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List page: Numbered routes in Rhode Island Redirect completion list: Completion list
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[edit] Scope

This project covers Rhode Island Routes.

[edit] Goals

To organize, standardize, and expand the articles on Rhode Island Routes.

[edit] Naming conventions

Articles should be named Rhode Island Route x per WP:USSH.

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Parent WikiProject

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[edit] Sibling WikiProjects

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• Vishwin60 (talk • contribs) founder/leader of project
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• TwinsMetsFan (talk • contribs) floating in and out with standardization and such.
• Polaron

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[edit] Structure

[edit] Infobox information

Articles should use {{Infobox road}}, U.S. Routes use {{Infobox U.S. Route}}, and Interstate Highways use {{Infobox Interstate}} and {{Infobox Interstate/Intrastate}} for intrastate Interstates. All known info should be supplied. See the Infobox section on applicable flags as well as standards for the routebox.

[edit] Main Section

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.

[edit] Route description

This section is for describing the route itself and its progression across Rhode Island. Regardless of the route's length, progression should be described from south to north, west to east.

[edit] Towns along the route

Bulleted list of towns along the route including length of the route within each town. List the names of the roads the route goes through for each town as an indented bullet.

[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] History

Any historical information known about the route should be noted.

[edit] Miscellanea

Any trivia or facts about a route (any interesting information that doesn't belong in the History section) should be placed in this section.

[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

All state highways should include the category tag: [[Category:Numbered routes in Rhode Island|nnnA]] where nnn is 3-digit route number, and A is the letter designation if any (e.g. Route 1A is "001A", Route 2 is "002").

[edit] Talk pages

{{Rhode Island Routes WikiProject}} should be placed at the top of all talk pages of articles related to Rhode Island Routes.

[edit] Infobox

Route 138
Length:	45.2 mi (72.7 km)
Formed:	1922 (east of Newport) 1932 (west of Newport)
West end:	Route 138 in Voluntown, CT
Major junctions:	I-95 in Richmond Route 2 in South Kingstown US 1 in North Kingstown Route 114 in Middletown Route 24 in Portsmouth
North end:	Route 138 in Fall River, MA
Rhode Island Routes < Route 136 Route 146 >

For Rhode Island Routes and U.S. Routes, use {{Infobox RI Route}}. For Interstates, use {{Infobox RI Route}}, {{Infobox Interstate}}, or {{Infobox Interstate/Intrastate}}.

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 RI Route
|type=
|route=
|alternate_name=
|length_mi=
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|map=
|formed=
|dir1=
|from=
|junction=
|dir2=
|to=
|previous_type=
|previous_route=
|next_type=
|next_route=
}}

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

• type: RI 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>
• map: file name of a map for the route (no markup, file name only)
• formed: This is the date the route was commissioned or assigned to its current alignment
• dir1: 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.
• from: 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. 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.
• dir2: The opposite of dir1
• to: where the route ends, in accordance with the guidelines set forth with from
• previous_type: This is the type of route that preceeds the current one in the system. The value for this is: Interstate, US, or RI for Interstates, U.S. Routes and other Rhode Island 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. The precedence is as follows: U.S. Interstate, U.S. Route, Rhode Island Routes.

Additional parameters

• marker_image: use for displaying alternate shields
• highway_name: use for displaying alternate text for the route name
• length_notes: notes regarding the length
• browse: for additional browse rows

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 RI Route
|type=RI
|route=138
|alternate_name=
|length_mi=45.2
|length_round=1
|length_ref=
|map=
|formed=
|dir1=West
|from=[[Image:Connecticut Highway 138.png|20px]] [[Connecticut Route 138|Route 138]] in [[Exeter, Rhode Island|Exeter]]
|junction=[[Image:I-95.svg|20px]] [[I-95 (RI)|I-95]] in [[Richmond, Rhode Island|Richmond]]<br>
[[Image:Rhode Island 2.svg|20px]] [[Rhode Island Route 2|Route 2]] in [[South Kingstown, Rhode Island|South Kingstown]]<br>
[[Image:US 1.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 1|US 1]] in [[North Kingstown, Rhode Island|North Kingstown]]<br>
[[Image:Rhode Island 114.svg|25px]] [[Rhode Island Route 114|Route 114]] in [[Middletown, Rhode Island|Middletown]]<br>
[[Image:Rhode Island 24.svg|20px]] [[Rhode Island Route 24|Route 24]] in [[Portsmouth, Rhode Island|Portsmouth]]|
|dir2=North
|to=[[Image:MA Route 138.svg|25px]] [[Massachusetts Route 138|Route 138]] in [[Fall River, Massachusetts|Fall River, MA]]
|previous_type=RI
|previous_route=136
|next_type=RI
|next_route=146
}}

[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, and Interstates.

This is the basic syntax you need to get a complete junction table for routes that only has at-grade intersections. Just copy and paste the code below into the "Major intersections" section:

{{RIinttop}}
{{RIint
|county=
|location=
|lspan=
|type=
|mile=
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{RIintbottom}}

...and fill in the variables! For more entries, use this:

{{RIint
|county=
|location=
|lspan=
|type=
|mile=
|road=
|notes=
}}

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

• county: name of the county without wiki markup - the county is automatically linked by the template
• cspan: number of rows the county spans - if value=1, omit this parameter
• location: name of the location without wiki markup - the location is automatically linked by the template
• lspan: number of rows the location spans - if value=1, omit this parameter
• area: (optional for use with location) used to disambiguate between town, city, village, etc.
• location_special: (replaces location) location where the junction is located - use for custom entries only. Wiki markup is required.
• type: noaccess, mplex (for concurrency), decomd (for decommissioned), unbuilt, closed
• mile: milepost of the junction. If unknown, leave blank.
• road: road that the article route intersects at this junction. Use {{subst:RIint/XX}}, where XX is:
  • RIint/RI:{{subst:RIint/RI|(route number)}}
  • RIint/US:{{subst:RIint/US|(route number)}}
  • RIint/I:{{subst:RIint/I|(Interstate number)}}.
• street: (optional for use with location) Used to break up monotony in sections where the route has the same town name six or more times over (see NY 33 for an example of appropriate usage).
• notes: any notes regarding that junction.

Any parameter which is empty can be omitted.

[edit] Shields

All state route shields have been created and are on the Commons in the format Rhode Island X, where X is the route number.

[edit] Templates

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[edit] Project notice

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