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A section of the 1932 Michigan State Dept. of Highways road map showing M-35 in northern Marquette and Baraga counties M-35 is a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the U.S. state of Michigan. Running for 127.99 miles (205.98 km) in a general north–south direction, it connects the cities of Menominee, Escanaba and Negaunee. The southern section of M-35 in Menominee and Delta counties carries two additional designations. M-35 forms a segment of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour, and it is the UP Hidden Coast Recreational Heritage Trail, which is a part of the Michigan Heritage Routes system. Along the southern section, the highway is the closest trunkline to the Bay of Green Bay, a section of Lake Michigan, and is also the shortest route between Menominee and Escanaba. The northern section of the highway turns inland through wooded terrain, connecting rural portions of Delta and Marquette counties. M-35 is an original state trunkline that was first designated on 1 July 1919, originally intended to run from Menominee in the south to near Big Bay in the north, before turning toward L'Anse to end at Ontonagon. However, the section through the Huron Mountains in northern Marquette and Baraga counties was never built. Automobile pioneer Henry Ford helped halt this construction to gain favor with and membership in the exclusive Huron Mountain Club. Some discontinuous sections were later ceded to local control. The northern segment of the route between Ontonagon and Baraga was retained as a discontinuous segment of the highway; this northern segment was redesignated as another state trunkline. The northern end was rerouted out of the City of Negaunee into Negaunee Township to avoid mining activity near Palmer. Recently selected: New York State Route 22 - U.S. Route 50 in Nevada - Interstate 70 in Colorado
List page: List of State Highways in Kentucky Redirect completion list: Completion list
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[edit] Scope

This WikiProject aims primarily to encourage participation in creating or expanding articles about state highways in Kentucky. This project also aims to establish standards relating to the display of information in these articles.

An article describing the logic and basic history of the Kentucky State Highway System is necessary to accompany the current List of State Highways in Kentucky article. This article should feature information regarding the state's Interstate, Primary, Secondary, Rural and Supplemental routes as well as Scenic Byways, and other worthy material.

The following highways can have entire articles dedicated to them:

Routes that are constructed, traversable, state-maintained, and signed with its own route number.
Routes that are partly constructed or partly signed.
Deleted routes with significant information worthy of an article.
Interstates that run entirely in Kentucky (mostly spur and loop routes). Ideally, these should also be part of this WikiProject.

Supplemental or minor secondary state routes, such as the 6000-series, should be combined into a single article (List of State Highways in Kentucky (6000-6999)).

[edit] Goals

Develop and maintain articles on all primary and secondary system roads in Kentucky.
Develop and maintain articles on all named parkways in Kentucky.
Refrain from creating articles related to supplementary system roads in Kentucky that provide no encyclopedic or historical notability.

[edit] Resources

[edit] Naming conventions

Articles are to be named "Kentucky Route X" per WP:USSH.

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Parent WikiProject

U.S. Roads

[edit] Sibling WikiProjects

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[edit] Specific needs

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[edit] Recently completed

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[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 Kentucky. 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, to correspond to WP:USRD standards.

[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.

Route composition	Section header title	What should be here
All grade-separated interchanges; no at-grade intersections	Exit list	An exit list designed in accordance with the exit list guide
Mixture of grade-separated interchanges and at-grade intersections	Major intersections or Exit list	Depending on the route in question, either a junction table or a "combo" exit list featuring exits and intersections can be used.
All at-grade intersections; no grade-separated interchanges	Major intersections	A junction table for at-grade intersections as specified in the "Junction table" section below

[edit] See also

Optional. Place all internal links here.

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

Optional. Place all external links which are not references here. Government or official links should go first. Road enthusiasts links should follow.

[edit] Categories

All articles are placed into a subcategory of Category:Transportation in Kentucky: either Category:Kentucky state highways, Category:U.S. Highways in Kentucky, or Category:Interstate Highways in Kentucky. The sort key is a four-digit number representing the route number.

Examples:

[[Category:Kentucky state highways|0001]]
[[Category:Kentucky state highways|0101]]
[[Category:Kentucky state highways|3501]]
[[Category:Kentucky state highways|9001]]

[edit] Talk pages

{{U.S. Roads WikiProject|state=KY}} should be placed at the top of all talk pages of articles related to Kentucky State Highways.

[edit] Infobox

KY 80

Length:

464.936 mi^[1] (748.242 km)

West end:

KY 58 in Columbus

Major
junctions:

US 45/KY 58 in Mayfield

US 641 north of Murray

East end:

VA 80 east of Elkhorn City

Counties:

Hickman, Carlisle, Graves, Calloway, Marshall, Trigg, Christian, Todd, Logan, Warren, Barren, Metcalfe, Adair, Russell, Casey, Pulaski, Laurel, Clay, Leslie, Perry, Knott, Floyd, Pike

Major cities:

Columbus, Mayfield, Murray, Hopkinsville, Russellville, Bowling Green, Glasgow, Edmonton, Columbia, Russell Springs, Somerset, London

Numbered highways in Kentucky
< KY 79		KY 81 >
Interstates - U.S. Highways - State Highways

The infobox to use for these routes is Template: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 road
|state=KY
|type=KY
|route=
|alternate_name=
|length_mi=
|length_round=
|length_ref=<ref name="ktc">{{cite web|url=http://www.planning.kytc.ky.gov/data_reports.asp|title=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning - Highway Information System Official Milepoint Route Log Extract|accessdate=2007-04-08}}</ref>
|established=
|direction_a=
|starting_terminus=
|junction=
|direction_b=
|ending_terminus=
|counties=
|cities=
|previous_type=
|previous_route=
|next_type=
|next_route=
}}

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

state: KY
type: KY 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 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. For example: <ref name="ktc">{{cite web|url=http://www.planning.kytc.ky.gov/data_reports.asp|title=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning|accessdate=2007-04-07}}</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 traveling 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. 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 comma-delimited, wikified list of counties the route enters
cities: a comma-delimited, wikified list of cities 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 KY for Interstates, U.S. Routes and other Kentucky State Highways, 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 U.S. Interstate, U.S. Route, Kentucky State Highways per WP:USRD/INNA.

