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[edit] Scope

Numbered New York State routes as designated by the New York State Dept. of Transportation (NYSDOT). This includes all touring (signed) routes (such as New York State Route 15) and reference (unsigned) routes (such as New York State Route 940U).

County routes are beyond the scope of this project and are covered by the New York County Routes project.

[edit] Goals

To organize, standardize, and expand the articles on New York State routes.

Route articles should be named "New York State Route N" where N is the route number assigned by the NYSDOT. Articles about parkways that are signed as such (like the Robert Moses State Parkway) in New York State should be named for the parkway, not for the reference route number, however.

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• Censorwolf
• Rschen7754 Happy to help although I went to NYC only once.
• Chris I am a lifelong resident of NY, and have been able to draw a map of all parkways and Interstates in the NYC area since I was 10.
• Daniel Case. I'd hate to admit it, but I am a bit of a road geek. I grew up in northern NJ (presently live in northern Orange County) and have been fascinated with regional highways maps since I was a kid. Put it this way, when I got my driver's license I was happy that I could finally find out what it actually looked like at some of the ends of the roads I had never seen before.
• TwinsMetsFan A hard-core roadgeek for many years. I live in Monroe County but I also have knowledge of most state routes in Upstate New York.
• Skudrafan1 Have lived in Chautauqua County, near Cattaraugus County border, for most of my life. Now live in Cortland County, so am gaining knowledge of roads in Central New York as well.
• JB82 A lifelong resident of Saratoga County. Happy to help. Have contributed pages about NY-50, NY-29 and NY-28, and have put routeboxny infoboxes in NY-32 and NY-30, among others. (Those articles have since been brought up to the new standards.) Not afraid to tackle highways in areas outside of the Capital Region.
• DanTD A die-hard roadgeek since early childhood and a Long Islander until 1999; a deadly combination in a political climate that's mostly anti-highway. Though I've been in Florida since 1999, thanks to the high cost of living in the Northeastern U.S.A., I'm still dedicated to road improvements throughouth the country, and have been adding information on roads before I joined Wikipedia.
• HurricaneCraze32.I was born in Whitestone (right on the CI Parkway Service Road) and i am 15 year old cartographer. My favorite roads are NY's and Ontario 401 (MacDonald-Cartier). I've drawn maps of that road.I live in NJ now but still.This is something i could do.
• Hkelly1 I am a 19-year-old architecture student from Eastern Long Island (I lovingly call where I live "the crotch", as I live just west of Riverhead where the forks of LI split). I have always been a roadgeek since, well, I could read. I love maps, and I'm especially interested in historic maps and in maps showing proposals that never got built... and for LI, there are alot of both.
• Northenglish because there's no good reason why I shouldn't join this project. :-)
• Ubiquity I am a mild road-geek. I live in Oswego County and am interested in helping out with nearby roads and roads I actually travel on.
• User:Fwgoebel I guess I've been a road geek all my life. I grew up very close to the intersection (former duplex) of 29A and 30A, and my school was very near the intersection of 29 and 30. That's a rare thing, an intersection of two consecutive-numbered highways, and a nearby intersection of their alternates (Vail Mills and Gloversville/Johnstown). I don't think that occurs anywhere else in New York.
• V60 ^{VTalk - VDemolitions} sure
• MichaelR. I'm a teenager living in Central New York, and have been interested in roads for as long as I can remember. I would call myself a roadgeek.
• JGCarter
• JohnnyAlbert I live in Pennsylvania but been to New York City and Long Island thousands of times and i know a little bit about New York highways. Sure i'll help.
• Myselfalso - I have visited New York many times and I hope to live in New York City in August 2008. I currently live in Pennsylvania. I have done a little bit of work on New York routes, though my primary work is on Pennsylvania routes and List of DirecTV channels. I'm happy to help when needed.

[edit] How you can help

You can help by opening the List of State Routes in New York and selecting any route in red (which means that there is no article for it yet) and starting that article, or opening any route that you can provide more information about.

