Wikipedia:WikiProject Interstate Highways
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 M-35 is a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. Running for 127.99 miles (205.98 km) in a general north–south direction, it connects the cities of Menominee, Escanaba and Negaunee. The southern section of M-35 in Menominee and Delta counties carries two additional designations. M-35 forms a segment of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour, and it is the UP Hidden Coast Recreational Heritage Trail, which is a part of the Michigan Heritage Routes system. Along the southern section, the highway is the closest trunkline to the Bay of Green Bay, a section of Lake Michigan, and is also the shortest route between Menominee and Escanaba. The northern section of the highway turns inland through wooded terrain, connecting rural portions of Delta and Marquette counties. M-35 is an original state trunkline that was first designated on 1 July 1919, originally intended to run from Menominee in the south to near Big Bay in the north, before turning toward L'Anse to end at Ontonagon. However, the section through the Huron Mountains in northern Marquette and Baraga counties was never built. Automobile pioneer Henry Ford helped halt this construction to gain favor with and membership in the exclusive Huron Mountain Club. Some discontinuous sections were later ceded to local control. The northern segment of the route between Ontonagon and Baraga was retained as a discontinuous segment of the highway; this northern segment was redesignated as another state trunkline. The northern end was rerouted out of the City of Negaunee into Negaunee Township to avoid mining activity near Palmer. Recently selected: New York State Route 22 - U.S. Route 50 in Nevada - Interstate 70 in Colorado |
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[edit] Scope
This project covers all Interstate Highways in the United States. Note that the scope of some state highway WikiProjects include Interstates while others do not. If in doubt, check that state's WikiProject.
[edit] Goals
To standardize the format of the Interstate highway articles, and to generate some featured articles as well.
[edit] Naming conventions
[edit] Basic
- Interstate x - main and auxiliary interstates that are not nationally duplicated.
- Interstate x (state) - auxiliary interstates that have duplications and are single state. "Interstate x" becomes a disambiguation page.
- Interstate x (state-state) - secondary interstates that have duplications and enter multiple states. Western/southernmost state is listed first. If the Interstate enters more than two states, then list all states in the name, beginning with the western/southernmost state. "Interstate x" becomes a disambiguation page.
- Interstate x (west) - Interstates 76, 88, 86, and 84 are to be named with a disambiguating direction, since there are two of them. "Interstate x" becomes a disambiguation page.
[edit] Additional
For Interstates that traverse three or more states, state-specific Interstate pages can be made and are to be named "Interstate X in Y", where X is the Interstate number and Y is the state name.
[edit] Exceptions
Interstates in Alaska and Puerto Rico are listed under Interstate Highways in Alaska and Interstate Highways in Puerto Rico.
[edit] Relationships
[edit] Parent WikiProject
[edit] Sibling WikiProjects
- Interstate Highways | U.S. Highways | auto trails | List of state-level WikiProjects
- Alabama | California (County Routes) | Connecticut | Florida (County Roads) | Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan (County Designated Highways) | Minnesota | Missouri | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania (Susquehanna Valley) | Rhode Island | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin
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[edit] Resources
[edit] Participants
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Members of this project are encouraged to add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Interstate Highways/Userbox}} to their user page. The resulting userbox is shown below.
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[edit] Structure
All articles are to begin with a brief description of the route in general: mileage, etc.
[edit] Route description
Place the length table in this section, using {{lengths table}} to create the table header. Do not add a length table to articles describing intrastate interstates.
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 state law sections that that WP wants here. Regardless, then describe the routing through this state. Intrastate Interstates do not need a third-level header.
[edit] Major cities
Place the list of cities in an infobox located at the top of the "Route description" section. Use the following coding to generate the box:
{| class="infobox" width="230px"
!style="background: #ccf;"|<big>Major cities</big><br><small>'''Bolded cities''' are officially-designated [[control city|control cities]] for signs</small>
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The cities should be listed from south to north and west to east. Control cities should be bolded.
[edit] History
This section is optional, but recommended. Any history regarding the Interstate.
[edit] Future
This section is optional. Any concrete future plans (not speculation) regarding the Interstate.
[edit] Miscellanea
This section is optional, but is discouraged. Put all oddities, trivia, etc. here. If it's state-specific, include it on the state subpage. If possible, integrate items that would be placed in this section to other, more appropriate areas of the article. Use this section sparingly.
[edit] Major intersections
This section is optional. A bulleted list, but do not include if the exit list is present and complete.
[edit] Exit list
This section is strongly recommended. A detailed list of exits, optionally on their own subpages, that the Interstate has. Use existing tables as a guide (examples: Interstate 355, Interstate 390). Also see the exit list guide for a comprehensive guide on making exit lists.
[edit] Auxiliary routes
This section is optional. Place the 3di template in this section if the article route is a primary interstate. If the article route is an auxiliary interstate, treat it as a navbox and place it at the bottom of the article below all content.
