Wikipedia:WikiProject_U.S.

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==Title== '''WikiProject U.S. Highways''' ==Scope and goals== To standardize the format of the U.S. Highway articles. This WikiProject covers all U.S. highways in the U.S._Highway_System. Articles about Interstates, state routes, and county routes are not covered by this WP (see the related projects section below for more info). ==Relationships== {{Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/List of state roads WikiProjects}} ===Non-road Parentage=== :List of U.S. WikiProjects ==Participants== * Rschen7754- leader of project * Station Attendant- Work when I have time. * EngineerScotty-focusing on Oregon * User:Engleman * Censorwolf: starting with U.S._Route_209 (currently a WIP) * User:Scott5114 * User:Gooday.1: North Carolina area. * User:Steve_p: Starting with U.S._Route_151 and working through Wisconsin * User:Stratosphere: Available to make maps, just request on my talk page. * TwinsMetsFan: Have done work on U.S. Route 20A and U.S._Route_219. Happy to help. * RaccoonFox: I'll try to help out wherever i can. * ObtuseAngle: When I can, where I can. * Vishwin60: Whenever and wherever I can, mostly PA though. ==Tasks== {{todo}} ==Structure== All articles are to begin with a brief description of the route in general: mileage, etc. ===States traversed=== '''These are subsections.''' The description should be broken up by states using third level headings (===California===, for example). If this state is CA or WA, then put the sections that that WP wants here. Otherwise describe the routing through this state. Optionally, use Template:seealso to define detail pages (like U.S._Route_24_in_Illinois) at the beginning of the paragraph, followed by a general paragraph that contains less detail than the detail page. If no detail page exists, simply write a general paragraph of the route's routing through the state. Alternate, bypass, and spur routes should be listed in this section as part of the text. See U.S._Route_20 for how this should be formatted. '''''Note:''''' For intrastate U.S. routes and detail pages, this section should be titled "Route description". ====Major cities==== Place the list of cities in an infobox located at the top of the "States traversed" section. Use the following coding to generate the box:

{|class="infobox" width="230px"
!style="background: #ccf;"|Major cities
|-
|
*
|}

The cities should be listed from south to north and west to east. ===Major intersections=== '''State-level detail pages only.''' A bulleted list of intersections with other Interstates, U.S. highways and other notable roads. ===History=== A history of the U.S. route. This can be as brief as a few sentences or as elaborate as a few paragraphs. ===Notes=== Put all oddities, trivia, etc. here. ===See also=== Articles relating to the U.S. route. ====Related U.S. Routes==== A list of spur routes or a link to the route's parent. ===References=== Put references here, using the new footnoting system. ===External links=== Links having to do with entire highway go here. If it's state-specific, consider including it on the state subpage or in a third-level heading in this section. ==Naming convention== All articles are to be named "U.S. Route x". For U.S. Routes that traverse three or more states, state-specific U.S. Route pages can be made and 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. ==Project subpages== */General */Strategy */History */All-time_master_list *Use Wikipedia:WikiProject_U.S._Roads/Lengths for determining the length of a route. ==Templates== ===Routebox=== {{Infobox U.S. Route |article_route=101 |type=Main |map=US 101 map.png |length_mi=1540 |length_ref=US Highways from US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz |length_km=2464 |yrcom=1926 |direction_a=South |direction_b=North |from=20px 20px I-5/I-10 in Los_Angeles |junction=20px 25px I-10/405 at Los Angeles
25px 25px I-280/680 at San Jose, CA
20px 25px I-80/280 at San Francisco
20px US 20 at Newport, OR |to=19px I-5 in Olympia,_WA }} The infobox for this WikiProject is {{tl|Infobox U.S. Route}}. Go to Template:Infobox_U.S._Route for a primer on how to use this routebox. An example can be found to the right. ====Junctions and termini==== To create these columns, simply add the following to the "junction" parameter: :20px I-8 at San_Diego,_CA
To add more routes, simply copy and paste this code into the "junction" parameter as many times as needed. '''Note:''' *Only ''major'' junctions go into the U.S. Route routebox. These would be other Interstates, U.S. Routes, and other notable highways, such as Turnpikes. For primary routes with several junctions, then only 2di junctions are to be listed (excluding termini); otherwise, the routebox becomes unwieldy and too long. If any routebox has over 10 or so junctions, then some of the junctions need to be removed.''' In summary: *Generally, only list junctions with other Interstates and U.S. Routes. *For a long route, only list 2di junctions. *For any U.S. Route that is long enough to have 8 or more 2di junctions, such as the main routes (ending in 1 or 0, or some of the 6 ones), only list 2di junctions where the number follows the like rules. ===Maintenance templates=== {{tl|UShighway-stub}} {{UShighway-stub}} Designates this article relating to U.S. Routes as a stub. Articles are listed in Category:U.S._Highway_stubs. {{tl|cleanupus}} {{cleanupus}} Designates the current article as in need of a Wikipedia:Cleanup, especially with regards to updating it to current standards as outlined in the U.S. Highways WikiProject. Articles are listed in Category:U.S._route_articles_needing_work. ===Browse numbered routes template=== '''For routes entering two or more states only.''' Type the following code at the bottom of the article after {{tl|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.). 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 (state road), which varies by state (NY uses "State", PA uses "PA", for example). *'''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. ===Other templates=== {{tl|U.S. Highway WikiProject}} {{U.S. Highway WikiProject|class=NA}} Goes on the talk page of each article. Assessment info is located at Wikipedia:WikiProject_U.S._Roads/Assessment. {{tl|US Highways}} {{US Highways}} Goes on every article listed in it. ===User templates=== It is strongly recommended that {{tl|Project U.S. Roads}} should go on all members' user pages. ====Userbox==== {{tlu|Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Highways/Userbox}} A userbox for participants of this project. Can be customized to display any route number. For example: {| |- !Userbox !What to type |- |{{Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Highways/Userbox}} |{{Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Highways/Userbox}} |- |{{Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Highways/Userbox|20}} |{{Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Highways/Userbox|20}} |} ==Categories== *Category:U.S._Highway_System :All primary US highways go here with a 2 digit sort code (08 for US-8, 85 for US-85, etc.) *Category:U.S._Highways_in_California (or Arizona, etc... there is even one for District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) :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. :'''Note the capital H please! We've just gone through all the articles and fixed this!''' ==Lists== *List_of_U.S._Routes == Pages needing attention == {{Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Highways}} U.S. Highways