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Welcome to the California County Route WikiProject. Please feel free to contribute articles relating to the vast network of county roads/expressways in California using the templates and guidelines established below.

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[edit] Title

The California County Route WikiProject

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject is looking to include all active county roads in California. These roads are usually designated with a letter-number combonation (ex: G4) and are usually signed with an oblong pentagon shield that features orange lettering on a blue background. A list of current California County Routes can be found here: List of California County Routes. All currently active California County Routes are worthy of article (no deleted or unconstructed routes please).

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Parent WikiProjects

U.S. Roads | WikiProject California

[edit] Sibling WikiProjects

U.S. Highways | U.S. Interstate Highways | List of State-level WikiProjects
Alabama | California | California County Routes | Connecticut | Florida | Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Missouri | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New York | New York County Routes | North Carolina | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin

[edit] Participants

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If you so chose you can add {{Project U.S. Roads West}} to your user page.

[edit] Structure

Now on to the important stuff.

Each article should start with a short 1-4 sentence description of the route, including the full route name highlighted, length, county(s) and/or region as well as any common use names highlighted (ex: Almaden Expressway).

[edit] Route names

Each route article should be named for the full route. The format is as follows, County Route XX (California) and example would be County Route G2 (California). Each common and full county name eg:Santa Clara County Route G2 can then be placed in the article intro along with any colloquial names.

[edit] Route summary

Continue the article giving a physical description of the route, its width, type of road, directional path, etc... starting in either the south or the west depending on if it is a nominally north-south or east-west route.

[edit] History and legislative status

This section should include when the road was designated, a brief description of any legal definitions that the route no longer adheres to (ex: G8 no longer zig zags along several side streets in Almaden Valley but rather has a much more direct connection to Almaden Expressway now) *also see Lawrence Expressway's Legislative section for examples.

Also include any historical facts, (e.g. S80 runs the route of US 80 and is part of the De Anza Historical Trail etc...)

[edit] Landmarks and points of interest

Using the following format list any points of interest that exist along the route.

  • Landmark A
  • Landmark B

[edit] Major cities

List any major cities located along the route in the following fashion

The following should be included at the end of ALL articles (linked of course).

[edit] See also

List the following articles under this section:

[edit] Category

Category:California County Routes

After creating an article please visit the List of California County Routes and add the route to the list under the county(s) that it runs though. *If the road runs through mulitple counties do not forget to create the named redirects and list them as well*. All counties on the list are to be placed alphabetically and the routes alphabetically under the counties and then numerically (ex G3, G4, J1)

[edit] Infobox

All articles will eventually start with text similar to the following text with each line changed to correspond to the route in question. Note this should be the first text on any county route in California page:

{{Infobox_CA_Co |
  highway_name      = County Route XX |
  marker_image      = [[Image:XX County Route XX CA.svg|80px|XX County XX]]|
  alternate_name    = (Alternate name)|
  length            = XX [[mile]]s |
  direction         = South/North or West/East |
  starting_terminus = (Starting Junction) in (City) |
  major_junctions   = (Major Junctions and shields if applicable)|
  ending_terminus   = (Ending junction) in (City)|
  cities            = (Major cities route traverses)|
  established       = (Year established) |
  system            = (County highway) or (other) |
}}

When viewed on a page it will look something like this:

County Route G2
Santa Clara County G2
Lawrence Expressway / Quito Road
Length 9.7 miles
Direction South/North
From CA 85 in Saratoga
Major junctions I-280 in San Jose
CA 82 in Santa Clara
Central Ex in Santa Clara
U.S. 101 in Sunnyvale
To CA 237 in Sunnyvale
Major cities Saratoga, San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale
Established 1962
System Santa Clara County Expressway System

The shields are not all posted yet, however when they are uploaded they will be listed like this (Santa Clara County Route G2.svg) using the following county abbreviations

[edit] Abbreviations


Also please note for the "system" section please default to "County highway" unless something else is applicable for instance in Santa Clara County.

[edit] Example page

Please visit County Route G4 (California) for a full example of the basic structure of a California County Route article.

[edit] Stubs

If you come across any incomplete CA County Routes Article that you can't complete please label them with the following instead of the usual stub tag.

{{California-county-route-stub}}

This article relating to California County Routes is a stub. Please support the WikiProject California County Routes and help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[edit] WikiProject Template

Per WP:USRD/A please insert {{California County Routes WikiProject}} on all article talk pages.

 This article is part of WikiProject California County Routes, an attempt to build a large and detailed database of county routes in California. 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.
NA This page is not an article and does not require a rating on the quality scale.

[edit] WikiProject Award

Image What to type Description
The California Star {{subst:The California Star|message ~~~~}}

The California Star is awarded for excellence in editing California related articles. It is also the WikiProject Award for California, WP San Francisco Bay Area, WP Southern California, WP Santa Barbara County, WP California State Highways and WP California County Routes.

This award was suggested by Ronbo76; it was designed by thuglas. It was introduced on March 6, 2007.

[edit] Enjoy

Have fun with this. Some of these may be local routes to you. Don't hesistate to let us know something only locals know about these roads. They are the true backroads network of California and are gateways to some of the state's most quirky, unique and ultimately untouched regions.

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