Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Alabama

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1 Scope
2 Resources
3 Relationships
- 3.1 Parent WikiProjects
- 3.2 Sibling WikiProjects
4 How you can help
5 Structure
6 Infobox
7 Templates

Welcome to the Alabama roads WikiProject!
Hello and welcome to WikiProject Alabama roads. If you would like to help, please jump in and start adding or editing. If you would like to join the group, see Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Participants.
List page: List of state highways in Alabama Redirect completion list: Completion list
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Shortcuts: WP:ALH WP:ALSH

[edit] Scope

This project covers all notable roads in Alabama, including state highways and some major county and local roads.

The following names and abbreviations should be used, as they are the forms commonly used by ALDOT; see WP:USSH for information on how to apply them.

Official name	Article title	Abbreviation
State Route X	Alabama State Route X	SR-X
U.S. Highway X	U.S. Route X in Alabama (for consistency with other states)	US-X
Interstate X	Interstate X in Alabama (for multi-state routes)	I-X

[edit] Resources

County Maps
County Milepost Maps
University of Alabama Historical Map Archive (see "state highways", and the 1927 map on the "after 1920" page)

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Parent WikiProjects

U.S. Roads | WikiProject Alabama

[edit] Sibling WikiProjects

Interstate Highways | U.S. Highways | auto trails | List of state-level WikiProjects

[edit] How you can help

Create and improve articles on Alabama highways. See List of state highways in Alabama.
Create a completion list for this project.

[edit] Structure

[edit] Infobox information

Articles should use Template:Infobox road, and all known info should be supplied. See the Infobox section on applicable flags as well as standards for the routebox.

[edit] Introduction

The introduction describes the route. Depending on the route this section may just name the direction (E/W or N/S) and termination points, or may go into considerable detail. However, the majority of detail, such as progress by town or county, should be reserved for the next section.

[edit] Route description

This section is for describing the route itself and its progression across Alabama. Regardless of the route's length, progression should be described from south to north or west to east, since that is the direction that mileposts go. There should not be a standalone list of communities; see Wikipedia:Embedded list for details on why. There should also not be a separate trivia or miscellanea section (see Wikipedia:Trivia sections).

[edit] History

Any historical information known about the route should be noted.

[edit] Major intersections or Exit list

The contents of this section may vary by route. Refer to the table below and WP:ELG for the appropriate section header and further instructions.

Route composition	Section header title	What should be here
All grade-separated interchanges; no at-grade intersections	Exit list	An exit list designed in accordance with the Interstate exit list guide
Mixture of grade-separated interchanges and at-grade intersections	Major intersections or Exit list	Depending on the route in question, either a junction table or a "combo" exit list featuring exits and intersections can be used.
All at-grade intersections; few or no grade-separated interchanges	Major intersections	A junction table for at-grade intersections

[edit] See also

Place relevant internal links here, if they exist.

[edit] References

Place all references here, using the <ref></ref> tags in the article and the {{reflist}} tag in this section.

[edit] External links

Place relevant external links which are not references here, if they exist.

[edit] Categories

All state highways should include the category tag: [[Category:State highways in Alabama|nnnA]] where nnn is a 3-digit route number, and A is the letter designation if any (e.g. SR-1A is "001A", SR-2 is "002"). Also place the article in the category for any counties and cities it passes through, with a sort key of - for example - "State Route 001A" (for SR-1A), "U.S. Highway 80-2" (for US-280), or "Interstate 59-4" (for I-459).

[edit] Talk pages

{{Template:U.S. Roads WikiProject|state=AL}} should be placed at the top of all talk pages of articles related to Alabama Highways.

[edit] Infobox

The infobox to use is Template:Infobox road.

This is the basic syntax you need to get a complete routebox on the article page, just place this before any other text and fill in the variables. Remove any that do not apply.

{{Infobox road
|state=AL
|type=SR
|route=
|alternate_name=
|length_mi=
|length_ref=<ref name=MP>[[Alabama Department of Transportation]], [http://www.dot.state.al.us/NR/rdonlyres/7B15B300-359D-413A-A7FA-ED33C8C261CD/0/CountyMilePostMaps.pdf County Milepost Maps], accessed September 2007</ref>
|length_round=3
|established=
|direction_a=
|terminus_a=
|junction=
|direction_b=
|terminus_b=
|previous_type=SR (note: use US or I if applicable)
|previous_route=
|next_type=SR
|next_route=
}}

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

route: This is the number of the route the article is about
alternate_name: Use in situations where the entire route has another common name (i.e. SR-152 is North Boulevard)
length_mi: This is the length of the route in miles
established: This is the date the route was commissioned or assigned to an alignment that has evolved into the current one
direction_a: This should be either South or West
terminus_a: This is where the route begins and is either at the southern terminus or western terminus.
junction: major junctions; see WP:INNA
direction_b: The opposite of direction_a
terminus_b: where the route ends, in accordance with the guidelines set forth with starting_terminus
previous_route: The number of the route preceding this one; the "priority" is Interstate-US-SR - in other words, the order would be SR-4, I-5, US-5, SR-5, US-6, SR-6, SR-7
next_route: The number of the route succeeding this one

[edit] Templates

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