Some of the existing route articles need to be modified to comply with the project standard (see below). You can open Category:New York State articles needing work and review what has been noted to need work there under "New York State routes Project" section. Also, you can check Category:New York State Highway stubs to see which articles need expanding.

Routes in Category:Routes needing mileposts have been converted to the new standard but are missing mileposts for the junctions. You can open this category and add mileposts for any route listed. Once the mile column has been completed (to the nearest tenth for each junction), the Template:Mileposts tag can be removed.

	To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject New York State routes:	edit  · history  · watch  · refresh
Work on all articles listed in Category:New York State articles needing work. Add mileposts for any junction tables that do not have them. Switch to {{cite}} and {{reflist}} templates.

[edit] Structure

To maintain a consistent format, articles will be organized in the order shown below.

[edit] Infobox

Required. Articles should use Template:Infobox road, and all known info should be supplied. See the Infobox section on applicable flags as well as standards for the routebox.

[edit] Main section

Required. Untitled section that describes the route. It might be helpful for formatting to use {{TOCleft}} at the top of this section to display the table of contents on the top left, followed by the main description of the route. Depending on the route this section may just name the direction (E/W or N/S) and termination points, or may go into considerable detail. However, the majority of detail, such as progress by town or county, should be reserved for the next section. Use WP:LEAD as a loose guideline on what to place in this section.

[edit] Route description

Required. This section is for describing the route itself and its progression across the counties of New York State. This section should be broken up by counties or other suitable segments using third-level headlines. If the route is contained entirely in one county, then it is not necessary to give said county a third-level headline. Regardless of the route's length, progression should be described from south to north, west to east.

[edit] Communities

Required. A list of communities along the route, which can range from small hamlets to large cities. Depending on the length of the route this may include only major communities, or just the few hamlets the route passes through. Place the list in an infobox (code given below) at the top of the route description. An example of a properly formatted and placed infobox can be found at New York State Route 531.

{|class="infobox" width="230px"
!style="background: #ccf;"|<big>Communities</big>
|-
|
|}

[edit] History

Optional, but strongly recommended. Place any historical information about the route here. Ensure that proper, reliable references are added.

[edit] Future

Optional. Place any confirmed (no speculation) information about the future of the route here. Again, ensure that proper, reliable references are added.

[edit] Miscellanea

Optional, but discouraged. Any trivia or facts about a route should be placed in this section. Limit usage of this section to a minimum - the Good Article and Featured Article processes frown at articles with trivia sections. Instead of using this section, consider incorporating its potential contents into other sections of the article.

[edit] Major intersections or Exit list

The contents of this section may vary by route. Refer to the table below for the appropriate section header and further instructions.

[edit] See also

Place all internal links here.

[edit] References

Place all references here, using the <ref></ref> tags in the article and the <references/> tag in this section.

[edit] External links

Place all external links which are not references here.

[edit] Categories

For touring routes, use [[Category:New York state highways|nnnA]] where nnn is the 3-digit route number, and A is the letter designation if any (e.g. NY 1A is "001A", NY 2 is "002"). For reference routes, use [[Category:New York State Reference Routes and Parkway Routes|nnA]] where nn is the last two digits of the 900-series route number, and A is the letter designation (e.g. NY 990L is "90L").

Routes that exist in only one county should also have that county as a category (example: since New York State Route 153 only exists in Monroe County, it would have Category:Monroe County, New York as a category).

[edit] Talk pages

{{New York State routes WikiProject}} should be placed at the top of all talk pages of articles related to New York State Routes.

[edit] Infobox

[edit] Touring routes

NY Route 98
Length:	97.77 mi[1] (157.35 km)
South end:	US 219 in Great Valley
Major junctions:	US 20A in Varysburg US 20 in Alexander I-90/Thruway in Batavia
North end:	Lake Ontario Pkwy in Carlton
Counties:	Cattaraugus, Wyoming, Genesee, Orleans
Numbered highways in New York < NY 97 NY 100 > Interstates - U.S. Routes - State Routes

The Infobox to use for these routes (1-899) is the Template:Infobox road template.

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.

