Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of temporary Interstate Highways

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The result was delete. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 02:39, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

List of temporary Interstate Highways

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This article has sat around since 2005 with absolutely zero changes or improvement, and not a single source. I tried digging for sources on various online roadgeek hangouts and found nothing of substance:

The only acknowledgements I've found of any of the "Temporary I-5"s in California are this forum post which is not a RS.

I've found zero acknowledgement of I-80N, not even on maps.

Temporary I-15 is mentioned in its article, but the content is all unsourced, and a map from the era does not acknowledge it. This site mentions it, but it's not an RS.

Temporary I-85 in Greensboro is cited on Interstate 85 in South Carolina complete with a 1980s map verifying it.

Temporary I-69 is acknowledged passingly in several Lansing State Journal articles, but only as an address for a business or location of an accident.

I've found no acknowledgement of Temporary I-196, and it was definitely not on any of the 1970s Michigan maps I own. It's also not mentioned in Interstate 196 which is an FA.

Most of these were from the 1960s and 1970s, so online sourcing may not be the most present. Most of the routes were around for <5 years, so it's possible some weren't even on the maps to begin with due to their short life. Quite often the only acknowledgement I find of any of these is anecdotal, from places like AAroads.com or misc.transport.road. Even in cases where the routing did exist and was published on a map, said map is usually the only verification. So many of these routes fail WP:V, and in cases like I-69 where the designation was longer-lived, mentioning the existence of the "temporary" route in the parent article is sufficient. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 00:12, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. This is listcruft. If it was worth mentioning, the respective articles would. –Fredddie ™ 03:45, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Interesting stuff, but probably not general interest, too much WP:TRIVIA. --Rs chen 7754 16:54, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Trivial, and the list itself doesn't explain what went on with each roadway in enough detail for a reader to know what its purpose was. Worse, the entries in the list don't point to any article content explaining the "temporary interstate" status. Maybe noting the concept of temporary interstates in another article would be helpful, but I don't see this list as being of merit. --Sable232 (talk) 22:57, 14 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 03:50, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 03:50, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 03:50, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. All original research. Ajf773 (talk) 08:41, 15 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Temporary designations most certainly existed on various alignments as the system was being constructed, but a list is unnecessary and likely can never be complete. Any sourced information about temporary designations for particular routes is better handled at the respective routes' articles. --Kinu ^t/_c 05:56, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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