Template:Infobox Interstate/Business

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[[Image:Business {{{type}}} .svg|75px]]

Business {{{type}}} Business {{{type}}} of the Interstate Highway System

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. Copy and paste the following code from the box, not the source.

{{Infobox Interstate/Business
|article_route=
|alternate_name=
|type=
|map=
|length_mi=
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|length_notes=
|year_established=
|decommissioned=
|direction_a=
|terminus_a=
|junction=
|direction_b=
|terminus_b=
|counties=
|cities=
|browse=
}}

Contents 1 Usage 1.1 Business Loop 1.2 Business Spur 2 Notice

[edit] Usage

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

• article_route: This is the number of the Interstate the article is about (ex. 88)
• type: Loop or Spur
• map: Name of map over at Wikimedia Commons
• length_mi: This is the length of the route in miles. If you specify beyond integers (i.e. add a decimal value) you will need to set the following parameter, length_round
• length_round: If your value for length_mi is a whole number, you can omit this. Otherwise it needs to be set to the decimal precision of the length_mi parameter.
• length_ref: To do what a good article writer should, provide your reference for the length of the route using standard <ref> method.
• length_notes: For any notes regarding the length.
• year_established: This is the date the route was commissioned, assigned to its current alignment, or completed
• decommissioned: This is the date the route was decommissioned.
• direction_a: This should be either south or west to keep in accordance with the U.S. Roads parent project, which lists termini and junctions in progression travelling from West to East and South to North.
• terminus_a: This is where the route begins and is either at the southern terminus or western terminus.
• junction: Any major junctions along the route.
• direction_b: The opposite of direction_a
• terminus_b: Where the route ends, in accordance with the guidelines set forth with starting_terminus
• counties: List the counties the route passes through.
• cities: List the cities the route passes through.
• browse: Browse lines can be added here using the {{XX browse}} templates. See WP:IH for a full explanation regarding these templates.

Any tags that do not apply to a particular route can either be omitted or left blank.

[edit] Business Loop

Business Loop 44 Business Loop of the Interstate Highway System
Formed:	1985
West end:	I-44/US 50/US 66 in Pacific
East end:	I-44/US 50 in Allenton
Counties:	Franklin St. Louis
Major cities:	Pacific

By completing the infobox as follows, you'll get a routebox.

{{Infobox Interstate/Business
|article_route=44
|type=Loop
|map=
|length_mi=
|length_km=
|year_established=1985
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|terminus_a=[[Image:I-44.svg|20px]] [[Image:US 50.svg|20px]] [[Image:US 66 (historic).svg|15px]] [[Interstate 44|I-44]]/[[U.S. Route 50|US 50]]/[[U.S. Route 66|US 66]] in [[Pacific, Missouri|Pacific]]
|terminus_b=[[Image:I-44.svg|20px]] [[Image:US 50.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 44|I-44]]/[[U.S. Route 50|US 50]] in [[Allenton, Missouri|Allenton]]
|counties=[[Franklin County, Missouri|Franklin]]<br>[[St. Louis County, Missouri|St. Louis]]
|cities=[[Pacific, Missouri|Pacific]]
|browse=
}}

[edit] Business Spur

Business Spur 75 Business Spur of the Interstate Highway System
Formed:	1962
Southwestern end:	I-75 in southern Sault Ste. Marie
Northeastern end:	Sugar Island Ferry dock in downtown Sault Ste. Marie
Major cities:	Sault Ste. Marie

By completing the infobox as follows, you will get this:

{{Infobox Interstate/Business
|article_route=75
|alternate_name=
|type=Spur
|map=
|length_mi=
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|length_notes=
|year_established=1962
|decommissioned=
|direction_a=Southwestern
|terminus_a=[[Image:I-75.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 75|I-75]] in southern [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]
|junction=
|direction_b=Northeastern
|terminus_b=Sugar Island Ferry dock in downtown [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]
|counties=
|cities=[[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]
|browse=
}}

[edit] Notice

This template is liable to change; check out Interstate 44 Business (Pacific, Missouri) for a working example, and fix it if it is broken.

If you change the template, please either fix broken routeboxes on each article or post a note on the talk page so that we know we need to fix stuff. Thanks!