{{Infobox road
|state=
|type=
|route=
|alternate_name=
|length_mi=
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|established=
|direction_a=
|starting_terminus=
|junction=
|direction_b=
|ending_terminus=
|counties=
|previous_type=
|previous_route=
|next_type=
|next_route=
}}

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

• state: NY
• type: NY for state routes
• route: This is the number of the route the article is about
• alternate_name: Use in situations where the entire route has another name (i.e. NY 590 is called the Sea Breeze Expressway for its entire length)
• 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 paramater, 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 paramater.
• length_ref: To do what a good article writer should, provide your reference for the length of the route using standard <ref> method. For example: <ref name="nyr">[http://www.gribblenation.net/nyroutes/ind/090_099.htm#098 New York Routes - New York State Route 98]</ref>
• established: This is the date the route was commissioned or assigned to its current alignment
• 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.
• starting_terminus: This is where the route begins and is either at the southern terminus or western terminus.
• junction: all junctions this route has with U.S. highways, parkways/expressways or Interstates. All other junctions, such as county routes, state routes that are not limited access expressways, or locations where a route passes over/under a U.S. highway/parkway/expressway/Interstate but does not intersect it should not be listed here.Routes should appear as "NY XXX", Interstates should appear as "I-XXX" and Parkways should appear as "(Name of Parkway)", where XXX is the route number. Examples: New York State Route 153→NY 153…Interstate 390→I-390…Taconic State Parkway→Taconic.If a route that runs parallel to the article route has four junctions or more with the article route, then only the first and last junctions with the parallel route should be listed in the infobox. Please note that every junction should still be included in the Major Intersections table.
  • NOTE: If a parallel route has 1-3 junctions with the article route, then all of these junctions should be listed; however, for 4 or more junctions, then only the first and last junctions should be listed.
• direction_b: The opposite of direction_a
• ending_terminus: where the route ends, in accordance with the guidelines set forth with starting_terminus
• counties: a list of counties that the route enters
  • NOTE: Limit of eight counties. Routes that enter more than eight counties should not list the counties and should list cities instead (using the cities= parameter).
• previous_type: This is the type of route that preceeds the current one in the system. The value for this is: Interstate, US, or State for Interstates, U.S. Routes and other New York State routes, respectively.
• previous_route: The number of the route preceding this one
• next_type: Same as previous_type but for the route following this one
• next_route: The number of the route succeeding this one

Important notes regarding the routebox: For the previous and next route types, remember to list them in order of priority. If you do an infobox for NY 690, the following route would be I-695, not NY 695. NY 695 would succeed I-695 as there is no U.S. 695 in New York. The precedence is as follows: U.S. Interstate, U.S. Route, New York State route.

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

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

{{Infobox_road
|state=NY
|type=NY
|route=98
|alternate_name=
|length_mi=97.77
|length_ref=<ref name="nyr">[http://www.gribblenation.net/nyroutes/ind/090_099.htm#098 New York Routes - New York State Route 98]</ref>
|length_round=2
|established=
|direction_a=South
|starting_terminus=[[Image:US 219.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 219|US 219]] in [[Great Valley, New York|Great Valley]]
|junction=[[Image:US 20A.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 20A (New York)|US 20A]] in [[Varysburg, New York|Varysburg]]<br/>[[Image:US 20.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 20|US 20]] in [[Alexander (village), New York|Alexander]]<br/>[[Image:I-90.svg|20px]][[Image:NYS Thruway Sign.gif|20px]] [[Interstate 90|I-90]]/[[New York State Thruway|Thruway]] in [[Batavia (city), New York|Batavia]]
|direction_b=North
|ending_terminus=[[Image:Lake Ontario State Parkway.svg|20px]] [[Lake Ontario State Parkway|Lake Ontario Pkwy]] in [[Carlton, New York|Carlton]]
|counties=[[Cattaraugus County, New York|Cattaraugus]], [[Wyoming County, New York|Wyoming]], [[Genesee County, New York|Genesee]], [[Orleans County, New York|Orleans]]
|previous_type=State
|previous_route=97
|next_type=State
|next_route=100
}}

[edit] Reference routes

Inner Loop
Reference Route 940T
Length:	2.33 mi[2] (3.75 km)
Formed:	1965
West end:	I-490 in Rochester
East end:	I-490 in Rochester
Counties:	Monroe
New York State Reference Routes

The Infobox to use for these routes (900-999) is the Template:Infobox NY Reference Route template, which is derived directly from Infobox road.

