Talk:Virginia State Route 209 (disambiguation)

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U.S. Roads: State highways / Virginia

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Locations	Virginia

Disambiguating

Regarding this edit: Concerning that the present day VA 209 is unsigned and little more then an on/off ramp, this would seem like one of those rare cases where the present day route is not the primary topic. I've disambiguated this to, if nothing else, be on the safe side. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 05:08, 8 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate you being bold, but I disagree with this action.

A route that presently exists, even though it is dinky, is more important than a route of the same type (Virginia State Route) that has not existed in 80 years, and redirects to another existing route.
The routes are given parenthetical disambiguation names based on different criteria: time period versus name of the road. That is wildly inconsistent for such a small set.
Although there are four potential articles, one is a redirect to another route and two others are redlinks unlikely to be populated soon. Producing a disambiguation page is overkill for this route number. Hatnotes should be sufficient above the existing route entry in the list to which it redirects.

I suggest these changes be reversed and instead hatnotes be placed at the top of the primary topic, which is the Virginia State Route 209 that is in the list of very short highways. V C 02:23, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]