Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Ohio

Title

WikiProject Ohio State Highways

Scope

The purpose of this WikiProject is to standardize and improve articles about the state highway system in Ohio.

Participants

1. KC8YNJ
2. Rschen7754 Helping out here and there
3. UltraSkuzzi Chairman of Innerbelt Integration Initiative [1] Akron, Canton, Cleveland: Northeast Ohio and Beyond!
4. IlGreven I've done a few of these, and I'm working on more.
5. Spongefan Fifty articles and still counting...
6. Seicer Traveled extensively through Ohio and have done countless trips to ODOT offices.
7. Homefryes – Grew up in NEO, lived many years across the boarder in Western PA, then back in NEO. Main area of knowledge is between the Cleveland and Youngstown areas to the northeast corner.
8. TwinsMetsFan - Never been to Ohio but happy to help.
9. Mapsax - Don't know how much time I can devote, but feel free to confer with me!
10. Myselfalso - Been to Ohio once, but I'll help where needed.
11. DatraxMada - Recently relocated to Central Ohio, glad to help out where possible.
12. Einstine85 - Life-long Lorain resident that drives a lot. will see what can be done.
13. JonRidinger- Life-long Kent resident that travels a lot in Ohio...can help with highways mostly in Northeast Ohio
14. Vid the Kid — Columbus-area quirks and photography
15. RaccoonFox - Highways along the southern shore of Lake Erie, from Toledo, Ohio, to Cleveland, Ohio and Ashtabula, Ohio, as well as certain others (around Lima, Findlay, Dayton, Cincinnati, and so on)...
16. Jbdocet - Lifetime Ohio resident. North Central and Northwest. Would be glad to help!
17. Samuel 69105 - Clevelander. Now in San Antonio, TX, but can help. (I'm actually bored enough to look at straight line diagrams.)
18. MilkTaco - Life-long (so far) Akron-area resident who drives around way too much. Hope I can help!
19. DanTheMan474 - Webmaster of Ohio Highway Ends. I have a good working knowledge of Ohio's highway system, and will chip in where I can.

Wikipedia articles on Ohio State Highways

List of Ohio State Highways

• List of State Routes in Ohio

Structure

Naming

• Articles should be named "Ohio State Route n", where n = route number.
• A redirect should be created, titled "State Route n (Ohio)", where n = route number.
• Route shields are named "OH-n.svg" and should be complete for active routes. Contact Homefryes (talk) if you need any missing shields. Existing shields can be seen here: Ohio State Route Shields

Infobox

The Infobox to use for this project is the Template:Infobox road template.

This is the basic syntax you need to get a complete infobox on the article page, just place this before any other text and fill in the variables.

{{Infobox road
|state=
|type=
|route=
|length_mi=
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|established=
|direction_a=
|starting_terminus=
|junction=
|direction_b=
|ending_terminus=
|counties=
|previous_type=
|previous_route=
|next_type=
|next_route=
}}

State Route 14
Route information
Maintained by ODOT
Length	81.2 mi (130.7 km)
Existed	1924–present
Major junctions
Major intersections	I-90 in Cleveland I-77 in Cleveland I-80/OH Tpk. in Streetsboro I-76 near Ravenna
Location
Country	United States
State	Ohio
Counties	Cuyahoga, Summit, Portage, Mahoning, Columbiana
Highway system
Ohio State Highway System Interstate US State Scenic
← SR 13 → SR 15

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

• state: OH.
• type: SR for state routes.
• route: This is the number of the route the article is featuring.
• length_mi: This is the length of the route in miles. If you specify beyond integers (i.e. add a decimal value) you will need to set the following paramater, length_round.
• length_round: If your value for length_mi is a whole number, you can omit this. Otherwise it needs to be set to the decimal precision of the length_mi paramater.
• length_ref: To do what a good article writer should, provide your reference for the length of the route using standard <ref> method. In this example, the mileage was calculated using software, but here’s an example if the mileage reference comes from an external web source: <ref name=pah>[http://www.pahighways.com/state/PA701-750.html#PA739 Pennsylvania Highways - Pennsylvania Route 739]</ref>.
• established: This is the year the route was commissioned or assigned to its current alignment.
• direction_a: This should be either south or west to keep in accordance with the U.S. Roads parent project, which lists termini and junctions in progression travelling from West to East and South to North.
• starting_terminus: This is where the route begins and is either at the southern terminus or western terminus. The template {{OHShield|N|YYpx}} can be used as a shortcut for entering Ohio shields. N=route number and YY is the size of the shield in pixels – 20 for 1- and 2-digit routes, and 25 for 3-digit shields.
• junction: Only junctions with 2-digit interstates along the route should be listed here. If more than one junction is listed, use a <br> to break the lines. If the interstate is multiplexed with another route, the other routes can be included.
• direction_b: The opposite of direction_a.
• ending_terminus: where the route ends, in accordance with the guidelines set forth with starting_terminus.
• counties: a list of counties that the route enters, separated by commas.
• previous_type: SR (currently, this project is only including state routes in the browse portion of the infobox).
• previous_route: The number of the route preceding this one.
• next_type: Same as previous_type but for the route following this one.
• next_route: The number of the route succeeding this one.

So, by completing the infobox as follows, you'll get a routebox like the one to the right.