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=KY
|type=KY
|route=80
|alternate_name=
|length_mi=464.936
|length_round=3
|length_ref=<ref name="ktc">{{cite web|url=http://www.planning.kytc.ky.gov/data_reports.asp|title=Kentucky Transportation Cabinet - Division of Planning|accessdate=2007-04-07}}</ref>
|established=
|direction_a=West
|starting_terminus=[[Image:Elongated circle 58.svg|20px]] [[Kentucky Route 58|KY 58]] in [[Columbus, Kentucky|Columbus]]
|junction=[[Image:US 45.svg|20px]][[Image:Elongated circle 58.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 45|US 45]]/[[Kentucky Route 58|KY 58]] in [[Mayfield, Kentucky|Mayfield]]<hr>[[Image:US 641.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 641|US 641]] north of [[Murray, Kentucky|Murray]]
|direction_b=East
|ending_terminus=[[Image:Virginia 80.svg|20px]] [[Virginia State Route 80|VA 80]] east of [[Elkhorn City, Kentucky|Elkhorn City]]
|counties=[[Hickman County, Kentucky|Hickman]], [[Carlisle County, Kentucky|Carlisle]], [[Graves County, Kentucky|Graves]], [[Calloway County, Kentucky|Calloway]], [[Marshall County, Kentucky|Marshall]], [[Trigg County, Kentucky|Trigg]], [[Christian County, Kentucky|Christian]], [[Todd County, Kentucky|Todd]], [[Logan County, Kentucky|Logan]], [[Warren County, Kentucky|Warren]], [[Barren County, Kentucky|Barren]], [[Metcalfe County, Kentucky|Metcalfe]], [[Adair County, Kentucky|Adair]], [[Russell County, Kentucky|Russell]], [[Casey County, Kentucky|Casey]], [[Pulaski County, Kentucky|Pulaski]], [[Laurel County, Kentucky|Laurel]], [[Clay County, Kentucky|Clay]], [[Leslie County, Kentucky|Leslie]], [[Perry County, Kentucky|Perry]], [[Knott County, Kentucky|Knott]], [[Floyd County, Kentucky|Floyd]], [[Pike County, Kentucky|Pike]]
|cities=[[Columbus, Kentucky|Columbus]], [[Mayfield, Kentucky|Mayfield]], [[Murray, Kentucky|Murray]], [[Hopkinsville, Kentucky|Hopkinsville]], [[Russellville, Kentucky|Russellville]], [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green]], [[Glasgow, Kentucky|Glasgow]], [[Edmonton, Kentucky|Edmonton]], [[Columbia, Kentucky|Columbia]], [[Russell Springs, Kentucky|Russell Springs]], [[Somerset, Kentucky|Somerset]], [[London, Kentucky|London]]
|previous_type=KY
|previous_route=79
|next_type=KY
|next_route=81
}}

[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.

{{KYinttop}}
{{KYint
|county=
|cspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|mile=
|type=
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{KYintbtm}}

For additional entries, use this:

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

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

Heading	What to Enter
county	name of county – automatically coded for [[''Blank'' County, Kentucky\|''Blank'']]; just enter county name.
cspan	number of rows this county spans.
location	municipality – use for municipalities such as [[''Municipality'', Kentucky\|''Municipality'']], where the municipality has its own article (incorporated cities and villages); just enter the municipality name.
location_special	use in place of location field for areas that do not have their own associated articles in the above format.
area	Optional - Use for disambiguating between town and village
ctdab	Optional - Use for disambiguating between towns that exist in multiple counties
lspan	number of rows this location spans.
mile	milepost to the nearest 1/10th.
type	noaccess – for highways that cross but have no actual junction mplex – for concurrencies decomd – for intersections with decommissioned routes or segments unbuilt – for planned junctions closed – for indefinite closures (not temporary)
road	intersecting road(s) at this junction. To generate the proper coding, use {{subst:KYint/XX\|Y\|ZZpx}}, where • XX = KY (Kentucky), US (U.S. Route), or IN (interstate) • Y = route or interstate number (1 to 3 digits) • ZZ = size of shield in pixels (20 or 25) Notes: • Multiple routes at one intersection can be entered by inserting a <br> and then entering another {{subst:WVint/XX}} template.
notes	any notes regarding this junction.

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.

[edit] Shields

Shields for Kentucky State Highways have been created in the format "Elongated circle X.svg", where X is the number of the route.

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[edit] Goals

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[edit] Requested pages

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[edit] Recently completed

[edit] Structure

[edit] Infobox

[edit] Main section

[edit] Route description

[edit] History

[edit] Future

[edit] Miscellanea

[edit] Major intersections or Exit list

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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