Talk:A82 road

message: Laggan dam is not on the A82 - it is on the A86, see the Laggan Dam page for backup of this fact. 161.12.7.4 09:01, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled comments

message: South-Northeast? What does it mean? Its not a sense of direction I've come across before. Laurel Bush (talk) 14:19, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  South-Northeast 

message: It's a beautiful piece of work Richie, well done! There is something else though which you don't mention about it and which is quite notable, particularly amongst A roads in the UK, its snow defences! The A82 has snow fences (to stop snow from drifting across the road), snow posts/poles (to give snow plough drivers an idea of the course of the road when the snow obscures all other clues) and the last resort: snow gates (to allow the road to be closed when the snow makes it impassable). Perhaps you could add some of your wonderful prose around those, assuming reliable sources can be found to support what I say. Good luck with the article! LatchWits (talk) 20:52, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a little bit, but I couldn't find a good source that specifically talked about snow marker posts on the A82. I'm not sure they're particularly rare, as several major roads in the Highlands have them, and some less important roads such as the A939 from Cockbridge to Tomintoul was (briefly) infamous for Terry Wogan making a big issue out of the gates closing on his Radio 2 breakfast show some years back. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  14:16, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beautiful! 

message: Questions as they pop up:
: -> The A82 was one of the first trunk roads to be created in 1936,
Does this mean:
: ""The A82 was created in 1936 and was one of the first trunk roads,"
or:
: "The A82 was one of the first of the trunk roads that were created in 1936,"  Dementia13 (talk) 21:42, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Trunk roads were created in 1936. The A82 already existed as a route number at that point. It was chosen to be part of the original trunk road network. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  08:56, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

text: -> The road continues beyond Anniesland Cross as an extension of the Great Western Road, which was constructed between 1922 and 1924,[14] in the late 1920s,[15] 
Looks like something in between got deleted. Constructed when? Dementia13 (talk) 22:17, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

text: No, this just evolved. I found source 15 first, put in a vague claim from it, then found source 14 which was much better. "in the late 1920s" should simply be removed. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  08:56, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

text: HGV = Heavy Goods Vehicle. A standard term widely used in the UK, including on some road signs. I agree it should be defined on first use, and suspect some of my copyediting has resulted in the first definition appearing somewhere else by mistake. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  13:50, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

text: It proceeded to run westwards...
I think you mean the A82, but the last thing mentioned was the A75, so I'm not sure what "it" refers to. Neither will your other readers be sure. Dementia13 (talk) 14:28, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It's irrelevant trivia. I removed it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  15:05, 19 July 2013 (UTC)

text: They plan to widen the road to two-lane standard and remove the traffic signals, including a new 180 metres (200 yd) viaduct running parallel to the loch shoreline, followed by a further 180 metres (200 yd) online widening by cutting into the headland along the rock
This doesn't quite make sense. It looks like it should be two sentences. It says "including", but that doesn't match what comes before. Also, the following paragraph about the Criaranlich (sp?) bypass, is that the same project? If so, then two different start dates are given. Dementia13 (talk) 04:33, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

text: According to the source, it's the same project. I've rewritten this sentence to clarify this - it's a single improvement scheme, part of which is new build, part of which upgrades the existing road. I've put the requirements as to why it's done in a different sentence. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  08:13, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

text: Okay, for the minute I've taken off the GA nomination. I've been told specifically by Eric that there is no requirement to do GA and peer review first - if you look at the contents of this talk page, I think it's reasonable to conclude that we have done that in all but name. The DYK meant that about 3,500 people have read the article, and a few people jumped in to do minor copyedits, so I think it's had a thorough inspection, if I'm honest. I'll proof-read everything again, check through the reference formatting, and FA nominate it. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  08:13, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy edit questions 

message: As the article doesn't meet the FA criteria, should we nominanate it for GA? FM [ talk to me | show contributions ]  14:05, 12 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: As no one has responded to my comment, I will put forward the nom myself. FM [ talk to me | show contributions ]  17:21, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  GAN?