Template:Did you know nominations/Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 17:00, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

Lincoln Highway Haceknsack River Bridge

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• ... that on Christmas Day 2005 two police officers died in the line of duty after their vehicle plunged into the Hackensack River from the Lincoln Highway Bridge?
• ALT1: ... that one predecessor to Lincoln Highway Bridge was toppled by steamship and the lift span of another fell into the Hackensack River?

• Reviewed: Old Perry County Courthouse (Ohio)

Created/expanded by Djflem (talk). Self nom at 08:58, 25 November 2012 (UTC)

Looks good. I prefer ALT1, but either are fine. Aymatth2 (talk) 01:57, 26 November 2012 (UTC)

• Can the paragraph about the previous bridges, which is the basis of the ALT1 hook (which I also agree is the better of the two), please be cleaned up? The final sentence makes no sense in context: if the span (which fell down) was able to bear the load, where does the metal fatigue come in? (There's an earlier sentence missing its final period.) Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:46, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

• I have copyedited the article, which is excellently researched but had some other wording problems. In fact, the span could easily easily bear the load of vehicles that crossed it. It could not bear the much greater strain of opening and closing. Think it is clearer now - needs a recheck. Aymatth2 (talk) 14:16, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

• Need reviewer to do the recheck. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:07, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

• Looked over the article and the references for ALT1. The reference "The Bridge as a Machine: Hackensack River Bascule, 1928" support the lift span of another fell into the Hackensack River and reference of "Ship smashes bridge over the Hackensack" supports that one predecessor to Lincoln Highway Bridge was toppled by steamship of ALT1.
• All other parts for DYK qualify. Looks good to me.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 23:42, 5 December 2012 (UTC)