ... that plans for Interstate 205 in Portland, Oregon, were reduced from ten lanes to six following protests? Source: The Oregonian (July 26, 1975)
  • ALT2: ... that MAX Light Rail trains use portions of Interstate 205 in Portland, Oregon, that were originally reserved for a busway decades earlier? Source: Portland Tribune
  • Reviewed: Log4Shell

Improved to Good Article status by SounderBruce (talk). Self-nominated at 19:16, 19 December 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Nice work. All hooks are good to go, but I prefer ALT0 over the other two. Epicgenius (talk) 21:19, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Tweaked ALT0 to T:DYK/P5