Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Alabama

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List page: List of state highways in Alabama Redirect completion list: Completion list

Scope and goals
This project covers all notable roads in Alabama, including state highways and some major county and local roads. The goal is to organize, standardize, and expand the articles on highways in Alabama to be a broad, comprehensive, and recognized resource.

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.

Resources

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


 * All-time list
 * Early numbering
 * Unsigned routes
 * 1928 renumbering
 * 1957 renumbering
 * National Highway System listings

Structure and standards
Articles should follow WP:USRD/STDS.

Naming conventions
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.

Shields
The various shield graphics are located in Category:Alabama State Route shields on Commons. jct can create the various links to highway articles with the appropriate shield graphics for use in the infobox or junction lists.

Categories
All state highways should include the category tag: 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). Use Category:Interstate Highways in Alabama for highways that are also part of the Interstate Highway System in the state and Category:U.S. Highways in Alabama for highways that are also part of the U.S. Highway System in the state.

Infobox
Use infobox road or infobox road junction as needed for articles. The state parameters should contain the state's postal abbreviation. The type codes are the same as for the junction template below.

Junction template
Use jct to create the entries in a junction list section for the article, or the junction list in the infobox. To use, insert into the article. If two to four highways are needed, use. Types can be I for Interstates, US for US Routes or AL for state routes. Further instructions can be found on the documentation page.

Stub
Alabama-road-stub

Place at the bottom of Alabama road stubs.

Project banner
Place the following on the talk page for articles

User templates
Wikipedia:WikiProject Alabama Highways/Userbox Userbox for participants of this project.

For a list of project announcements and news, use: USRD Announcements