{{Infobox road	
|state=OH
|type=SR
|route=14
|length_mi=81.2
|length_round=0
|length_ref=<ref name=sa>Calculated using DeLorme Street Atlas USA software</ref>
|established=1924
|direction_a=West
|starting_terminus=[[Image:US 6.svg|20px]][[Image:US 20.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 6 (Ohio)|US 6]]/ [[U.S. Route 20 (Ohio)|US 20]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]]
|junction=[[Image:I-90.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 90 (Ohio)|I-90]] in [[Cleveland]]<br>[[Image:I-77.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 77 (Ohio)|I-77]] in [[Cleveland]]<br>[[Image:I-80.svg|20px]][[Image:OhioTurnpike.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 80 (Ohio)|I-80]]/[[Ohio Turnpike|OH Tpk.]] in [[Streetsboro, Ohio|Streetsboro]]<br>[[Image:I-76.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 76 (Ohio)|I-76]] near [[Ravenna, Ohio|Ravenna]]
|direction_b=East
|ending_terminus=[[Image:PA-51.svg|20px]] [[Pennsylvania Route 51|PA 51]] near [[East Palestine, Ohio|East Palestine]]
|counties=[[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga]], [[Summit County, Ohio|Summit]], [[Portage County, Ohio|Portage]], [[Mahoning County, Ohio|Mahoning]], [[Columbiana County, Ohio|Columbiana]]
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=13
|next_type=SR
|next_route=15
}}	

Main section

Untitled section that describes the route. Depending on the route this section may just name the direction (W/E or S/N) and termination points, or may go into more detail.

Cities and villages along route

A section containing a list of cities and villages along the route, from south to north and/or west to east. Municipalities that have their own articles should be “wikified” to link to those articles (these are generally incorporated municipalities). Municipalities that do not have their own articles (generally unincorporated) may also be listed depending on their importance.

Junctions

This section is for listing all of the intersections, both actual junctions and over/underpasses, that this route has with Ohio traffic routes (1-872), Interstates and U.S. routes.

This is the basic syntax you need to get a complete junction table on the article page, just place this in the Junctions section and fill in the variables.

{{OHinttop}}
{{OHint
|county=
|cspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|mile=
|type=
|road={{subst:OHint/OH|00|00px}}
|notes=
}}
{{OHintbtm}}

For additional entries, use this:

{{OHint
|county=
|cspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|mile=
|type=
|road={{subst:OHint/OH|00|00px}}
|notes=
}}

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

Heading	What to Enter
county	name of county – automatically coded for [[''Blank'' County, Ohio|''Blank'']]; just enter county name.
cspan	number of rows this county spans.
location	municipality – use for municipalities such as [[''Municipality'', Ohio|''Municipality'']], where the municipality has its own article (incorporated cities and villages); just enter the municipality name.
location_special	use in place of location field to enter townships if they have associated articles as [[''Name'' Township, ''Blank'' County, Ohio|''Name'' Township]], or to enter the text to be displayed for municipalities that do not have their own associated articles.
lspan	number of rows this location spans.
mile	milepost to the nearest 1/10th.
type	noaccess – for highways that cross but have no actual junction mplex – for concurrencies decomd – for intersections with decommissioned routes or segments unbuilt – for planned junctions closed – for indefinite closures (not temporary)
road	intersecting road(s) at this junction. To generate the proper coding, use {{subst:OHint/XX|Y|ZZpx}}, where • XX = OH (Ohio), US (U.S. Route), or IN (interstate) • Y = route or interstate number (1 to 3 digits) • ZZ = size of shield in pixels (20 or 25) Notes: • Multiple routes at one intersection can be entered by inserting a <br> and then entering another {{subst:OHint}} template. • Intersections with multiplexed routes or complex intersections can be entered manually by not using the {{subst:OHint}} template, and entering the links to the road articles below the shields after a line break <br>. It’s preferred to enter multiplexes manually so that the shields are side-by-side, but not required.
notes	any notes regarding this junction.

Any field which is empty can be omitted. Junctions which are approximately 0.1 mile apart may be combined into one entry in the table.

See Ohio State Highway 14 for an example of how the table is used.

Points of interest

Major attractions along the road, such as institutions of higher learning and recreation areas.

History

History of the route. This can be as brief as a sentence or as extensive as a few paragraphs or a list by year. Items must be referenced (as described in the length_ref portion of the Infobox section above).

Miscellanea

Put all oddities, miscellanea, etc. here, such as recent projects to improve/upgrade the road, the road in popular culture, etc.

Sources

<references/> pulls all the references in the article to a list here.

External links

Links regarding the entire highway go here. These should be different than the links that are referenced in Sources or any other section.

Categorize article

No heading for this section in the article. Place this text – [[Category:Ohio state highways|nnn]] – at the bottom of each article, where nnn is the route number (use leading zeros for routes 1-99).

Other Templates

Project templates

This should be placed on the “talk” page of each article. {{Template:Ohio State Highways WikiProject}} Template:Ohio State Highways WikiProject

Userboxes

You may place this on your talk page to indicate your participation in this project:
{{User WikiProject Ohio State Highways|###}}, where ### is your desired route number.

This user edits articles about Ohio State Routes.