Wikipedia:WikiProject_U.S._Highways

Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/U.S. Routes

Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/U.S. Routes


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Scope and goals

This task force covers all components of the U.S. Highway System. The goal is to standardize the format of the U.S. Highway articles.

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Structure

See WP:USRD/STDS for the preferred structure of this project's articles.

Naming conventions

All articles are to be named "U.S. Route x". For articles that cover a segment of a longer U.S. Routes in a specific state, state-detail U.S. Route pages are to be named "U.S. Route X in Y". (where X is the route number and Y is the state name)

If more than one route of the same number exists then a disambiguation page needs to be made for that U.S. Route at "U.S. Route X". The separate routes are then given their own pages, disambiguated by state.

Categories

All primary US highways without their own category go here with a 2 digit sort code (08 for US-8, 85 for US-85, etc.)
All US highways that run through that state go here. For 2dis, use a 2 digit sort code as above. For 3dis, follow this example: 05-7 for US-705. 25-8 for US-825.

Templates

Stub

{{UShighway-stub}}

Designates this article relating to U.S. Routes as a stub. Articles are listed in Category:United States Numbered Highways stubs.

Barnstar

{{The U.S. Highways Barnstar}}

The U.S. Highways Contributor Barnstar
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Browse numbered routes

Routes with state sub articles

Type the following code at the bottom of the article after {{US Highways}}.

{{start srbox}}
{{end box}}

In between the start and end templates, the state browse templates should be added. These templates exist in the form

{{XX browse|previous_type=|previous_route=|route=|next_type=|next_route=}}

where XX is the two-letter abbreviation of the state in lowercase (California is ca, New York is ny, etc.).

Routes without state sub articles

In this case, the state browse templates should go into the infobox.

Type the following code at the bottom of the infobox under |browse=

|browse=
{{XX browse|previous_type=|previous_route=|route=|next_type=|next_route=}}

where XX is the two-letter abbreviation of the state in lowercase (California is ca, New York is ny, etc.).

For the above parameters here's what you should fill in:

  • previous_type: previous route (by number) in that state. Interstate, US (for U.S. routes), and (2-letter state abbrev.).
  • previous_route: route number.
  • route: a link to the list page for that state's highway system.
  • next_type: the same as previous_type, but for the next route.
  • next_route: same as previous_route, but for the next route.

Project notice

{{WikiProject U.S. Roads|type=US}}

More information Topics ...

Goes on the talk page of each article; add any states as needed. Assessment info is located at Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment.

{{US Highways}}

Goes on every article listed in it.

User templates

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/U.S. Routes/Userbox}} The resulting userbox is shown below.


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