Wikipedia:WikiProject Minnesota State Highways
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| Welcome to the Minnesota State Highways WikiProject! | ||
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| Hello and welcome to the WikiProject Minnesota State Highways page! If you would like to help, please jump in and start adding or editing. If you would like to join the group, please sign up below. | ||
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| List page: List of Minnesota state highways Redirect completion list: Completion list |
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[edit] Scope
This project covers Minnesota State Highways.
[edit] Goals
- Bring all of the Minnesota State Highway articles under the same format.
- Create an article for all Minnesota State Highways.
[edit] Naming conventions
Articles should be named Minnesota State Highway xx per WP:USSH.
[edit] Relationships
[edit] Parent WikiProjects
[edit] Sibling WikiProjects
- Alabama | California | California County Routes | Connecticut | Florida | Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Missouri | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New York | New York County Routes | North Carolina | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin
[edit] Participants
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- Station Attendant
- Rschen7754 will help with tasks but has never been to MN.
- SpaceJunkie is familiar with most of the state highways in central Minnesota.
- zappa - I live in the Twin Cities, can help if needed.
- FLWfan
- TheHighwayMan394 - Very familiar with many Minnesota highways, has lived in MN his whole life.
- Jonathunder
- MNAdam
- Sable232
- DandyDan2007- used to live in MN, still visit often
- Master son - anywhere around Interstate 35 I'm familiar with - esp Duluth & Twin Cities. Can make svg shield images.
[edit] How you can help
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To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Minnesota State Highways: | edit · history · watch · refresh |
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[edit] Structure
[edit] Infobox
Articles should use Template:Infobox MN state highway with all known info supplied. See #Infoboxes below.
[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 the state. Regardless of the route's length, progression should be described from south to north, west to east.
[edit] Communities along the route
List of communities, which can range from small hamlets to large cities, along the route. Depending on the length of the route this may include only major communities, or just the few hamlets the route passes through.
[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] 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 |
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| 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
- Any links that are of use to this page within Wikipedia
[edit] References
All articles within the wikiproject shall contain this section and the following code:
{{reflist}}
CITE YOUR SOURCES! Make sure that the source you are using is linked to here and referenced by an external link within the article. Lack of citations will lead to article disputes, edit wars, and deletion.
[edit] External links
Place all external links which are not references here.===Categories=== All state highways should include the category tag: [[Category:Minnesota state highways|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
{{Minnesota State Highway WikiProject}} should be placed at the top of all talk pages of articles related to Minnesota State Highways.
[edit] Infobox
[edit] Touring routes
The Infobox to use for these routes is the Template:Infobox MN state highway template - based off of Template:Infobox road. Alternatively the Template:Infobox road template itself may be used, but various parameters automatically set in Infobox MN State Highway would have to be set manually. All Infobox road parameters will function within Infobox MN state highway.
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 MN state highway
|sign_image=
|article_route=
|yrcom=
|yrdecom=
|length_mi=
|length_ref=
|cities=
|direction_a=
|direction_b=
|terminus_a=
|terminus_b=
|junction=
|previous_type=
|previous_route=
|next_type=
|next_route=
|}}
For the above parameters here's what you should fill in:
- sign_image: The file name for the sign image (this was retained to maintain compatibility with the old settings)
- article_route: This is the number of the route the article is about
- route: Same as article_route.
- state: MN - used for infobox road (often this will be used in subarticles for Interstate or U.S. Routes within the state.
- type: MN for state routes - used for infobox road (Use "Interstate" for interstate routes, "US" for U.S. Routes - Infobox Road only - on intrastate subarticles.)
- article_route: This is the number of the route the article is about
- route: Same as article_route.
- 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="Riner1">Steve Riner (July 27, 2003). [http://steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r76-100.htm Details of Routes 75-100.] Accessed September 18, 2004.</ref>
- yrcom or established: This is the date the route was commissioned or assigned to its current alignment
- yrdecom: This is the date the route was decommissioned or removed from the official list of routes
- 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. 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
- cities: Any city above a population of 2000 that the route pass through or within a radius of 10 miles of.
- previous_type: This is the type of route that preceeds the current one in the system. The value for this is: Interstate, US, or MN for Interstates, U.S. Routes and other Minnesota 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 as follows: U.S. Interstate, U.S. Route, Minnesota State Routes.
Any tags that do not apply to a particular route can either be omitted or left blank.
To keep the routebox at a reasonable size limit route junctions and major cities to 10. For junctions use the most prevalent in order of U.S. Interstate, U.S. Route and Minnesota State Highway. (Typically county highways should never be listed here, but they can be listed as termini.) Minor junctions can be listed in the main article proper using a Junction Table Smaller towns, Census designated places and minor cities can be listed in the article proper.
