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The list page for this WikiProject is List of Routes in Vermont.

[edit] Title

Vermont Routes WikiProject

[edit] Scope

Numbered Vermont Routes as designated by the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans). Currently, this does not include County routes.

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Parent WikiProject

U.S. Roads

[edit] Sibling WikiProjects

U.S. Highways | U.S. Interstate Highways | List of State-level WikiProjects

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[edit] Participants

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• TwinsMetsFan - Founder and leader of project. From New York State but am contributing to the surrounding states as well.
• Rschen7754
• JB82 - Native of New York; attended college in VT.

[edit] Structure

Route articles should be named "Vermont Route N" where N is the route number. Route shields should be in SVG format and stored at Wikimedia Commons and should be named "Vermont X.svg", where X is the route number.

[edit] Infobox

The Infobox to use for this project 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=VT
|type=VT
|route=
|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=
}}

Vermont Route 4A Length: 10.78 mi[1] (17.35 km) West end: US 4 in Fair Haven Major junctions: VT 22A in Fair Haven VT 30 in Castleton East end: BUS US 4 in West Rutland Counties: Rutland Vermont Routes < US 4 US 5 >

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

• state: VT
• type: VT for state routes
• route: This is the number of the route the article is about
• 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="vtroads">[http://www.roadgeek.org/vtroads/vt_sr.html Vermont State Numbered Routes]</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: Any major junctions along the route - junctions with limited-access highways, Interstates and U.S. highways - should be listed here. If more than one is listed, use a <br /> to break the lines
• 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
• previous_type: This is the type of route that preceeds the current one in the system. The value for this is: Interstate, US, or VT for Interstates, U.S. Routes and other Vermont 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: When listing the previous and next routes, please remain chronological, regardless of route type (example: VT 155, I-189, VT 191, etc.). Please see List of Routes in Vermont for a complete list.

So, by completing the infobox as follows, you'll get a routebox like the one to the right.

{{Infobox road
|state=VT
|type=VT
|route=4A
|length_mi=10.78
|length_ref=<ref>[http://www.aot.state.vt.us/TechServices/PlanSupport/MapGIS/Town_Maps1.htm Vermont
Town Maps]</ref>
|length_round=2
|direction_a=West
|starting_terminus=[[Image:US 4.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 4 (Vermont)|US 4]] in [[Fair Haven, VT|Fair
Haven]]
|junction=[[Image:Vermont 22A.svg|20px]] [[Vermont Route 22A|VT 22A]] in [[Fair Haven, VT|Fair
Haven]]<br />[[Image:Vermont 30.svg|20px]] [[Vermont Route 30|VT 30]] in [[Castleton, VT|Castleton]]
|direction_b=East
|ending_terminus=[[Image:Business plate.svg|20px]]<br>[[Image:US 4.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 4
Business (Rutland, Vermont)|BUS US 4]] in [[West Rutland, VT|West Rutland]]
|counties=[[Rutland County, Vermont|Rutland]]
|previous_type=US
|previous_route=4
|next_type=US
|next_route=5
}}

[edit] Main section

Untitled section that describes the route. Depending on the route this section may just name the direction (W/E or S/N) 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 the counties of Vermont. This section should be broken up by counties 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 along the route

A section containing a list of cities and towns along the route, from south to north and/or west to east.

[edit] Major intersections

This section is for listing all of the intersections, both actual junctions and over/underpasses, that this route has with Vermont routes, Interstates and U.S. 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.

{{VTinttop}}
{{VTint
|county=
|cspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|mile=
|type=
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{VTintbtm}}

For additional entries, use this:

{{VTint
|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.

See Vermont Route 100 for an example of how the table is used.

[edit] Attractions

Major attractions along the road.

[edit] History

History of the route. This can be as brief as a sentence or as extensive as a few paragraphs.

[edit] Miscellanea

Put all oddities, miscellanea, etc. here. Recent projects to improve/upgrade the road, if applicable. Road in popular culture, if applicable.

[edit] References

Put all sources here.

[edit] External links

Links having to do with entire highway go here.

[edit] County x (for example)

Put related county-specific links here.

[edit] Goals

To organize, standardize, and expand the articles on Vermont Routes.

Route articles should be named "Vermont Route N" where N is the route number assigned by VTrans [1].

[edit] Tasks

	To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Vermont Routes:	edit  · history  · watch  · refresh
Create articles for every route and expand the existing articles. Get more members.

[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

• /General
• /Strategy

[edit] Templates

[edit] Stub

{{Vermont-road-stub}}

This article relating to roads in Vermont is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Designates this article relating to roads in Vermont as a stub. Articles are listed in Category:Vermont geography stubs.

[edit] Project Template

{{Vermont Routes WikiProject}}

This article is part of the Vermont Routes WikiProject, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to VTrans numbered routes in Vermont. 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.

Designates the current article as part of the Vermont Routes WikiProject. Should go on the article's talk page.

[edit] Featured Article Template

{{featuredvr}}

This route is currently a featured article from the Vermont Routes WikiProject.

Designates the current article as a featured article of the Vermont Routes WikiProject. Should go on the article's talk page.

[edit] Cleanup

{{cleanup-vtr}}

This Vermont route article needs to be cleaned up to conform to both a higher standard of article quality and accepted design standards outlined in the Vermont Routes WikiProject. After the article has been cleaned up, you may remove this message. For help, see How to Edit a Page, Category:Wikipedia help, and the project page. No reason has been given for tagging this article as in need of cleanup. Please provide rationale, including an explanation of what work needs to be done.

Designates the current article as in need of a Wikipedia:Cleanup, especially with regards to updating it to current standards as outlined in the Vermont Routes WikiProject.

[edit] Userbox

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Vermont Routes/Userbox}}

This user is a member of the Vermont Routes WikiProject.

Userbox for participants of this project.

[edit] Categories

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

[edit] Lists

The list page for Vermont Routes is List of Routes in Vermont.

[edit] Requests

Place any article requests here.

[edit] Resources

• Vermont Town Maps
• Vermont State Numbered Routes
• 2004 VTrans Route Log - note that town maintained routes, like VT 119 and VT F-5, are not listed

[edit] See also

Wikipedia:WikiProject Templates

[edit] Pages needing attention

Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Highways