Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Standards/Route lists

Route list standards
A subpage for the U.S. Roads WikiProject

The U.S. Roads WikiProject
New user orientation
General Project home (WP:USRD) talk Portal (P:USRD) talk Project category Discord (WP:DISCORD) talk Popular pages (WP:USRD/PP)   Recognized content (WP:USRD/RC)   Departments Assessment Assessment home (WP:USRD/A)  → Statistics table    → Log    → Category    → Visual aids   By-state assessment (WP:USRD/A/S) talk  → Live table (WP:USRD/A/L) talk  → WikiWork (WP:USRD/A/WW) talk  → State audits (WP:USRD/A/SA) talk A-Class review (WP:HWY/ACR) talk Maps Maps home (WP:USRD/MTF) talk  → Requests (WP:USRD/MTF/R) talk  → Tutorial (WP:USRD/MTF/T)   Newsletter Newsletter home (WP:USRD/N) talk  → Newsroom (WP:USRD/NR) talk  → Past issues (WP:USRD/N/I)    → Subscribe (WP:USRD/N/S)   Resources Resources (WP:USRD/RES) talk → AASHTO minutes (WP:USRD/AASHTO) → Lengths (WP:USRD/L) talk → Maps (WP:USRD/MDB) talk → Periodicals (WP:USRD/PER) talk Shields Shields home (WP:USRD/S) talk  → Requests (WP:USRD/S/R) talk  → Tutorial talk  → Research    → Database   Task forces National task forces IH USH SH CR BY TRL JCT US 66 State task forces AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY AS DC GU MP PR VI Portals CA MD MI Editing guidelines Article standards (WP:USRD/STDS)   Naming conventions (WP:USSH) talk Road junction lists (WP:RJL) talk Notability (WP:USRD/NT)   Rockland County Scenario (WP:USRD/RCS) talk Michigan Plan (WP:USRD/MP) talk Route Lists (WP:USRD/STDS/L) talk Project resources Participants (WP:USRD/PAR)   Article alerts (WP:USRD/AA) arch. Essays (WP:USRD/E) talk Precedents (WP:USRD/P) talk Things to do To-do list General stubs   Project maintenance categories   → Articles needing attention   → Articles needing maps   → Articles needing shields   Interstate RJL compliance talk Systems and lists Redirect lists Templates {{WikiProject U.S. Roads}} (doc) {{USRD}} talk Article templates (WP:USRD/AT) Barnstar list (WP:USRD/BS) {{Infobox road}} talk {{Infobox road small}} talk {{Jctint}} talk {{Jct}} talk Stub templates (WP:USRD/STUB) Userbox list (WP:USRD/UBX) {{HWY Announcements}} talk {{Welcome-roads}} talk

The U.S. Roads WikiProject has developed these standards for route lists to specify the formatting and structure of lists of state and interstate routes in the United States. Please note that the Wikipedia Manual of Style applies to USRD articles, and its provisions should be followed in any cases that conflict with these standards (you should probably also bring the conflict to the project's attention so this document can be amended to comply with MOS.) These standards are not set in stone, however, and can be ignored if warranted for a particular highway article.

List structure

Each state shall have one or more summary articles that describe its highway system in prose form. Each state shall also have lists for each categorization of highway present in that state's highway system, titled List of Interstate Highways in [state] (listing Interstate highways), List of U.S. Routes in [state] (listing U.S. routes), and List of [state highway term] in [state] (listing state highways, inserting the appropriate term from WP:USSH). In the event that one class of routes in a particular state has fewer than ten items in its list, the three lists may be merged together into one large list, titled List of numbered highways in [state]. This title shall redirect to the summary article when separate lists are used.

If a state uses county routes, each county that maintains a numbered county route system shall have a list of routes, titled List of county routes in [county name], [state]. Other lists may be created to provide coverage of types of routes particular to an individual state at the discretion of that state's task force. Such lists shall follow the standards laid out on this page.

