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Scope

This Manual of Style applies to articles for state highways in the United States. This excludes U.S. Highways and Interstate Highways.

This guide is also supplemented by individual state highway WikiProjects (see WP:USRD for a list).

Article titles and mainspace naming

Each state has two formats - common name and article title - which can be equivalent. The common name is a format typically used by the state department of transportation or the public, while the article title is a disambiguated form if necessary.

State/Territory/District Common name Article title
Alabama State Route X Alabama State Route X
Alaska State Route X Alaska State Route X
American Samoa American Samoa Highway X American Samoa Highway X
Arizona State Route X Arizona State Route X
Arkansas Highway X Arkansas Highway X
California State Route X California State Route X
Colorado State Highway X Colorado State Highway X
Connecticut Route X Connecticut Route X
Delaware Delaware Route X Delaware Route X
District of Columbia District of Columbia Route X District of Columbia Route X
Florida State Road X Florida State Road X
Georgia State Route X Georgia State Route X
Guam Guam Highway X Guam Highway X
Hawaii Route X Hawaii Route X
Idaho State Highway X Idaho State Highway X
Illinois Illinois Route X Illinois Route X
Indiana State Road X Indiana State Road X
Iowa Iowa Highway X Iowa Highway X
Kansas K-X K-X (Kansas highway)
Kentucky Kentucky Route X Kentucky Route X
Louisiana Louisiana Highway X Louisiana Highway X
Maine State Route X Maine State Route X
Maryland Maryland Route X Maryland Route X
Massachusetts Route X Massachusetts Route X
Michigan M-X M-X (Michigan highway)
Minnesota State Highway X Minnesota State Highway X
Mississippi Mississippi Highway X Mississippi Highway X
Missouri Route X Missouri Route X
Montana Montana Highway X Montana Highway X
Nebraska Nebraska Highway X Nebraska Highway X
Nevada State Route X Nevada State Route X
New Hampshire New Hampshire Route X New Hampshire Route X
New Jersey Route X New Jersey Route X
New Mexico State Road X New Mexico State Road X
New York New York State Route X New York State Route X
North Carolina NC X North Carolina Highway X
North Dakota North Dakota Highway X North Dakota Highway X
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands Highway X Northern Mariana Islands Highway X
Ohio State Route X Ohio State Route X
Oklahoma State Highway X Oklahoma State Highway X
Oregon Oregon Route X Oregon Route X
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Route X Pennsylvania Route X
Puerto Rico PR-X Puerto Rico Highway X
Rhode Island Route X Rhode Island Route X
South Carolina South Carolina Highway X South Carolina Highway X
South Dakota Highway X South Dakota Highway X
Tennessee State Route X Tennessee State Route X
Texas State Highway X Texas State Highway X
Utah State Route X Utah State Route X
U.S. Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands Highway X U.S. Virgin Islands Highway X
Vermont Vermont Route X Vermont Route X
Virginia State Route X Virginia State Route X
Washington State Route X Washington State Route X
West Virginia Route X West Virginia Route X
Wisconsin Highway X Wisconsin Highway X
Wyoming Wyoming Highway X Wyoming Highway X

The common name is to be used when writing an article; only use the article title if the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

Footnotes

  1. Named highways are at <name of road> Highway.
  2. If someone volunteers to move the articles, this is what the convention will be; otherwise, this state is at Route X (Connecticut).
  3. If someone volunteers to move the articles, this is what the convention will be; otherwise, this state is at State Road X (Florida).
  4. If someone volunteers to move the articles, this is what the convention will be; otherwise, this state is at Route X (New Jersey).
  5. If someone volunteers to move the articles, this is what the convention will be; otherwise, this state is at State Highway X (Oklahoma).
  6. If someone volunteers to move the articles, this is what the convention will be; otherwise, this state is at State Highway X (Texas).
  7. If someone volunteers to move the articles, this is what the convention will be; otherwise, this state is at Highway X (Wisconsin).

Creation of redirects

Redirects from the common name (as indicated in the above linked lists) to the article should be created at the same time a new state highway article is created. Redirects from the common name are of the form <Common name> <route number>. Often, the common name is ambiguous and will need to be disambiguated. Following standard Misplaced Pages disambiguation rules, the convention for disambiguation of an ambiguous common name is to follow the above format with the state name in parentheses, e.g. <Common name> <route number> (State name).

Lists to help you make these redirects are at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Redirects.

Bolded text

When writing about a state highway, typically use the common name of the road bolded at the beginning of the article. Common names are indicated in the state highway lists linked to above. Note that it is often the case that the title and common name disagree. For example, Florida State Road 50 has State Road 50 bolded (and also in the infobox).

Linking

When linking to a state highway article, be sure to use the common name, especially for the cases where the common name and article title are different. For these cases, use the redirect from the common name when creating links if the context is already established.

You can use the pipe trick to aid in forming a link. For instance, to link to the article with the title Florida State Road 50, type ] to get State Road 50. As long as the redirect from State Road 50 (Florida) to Florida State Road 50 exists, the link will be equivalent to typing ]. There is nothing wrong with linking to a redirect; do not "fix" these "pipe-tricked" links. This will ensure that articles are standardized but also not redundant.

Direct links using the article title can be used for situations where the context is not clear or for describing highways ending at state lines. For instance, one may be writing an article about roads through swampland in the United States and want to talk about SR 50 in Florida. In that case, you can write "The Cheney Highway, part of Florida State Road 50, crosses the St. Johns River swamp." Or you can word it differently: "The Cheney Highway, part of State Road 50, crosses the St. Johns River swamp in Florida."

Infobox and junction tables

The infobox should use either the common name or the official name of the road which is not necessarily the same as the article title. For the junction list, use a short form of the common name or an officially used abbreviation as the displayed text.

See also

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