Talk:Interstate 83

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[edit] "Single-lane expressway"

I removed the following from the Notes section of the article:

  • In Harrisburg at Exit 46A towards the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76) going southbound turns I-83 into a single-lane expressway, a rarity for American expressways.

I have no idea what it's talking about; it's poorly written (and it doesn't help that satellite imagery of the interchange is terrible). Honestly...I just don't know. I mean, if I get the jist of it, I'd rewrite it as:

But again, I don't know what the idea is. --MPD01605 (T / C) 04:12, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Its been a while, but im pretty sure that is not the case. I know that on-ramps could be single lane, however, im pretty sure this is not the case with this portion of the highway. I could be wrong though, and thinking of something else, so if im wrong, just let me knowPYLrulz 11:14, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
From the exit list, exit 46A seems to be part of this interchange: [1] (without labels). None of the roads at the interchange seem to be 2-lane roads. May be the removed text is talking about the two single-lane ramps from I-83 entering from north-east to I-83 exiting west. This isn't a peculiarity I guess? -- Paddu 19:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

In the route description I just wrote, I simply stated that I-83 exits from itself within the interchange, with each direction of traffic following a one-lane ramp. -TheOneKEA

[edit] Business Loop

This is actually true:

  • While technically not in the categorization of a freeway, I-83 in York, Pennsylvania has an exit ramp that is the Business Loop I-83 and is indeed the only road in America that is an interstate but not considered a freeway. It has a length of 10 miles before it merges with South George St.

[edit] WikiProject Conformance

I just finished editing the article to bring it into line with WP:IH. Comments welcome. -TheOneKEA

Is this article still a Start-class? I tried to include as much information as possible from other, higher-rated articles in order to improve its classification. -TheOneKEA