Format

Each list shall consist of a sortable table containing the following columns:

Number

The number column shall include a 25 pixel tall shield and a link to the highway that row contains data about. The link text shall display the accepted abbreviated form of the designation (see Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Standards#Displayed text for links).

This column shall be sortable. A sortkey should be provided, where appropriate, to ensure that numbers sort in a logical order. If one is not provided, {{routelist row}} will automatically generate one of the form <type><route number (zero-padded to four digits)>.

Length

There shall be two columns for length, one containing miles, and the other containing the equivalent in kilometers. Use the highest available precision for a given route; it does not matter if some routes have more precise data than others. These columns shall be sortable.

Termini

There shall be two columns for the route's termini, one entitled Southern or western terminus and the other Northern or eastern terminus. Each terminus should include the road at which the highway terminates, as well as geographic context to allow the reader to locate the terminus (e.g. SH 25 in Hardy, K-100 toward Drexel, Kan., etc.) Cities in adjoining states shall include traditional abbreviations (not two-letter postal codes) identifying the city. Use wikilinks as appropriate. Interstates and U.S. routes shall be treated as though they terminate at the point at which they exit the state the list applies to.

The termini columns shall not include any type of shield or graphic. These columns shall not be sortable.

For highways with no termini (i.e. beltways and other loops), one cell should span both rows and provide a general description of the route (e.g. Beltway around Oelrichs).

Local names

Local names, i.e. the name(s) of the street(s) or freeway(s) that the route follows through a given area. This column is optional, and may be omitted if not relevant. If used, this column shall not be sortable.

Formed

The year that the designation was initially created. This column shall be sortable. If a more precise creation date is known, a sortkey should be provided using this date; however, only the year shall actually be displayed.

If a highway is proposed and has not yet been officially designated, this column shall contain the word "proposed".

Removed

The year that the designation was removed, if any. This column shall be sortable. If a more precise removal date is known, a sortkey should be provided using this date; however, only the year shall actually be displayed.

If a designation is still active, this column shall contain the word "current". If the highway is proposed, this column shall contain an en dash (–).

Notes

Any other pertinent information needed to understand the route. This column should only contain "at-a-glance" information, where the entries in the other columns would provide an incomplete picture of the route. It should not include in-depth information, nor anything falling afoul of WP:TRIVIA. This column is optional, and where used, shall not be sortable.

Colors

Rows may be given a background color to denote that the route is proposed or has been decommissioned. If colors are to be used, decommissioned routes shall have a gray background (#D3D3D3). Proposed routes shall have an orange background (#FFDEAD). When colors are used, a color key shall be provided at the bottom of the table to describe the colors.

Special cases

TBD: how to handle multiple segment routes, routes that exist in multiple places with the same number, routes with 3 or more termini, etc.

Example

Number	Length (mi)	Length (km)	Southern or western terminus	Northern or eastern terminus	Formed	Removed	Notes
SH-10	235.0	378.2	SH-99 west of Herd	I-40 southeast of Gore	01924-01-011924	current
SH-11	206.0	331.5	US-281 north of Alva	I-244 in Tulsa	01924-01-011924	current
SH-12	0.100	0.161	To be determined	To be determined	proposed	—
SH-13	17	27	US-177 south of Asher	SH-19 west of Ada	01955-01-011955	01976-10-041976	Renumbered to SH-3W
SH-14	14.87	23.93	US-281/SH-45 in Waynoka	US-64 west of Alva	01925-01-011925	current
SH-15	109.5	176.2	SH 15 toward Follett, Tex. US-64/US-412/SH-74 south of Garber	US-183/US-270/SH-3 in Woodward SH-18 north of Pawnee	01924-01-011924	current
Former       Proposed and unbuilt

Templates

The following templates exist to assist in creating a standard route list:

• {{routelist top}}, to create the heading row
• {{routelist row}}, to create each entry in the table
• {{routelist bottom}}, to create the legend and end the table

Use of these templates is not mandatory, but is encouraged, in order to ensure that articles will be updated to follow any changes made to this standard in the future.