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Good articleInterstate 155 (Illinois) has been listed as one of the Engineering and technology good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
January 1, 2008Good article nomineeListed
April 28, 2009Good article reassessmentKept
Current status: Good article
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Since I-155 is an Interstate, the call to Template:il browse should show Interstates. Will (Talk - contribs) 03:59, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is not correct per WP:USRD. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 04:07, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It does not make sense to list IL-155 as the route before I-155. Will (Talk - contribs) 05:01, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It does as that is how the browse sequence goes- people browsing by number find that useful. All other state highway projects do that. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 05:13, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
There is actually a rationale behind this, but I'm not sure if other state projects follow it:
  1. On state highway pages (IL-155), the browse box is located in the infobox, and covers only state highways. However, there is a "see also" section that lists non-state highway pages.
  2. On high-level detail Interstate or U.S. pages (I-155, U.S. 24), the browse box covers all varieties of highways. There's one on U.S. 24 that goes "IL 23 <-- (U.S. 24) --> I-24". In this system, ideally the order would be "SH X --> U.S. X --> I-X --> SH X+1 --> U.S. X+1 --> I-X+1..." Also note that the browse box links are exclusively linked to the state-level detail of the page (U.S., Interstate), even if it is an automatic redirect to another high-level detail page.

Any questions? —Rob (talk) 12:20, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's not how it's supposed to work, all states are supposed to follow #2 above. --Rschen7754 (talk - contribs) 00:15, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Even though I-180 and other 3 digit interstates are state specific, I have to consider them to be federal, not state, highways. Will (Talk - contribs) 00:07, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Note about stability

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I'm done editing the article for the foreseeable future, as there don't seem to be any more published sources. Generally, that's when the clusters of edits come in. :-D —Rob (talk) 17:53, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GA On Hold

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See comments here. Miranda 04:51, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What is a good article?

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GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): (not properly cited) b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    a (fair representation): b (all significant views): (see lawsuit)
  5. It is stable.
  6. It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
    a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA): N/A c (non-free images have fair use rationales): N/A
  7. Overall:
    a Pass/Fail:

Post Analysis Review

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Issue addressed
Issue not addressed
Neutral
Issue addressed miranda 05:24, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a freely available map available for this article? May want to look on gov. websites (i.e. The Department of Transportation)

Introduction

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Issue addressed miranda 05:35, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Increasing traffic volumes on the road caused to numerous fatal accidents near Morton, leading state officials to replace the route with a limited-access freeway.
Too many "lead"s. Break this up into two sentences if possible.
  • I had to copyedit this section.
  • Avoid using "route", but use "interstate" instead.
  • Illinois Route 121 - add (IL 121) because I notice that IL 121 is used later throughout the article as an abbreviation.

Route description

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Issue addressed (weak - I had to copyedit this section). miranda 05:54, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Avoid using the word "it"
  • No cites.
  • Interstate 155 is a four-lane freeway for its entire length. It runs through rural central Illinois and is surrounded for most of its length by farmland.
Combine sentence, and delete the word "it".
Correct: Surrounded mostly by farmland, Interstate 155 is a four-lane freeway running through rural central Illinois.
  • Near Morton, some residential development is taking place near the highway. - OR
  • I copyedited one sentence in this section.

History

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Issue addressed miranda 10:03, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Look in the thes. for other words which are synonymous with "runs"
  • Correct: Within a few years, the intersection with IL 121 would as the "Killer Corner". Traffic volumes increased between Lincoln and Peoria on IL 121.
  • How does IL 98 related to IL 121?
  • To the north, a short freeway portion was constructed in 1970 to replace a bridge over the Mackinaw River. - Which highway are we talking about, and to the north of what?
  • New paragraph should start with the lawsuit.
What was the name of the lawsuit?
  • Illinois had applied for I-155 to be designated Interstate 37, but the request was rejected by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).[4]
Last sentence needs to be integrated with last paragraph. When did they apply for the status?
    • I've cited original sources and buffed up this sentence so it can stand on its own. The original applications aren't anywhere on the web, so I don't know the date of application, but I do know the dates of decision, and have put that in. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Table

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Issue addressed (weak - I kind of had to copyedit this section) miranda 05:23, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • northbound (NB) and southbound (SB) first. Abbreviate after establishing def. of acronym.

References

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Issue addressed miranda 05:08, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but I am kind of a strict grammar person. :-D miranda 19:14, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Decision

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Due to the evaluation above, I decided to put this GA nom on hold. You have seven days (Dec. 31) to improve this article. After the elapsed time period, I will re-assess to see if any improvement has been made to the article. miranda 04:46, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

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Yikes. {{cite news}} doesn't italicize for me? I'll work on the rest... —Rob (talk) 16:00, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, addressed a lot of these issues. I have made comments above so as to be more helpful. —Rob (talk) 16:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You can use <i></i> tags. miranda 22:52, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Post-Analysis

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Comments

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Final Decision (6/0/0)

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Six out of six issues have been addressed and corrected. Thus, this article is promoted to GA status. Congrats! miranda 08:48, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

USRD GA audit

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This article has failed the USRD GA audit and will be sent to WP:GAR if the issues are not resolved within one week. Please see WT:USRD for more details, and please ask me if you have any questions as to why this article failed.

IL 98 opened in the early 1960s?

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Old maps show that the main road from Morton to Pekin was always in the same location. Is it the relocated IL 121 that opened in the 1960s? --NE2 18:29, 9 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]