Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/New Mexico

Welcome to the New Mexico State Roads Task Force of WikiProject U.S. Roads!

Scope and goals
All state-maintained highways in New Mexico, including all Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways and New Mexico state-numbered roads, and any other road-related transportation articles of note. The goal is to organize, standardize, and expand the articles on highways in New Mexico to be a broad, comprehensive, and recognized resource.

Resources

 * NMDOT Route Logs & Legal Descriptions - scroll to Data Management Bureau
 * A collection of historic NMDOT road maps and current shapefiles for map making/KML is provided by NM RGIS. From the left navigational column under Filter data by Theme, select the following directories:
 * For historic maps, follow All RGIS→NMDOT→Historic Maps→New Mexico
 * For shapefiles, follow All RGIS→NMDOT→Roads→New Mexico
 * NMDOT Mile Post Map
 * Memorial Designations (including history)
 * /1988 renumbering
 * /Early history
 * /1930s
 * /1930s

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

Naming convention
Articles should be titled "New Mexico State Road X" per WP:USSH.

Shields
The various shield graphics are located in Category:New Mexico State Road 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
Articles should be placed in the following categories as appropriate:
 * Category:State highways in New Mexico for most highways
 * Category:Interstate Highways in New Mexico for highways that are also part of the Interstate Highway System in the state
 * Category:U.S. Highways in New Mexico for highways that are also part of the U.S. Highway System in the state
 * Category:Transportation in X County, New Mexico for each county the highway traverses.

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 NM for state routes. Further instructions can be found on the documentation page.

Stub
Use NewMexico-road-stub

Project banner
Place the following on the talk page for articles

User templates
Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/New Mexico/Userbox

will produce:

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