Template:Did you know nominations/Interstate 80 in Utah

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Interstate 80 in Utah

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• ... that completion of 4 ¹⁄₂ mi (7.2 km) of Interstate 80 in Utah marked the last portion of Interstate 80 to be completed?

• ALT1:... that a $1,500 toll road completed in 1851 turned into Interstate 80 in Utah?
• Reviewed: Edward Kirk Warren

Improved to Good Article status by Admrboltz (talk). Self nominated at 02:54, 31 December 2013 (UTC).

• 16px The article is in excellent shape as it is a recent GA, but the hook needs a citation. The closest citation to the hook sentence makes no mention of the segment. The ALT is properly cited, but I do not like its phrasing. The article doesn't make it clear if the toll road was unchanged when it became part of the I-80 system. I find the first hook to be more interesting anyway, so if a citation could be added to it, I would pass the article. Teemu08 (talk) 18:59, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
  • Template:Ping Cite fixed. It was in the citation afterwards "... I-80 which recently celebrated an historic occasion of its own. In late August [August 22, 1986], another milestone in America's Interstate history was recorded as the final section of the East-West Interstate was completed near Salt Lake City, Utah. The completion of the final 4.5 miles of I-80 makes..." --AdmrBoltz 19:06, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
    • 16px Looks fine to me now. Teemu08 (talk) 20:11, 14 January 2014 (UTC)