Template talk:Infobox MO Route
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65.65.230.53 changed it from Route X to State Highway X "in line with MO statutes". While state highway is used in the statutes - and by MODOT - it is only used in a general sense to refer to state-maintained roads. The statutes use "state route" and "route", and MODOT uses almost exclusively "route". Thus I have reverted to Route X. --SPUI (T - C) 00:43, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
Not true. The Missouri Statutes routinely refer to State Highway 141, State Highway 5, etc. This has become quite common in the statutes, Missouri has made several "memorial" highways which are sections of other highways. Have reverted template back to "State Highway X". In Missouri, State Law (as proscribed by the Missouri Legislature) outranks MoDOT. Further, MoDOT is in the process of changing highway signs. They no longer read "Route", the newer ones simply have the state highway shield with the number. Other highway markings are inconsistent as well. I-44 was designated (prior to the newer signs) as "Route I-44", other state highways (such as Oklahoma) were signed "Oklahoma Route 10", even though Oklahoma uses "Highway". The fact that MoDOT uses the term "route" is not in accordance with official names. 65.65.230.53 14:44, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
- Where are these laws? I see nothing for "state highway 5" or "state highway 141". Similar searches on MODOT's site produce no results, while "route 5" and "route 141" give many results. MODOT has the authority to designate these roads; the legislature only reports on this and is thus only a secondary source. --SPUI (T - C) 08:30, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