[edit] Business routes
A section for business routes, if applicable.
[edit] See also
Place links to related articles here.
[edit] References
This section is required. Put references here. This is important because to get featured article status, we need the references listed. Also, if you want, you should start citing your sources with the <references> format. See WP:CITE for more.
[edit] External links
Links having to do with entire interstate go here. If it's state-specific, consider including it on the state subpage.
[edit] Categories
- All primary interstate highways go here with a 2 digit sort code (08 for I-8, 85 for I-85, etc.)
- Category:Interstate Highways in California (or Arizona, etc... there is even one for District of Columbia and Puerto Rico)
- All interstates 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 I-705. 25-8 for I-825. Warning: some of these categories still use the lowercase H.
- All 3dis go here with the 05-2 sort key (for example).
- For Business Loops and Spurs.
- Category:Interstate X {where X is the number of a major 2di highway)
- Used to identify that other articles in addition to Interstate X (state detail pages for X, bridges, U.S. and Interstate Routes that runs along X) can be categorized in the same collection as Interstate X. Example: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Interstate 80 can belong to Category:Interstate 80.
[edit] Infobox
The infobox for multi-state interstate routes is {{Infobox Interstate}}. The infobox for intrastate routes is {{Infobox Interstate/Intrastate}}. Go to Template:Infobox Interstate or Template:Infobox Interstate/Intrastate for primers on how to use these routeboxes.
[edit] Junctions and termini
To create these columns, simply add the following to the "junction" parameter:
- [[Image:I-8.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 8|I-8]] at [[San Diego, CA]]<br>
You can also use the following code for infobox junctions:
- {{subst:Infobox Interstate/quick|interstate number|city name|full state name|state abbreviation}}
- After saving the page, edit the resulting code to account for any disambiguation or shield resizing.
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 Interstate routebox. These would be other Interstates, and other notable highways, such as Turnpikes, and U.S. roads. For primary interstates 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 junctions, then some of the junctions need to be removed.
- 3dis have more lenient rules because of their shorter nature. Junctions with state roads may be added, within reason. The 10-junction limit still applies regardless.
In summary:
- For a three-digit Interstate, you can list all highway junctions within reason.
- For a two-digit Interstate, only list junctions with other Interstates.
- For a long interstate, only list 2di junctions.
- For any interstate that is long enough to have 8 or more 2di junctions, such as I-80, I-90, I-40, I-10, I-75, and I-95, only list 2di junctions where the number ends in 5 or 0.
[edit] Shields
Shields for Interstate Highways have been created in the format I-X.svg, where X is the Interstate number. See Commons:Interstate shields for a gallery.
[edit] Templates
[edit] Stub
{{Interstate-stub}}
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Designates this article relating to the Interstate Highway System as a stub. Articles are listed in Category:U.S. Interstate Highway stubs.
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{{The WikiProject Interstate Highways Barnstar}}
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[edit] Browse numbered routes
For Interstates entering two or more states only.
Type the following code at the bottom of the article after {{Interstates}}.
{{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 (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
{{USRD|type=I|state1=state1|state2=state2}}
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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. |
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Goes on talk page of each article. For assessment, see Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment. Only include states if there are no separate articles about the route in those states (like Interstate 95 in Virginia).
[edit] Navigation
{{3di}}
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Goes on each primary highway (except 76, 84, 86, and 88) that has three-digit Interstate highways, and also goes on each three-digit highway. (For Interstate 10 use {{3di|10}}, etc.
{{3di}}
Template:I-84 aux
Use an additional parameter for Interstates 76, 84, 86, and 88 (east and west for all). Example: Use {{3di|84|east}} for the I-84 in the east. If the box is empty (or incomplete or inaccurate), then create (edit) Template:3di 84 (east). The format for Template:3di xx (xxxx) is the same as the format for Template:3di xx.
{{Interstates}}
| Main Interstate Highways (multiples of 5 in pink) |  |
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| 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 30 | |||
| 35 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 49 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 68 | 69 | ||||
| 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 (W) | 76 (E) | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | ||||||
| 83 | 84 (W) | 84 (E) | 85 | 86 (W) | 86 (E) | 87 | 88 (W) | 88 (E) | 89 | 90 | |||||||||
| 91 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 99 | (238) | H-1 | H-2 | H-3 | |||||||||
| Unsigned | A-1 | A-2 | A-3 | A-4 | PRI-1 | PRI-2 | PRI-3 | ||||||||||||
| Lists | Primary | Main - Intrastate - Suffixed - Future - Gaps | |||||||||||||||||
| Auxiliary | Main - Future - Unsigned | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other | Standards - Business - Bypassed | ||||||||||||||||||
Goes on every article on a primary highway.
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