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Hello and welcome to the U.S. Routes Task Force! If you would like to help, please jump in and start adding or editing.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] How you can help

edit · history · watch · refresh Stock post message.svg To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/U.S. Routes:
  • Cleanup all articles to meet the new standards below.
  • Get more members.

[edit] Assessment

U.S. Highway system articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA Total
FA 8 1 9
A 1 1 2
GA 1 24 12 37
B 14 25 5 44
C 1 79 84 1 165
Start 89 177 16 282
Stub 5 37 1 43
List 8 10 6 51 75
Future 1 1
Category 124 124
Disambig 28 28
File 91 91
Redirect 259 259
Template 16 16
Other 2 2
Assessed 10 230 342 76 520 1,178
Total 10 230 342 76 520 1,178


[edit] Recognized content

[edit] Featured articles

[edit] A-Class articles

[edit] Good articles

[edit] Main page featured articles

[edit] Did you know? articles

[edit] Former good articles


[edit] Resources

[edit] Structure

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Templates

[edit] Stub

{{UShighway-stub}}

Stub icon This article relating to U.S. Highways is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Designates this article relating to U.S. Routes as a stub. Articles are listed in Category:U.S. Highway stubs.

[edit] Barnstar

{{The U.S. Highways Barnstar}}

Barnstar US Highways.svg The U.S. Routes Contributor Barnstar
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[edit] Browse numbered routes

[edit] 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.).

[edit] 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.

[edit] Project notice

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

WikiProject U.S. Roads (Rated NA-Class)
U.S. Roads WikiProject icon This article is within the scope of the U.S. Roads WikiProject, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to roads in the United States. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.
Topics US blank.svg U.S. Highways
 NA  This page is not an article and does not require a rating on the quality scale.

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

[edit] Navigation

{{US Highways}}

Main U.S. Routes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
40 41 42 43 44 45 46 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
80 81 82 83 84 85 87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
101 163 400 412 425
Lists 

Goes on every article listed in it.

[edit] User templates

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

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