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Shouldn't the exit list be written in a table format?

I don't know that it's absolutely necessary, but I do agree the current way looks too cluttered. So I've come up with a table format that I'll put in and we'll see how it goes. --Pedriana July 1, 2005 03:50 (UTC)

Date Clarification

The article implies that the Downtown Connector was constructed in the early 1950’s, however the connector itself was not constructed until the early 1960’s. Ivan Allen Jr. oversaw the early phases of its construction during his years as mayor of Atlanta. This should be changed as the article needs to be written in such a way as to clarify these dates, please see the following source material;

Martin, Atlanta and Environs: Volume III (Athens Georgia, The University of Georgia Press, 1987)

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1382&hl=y

Traffic counts

I modified the traffic count from 340,000 to 323,000 (the actual number is 322,760). The Georgia DOT Office of Transportation Data source should be the preferred source in this case instead of Forbes. Maybe Forbes used a source which included vehicles coming from I-20 to I-75/I-85 NB and I-75/I-85 SB to I-20, and also used an outdated year (maybe that measure would be 350,000 by now)? But who knows, because they didn't list a source. I tried to give the Forbes source credit and mentioned the "area". Also, even though this Forbes source is short and contains few words, it does contain a few errors/outdated information.

For instance:

  • The picture which is supposed to be of the Mixmaster is actually on I-20 10 miles to the south of the Mixmaster (exit 467).
  • Not all of I-35E in the Dallas area (and especially not "I-35" as Forbes suggests) is known as the Mixmaster. The Mixmaster is ONLY the portion of I-35E where it merges with I-30 and associated ramps.[1] North of this area, I-35E is known as the Lower Stemmons Freeway or the Stemmons Freeway.
  • It is the "Mixmaster", not the "Mix Master".[2][3]

Therefore, the GDOT source seems more reliable. Ufwuct 22:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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