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.

{{Infobox NY Reference Route
|route=
|name=
|shield=
|alternate_name=
|reference_route=
|length_mi=
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|established=
|direction_a=
|starting_terminus=
|junction=
|direction_b=
|ending_terminus=
|counties=
}}

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

• route: The number of the route, including the suffixed letter. Cannot be used with name, shield or reference_route
• name: The alternate name of the route, such as a parkway name. Cannot be used with route
• shield: Shield image for this route. File name only. Cannot be used with route
• alternate_name: An alternate name for the road. Cannot be used with name, shield or reference_route
• reference_route: Reference route number. Cannot be used with route
• 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 paramater, 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 paramater.
• length_ref: To do what a good article writer should, provide your reference for the length of the route using standard <ref> method. For example: <ref name="nyr">[http://www.gribblenation.net/nyroutes/ind/090_099.htm#098 New York Routes - New York State Route 98]</ref>
• established: This is the date the route was commissioned or assigned to its current alignment
• 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.
• starting_terminus: This is where the route begins and is either at the southern terminus or western terminus.
• junction: all junctions this route has with U.S. highways, parkways/expressways or Interstates. All other junctions, such as county routes, state routes that are not limited access expressways, or locations where a route passes over/under a U.S. highway/parkway/expressway/Interstate but does not intersect it should not be listed here.Routes should appear as "NY XXX", Interstates should appear as "I-XXX" and Parkways should appear as "(Name of Parkway)", where XXX is the route number. Examples: New York State Route 153→NY 153…Interstate 390→I-390…Taconic State Parkway→Taconic.If a route that runs parallel to the article route has four junctions or more with the article route, then only the first and last junctions with the parallel route should be listed in the infobox. Please note that every junction should still be included in the Major Intersections table.
  • NOTE: If a parallel route has 1-3 junctions with the article route, then all of these junctions should be listed; however, for 4 or more junctions, then only the first and last junctions should be listed.
• direction_b: The opposite of direction_a
• ending_terminus: where the route ends, in accordance with the guidelines set forth with starting_terminus
• counties: a list of counties that the route enters
  • NOTE: Limit of eight counties. Routes that enter more than eight counties should not list the counties and should list cities instead (using the cities= parameter).

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

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

{{Infobox NY Reference Route
|name=Inner Loop
|shield=Rochester Inner Loop.svg
|reference_route=940T
|length_mi=2.33
|length_round=2
|length_ref=<ref name="esr">[http://www.empirestateroads.com/sr/refroute4.html Empire State Roads - Reference Routes, Region 4]</ref>
|established=1965
|direction_a=West
|starting_terminus=[[Image:I-490.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 490 (New York)|I-490]] in [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]]
|junction=
|direction_b=East
|ending_terminus=[[Image:I-490.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 490 (New York)|I-490]] in [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]]
|counties=[[Monroe County, New York|Monroe]]
}}

[edit] Junction table

The junction table, to be located in "Major intersections", is for listing all of the intersections, both actual junctions and over/underpasses, that this route has with state routes, U.S. routes, Interstates and, optionally, county routes.

This is the basic syntax you need to get a complete junction table on the article page, just place this in the Major intersections section and fill in the variables.

{{NYinttop}}
{{NYint
|county=
|cspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|mile=
|type=
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{NYintbtm}}

For additional entries, use this:

{{NYint
|county=
|cspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|mile=
|type=
|road=
|notes=
}}

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

Any field which is empty can be omitted. Junctions which are approximately 0.1 mile apart may be combined into one entry in the table.

For an example of a completed table, see New York State Route 318.

[edit] Shields

Many, if not all, of the parkway shields are available on the Commons. Also, all state route shields have been created in the format NY-X.svg, where X is the route number.

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