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WikiProject Virginia Highways covers all primary and notable secondary routes and other highways (such as the Colonial Parkway) in the U.S. state of Virginia. Its goal is to improve all articles within its scope and establish a common standard. The main article is state highways in Virginia. See Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Participants to join.

For U.S. roads project news, see Template:Project U.S. Roads.


[edit] Resources

Category:Virginia road transport articles by quality can be used to find what needs work.

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Parent WikiProject

U.S. Roads

[edit] Sibling WikiProjects

Interstate Highways | U.S. Highways | auto trails | List of state-level WikiProjects
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[edit] Structure

The title of an article is Virginia State Route N, where N is the number of the route. If it is an article about a secondary route, either disambiguate by adding (X County) to the end, such as Virginia State Route 613 (Fairfax County) or Virginia State Route 711 (Chesterfield and Powhatan Counties), or use the name of the road such as Fairfax County Parkway (which is SR 7100).

When talking about a route, use State Route N or SR N; see WP:USSH for details.

The guide to layout should be followed.

[edit] Infobox

The infobox template is template:infobox road. An example, with the code that will produce it, can be seen below:

State Route 337
Length: 35.83 mi[1][2][3][4] (57.66 km)
Formed: by 1939
West end:
US 58 Bus. in Suffolk
Major
junctions:		 US 17 in Portsmouth
SR 166 in Chesapeake
SR 168 in Norfolk
East end: I-564 in Norfolk
Virginia Routes
< SR 336 SR 338 >
Primary - Secondary - History - Turnpikes 
{{Infobox road
|state=VA
|type=SR
|route=337
|length_mi=35.83
|length_ref=[insert reference here]
|length_round=2
|established=by 1939
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|starting_terminus=[[Image:Business plate.svg|20px]]
<br>[[Image:US 58.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 58 Business
(Suffolk, Virginia)|US 58 Bus.]] in [[Suffolk, VA|]]
|junction=[[Image:US 17.svg|20px]] [[US 17 (VA)|]] in
[[Portsmouth, VA|Portsmouth]]<br>
[[Image:Virginia 166.svg|25px]] [[SR 166 (VA)|]] in
[[Chesapeake, VA|]]<br> [[Image:Virginia 168.svg|25px]]
[[SR 168 (VA)|]] in [[Norfolk, VA|]]
|ending_terminus=[[Image:I-564.svg|25px]]
[[I-564 (VA)|]] in Norfolk
|previous_type=SR
|previous_route=336
|next_type=SR
|next_route=338
}}

You can also use template:jct for the shield and route part of the termini and junctions.

For secondary routes, use type=secondary.

[edit] Route description

The route should be described here, including places it passes through, major intersections, and other features such as mountain passes. Current major construction projects can be included here or in the history.

[edit] History

The history of the route, both as a route designation and as a road, should be described.

[edit] Exit list or Major intersections

An exit list should be used for freeways or roads that are almost freeways (such as SR 110). A major intersections table should follow the same format, but with only the major intersections listed.

[edit] Templates

What to type What it makes Notes
{{Virginia-road-stub}}
  This Virginia road or road transport-related article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.
Designates this article relating to Virginia routes as a stub. Articles are listed in Category: Southern United States road stubs.
{{U.S. Roads WikiProject|state=VA}}
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 Virginia Highways
NA This page is not an article and does not require a rating on the quality scale.
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