By completing the infobox as follows, you'll get a routebox like the one above. This will produce the example at the right:
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| Trunk Highway 100 |
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| Length: | 15 mi[1] (24 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1934 | ||||||||
| Decomd.: | -- | ||||||||
| South end: |   and Hennepin County Road 34 in Bloomington |
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| North end: |   in Brooklyn Center |
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| Major cities: | Brooklyn Center Robbinsdale |
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{{Infobox MN state highway
|sign_image = MN-100.svg
|article_route = 100
|yrcom = 1934
|yrdecom = --
|length_mi=15
|length_ref=<ref name="Riner1">Steve Riner (July 27, 2003). [http://steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r76-100.htm Details of Routes 75-100.] Accessed September 18, 2004.</ref>
|cities=[[Brooklyn Center, Minnesota|Brooklyn Center]]<br>
[[Robbinsdale, Minnesota|Robbinsdale]]<br>
[[Crystal, Minnesota|Crystal]]<br>
[[Golden Valley, Minnesota|Golden Valley]]<br>
[[Saint Louis Park, Minnesota|St. Louis Park]]<br>
[[Edina, Minnesota|Edina]]<br>
[[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington]]
|direction_b = North
|direction_a = South
|terminus_b = [[Image:I-94.svg|20px]][[Image:I-694.svg|25px]] in [[Brooklyn Center, Minnesota|Brooklyn Center]]
|terminus_a = [[Image:I-494.svg|25px]][[Image:MN-5.svg|20px]] and Hennepin County Road 34 in [[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington]]
|previous_type=MN
|previous_route=99
|next_type=MN
|next_route=101
|}}
[edit] Interstate and U.S. Routes
3digit U.S. Routes use the same shield size as 2-digit Routes in Minnesota and use D-type highway font with a smaller size to fit within the shield. Therefore, two of the 3d routes in Minnesota , US 169 and US 371 would have shields as shown at right:
The routes that fall into this situation are:
Articles with such names as U.S. Route XX in Minnesota or Interstate XX in Minnesota exist to free up space on their respective main articles. These should follow the structures specified by their respective WikiProjects. Interstates and U.S Routes have their own routeboxes {{Infobox Interstate}} and {{Infobox U.S. Route}}. Parent routes that cross state boundaries (such as I-90 must use these routeboxes. Articles for the details of the highways in Minnesota can {{Infobox MN state highway}} with the parameters specified above, plus use the "type" parameter with "US" for 2-digit U.S. Routes and 3dUS for 3-digit U.S. Routes. (alternatively use {{Infobox road}}). For interstates - use "Interstate" for the type. Also the box must include name_notes with either "Main Route of the Interstate System or "Auxiliary route of the Interstate system." WP:IH supplies {{Infobox Interstate/Intrastate}} for ease of use on by-state articles. 3 of the 3di routes I-394, I-494 and I-694 may also fall into this category. There are a few things that must be done for each route type which are explained in the Interstate Routebox instructions and the U.S. Routes Routebox instructions.
[edit] Browse Template
If a route is decommissioned, it still needs a browse box at the bottom of the article.
{{start srbox}}
{{mn browse|previous_type=MN|previous_route=XX|route=[[List of Minnesota state highways|MN]]|next_type=MN|next_route=XX}}
{{end box}}
will create something like
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<  MN 1 |
MN | MN 3  > |
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Replace previous and next type with "US" or "Interstate" if and only if the previous or next route is not a Minnesota state highway. If the previous or next route is a U.S. Route, _type=US if it is an interstate, type=Interstate
This box should only be placed on pages that do not have an infobox, or are an article for a Interstate or U.S. Route in the Minnesota state highway system. On pages where a browse box already exists, you can omit the start and end templates, and just insert the mn browse, keeping the list in chronological order from south/west to north/east. For an example, see the browse box at U.S. Route 1 at the bottom of the article.
[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 for routes that only has at-grade intersections. Just copy and paste the code below into the "Major intersections" section:
{{Jcttop}}
{{Jctint
|state=
|county=
|cspan=
|location=
|lspan=
|type=
|mile=
|road=
|notes=
}}
{{Jctbtm}}
...and fill in the variables! For more entries, use this:
{{Jctint
|state=
|location=
|lspan=
|type=
|mile=
|road=
|notes=
}}
For the above parameters, here's what you should fill in:
- state: the state the intersection is at, do not use if cspan or lspan is specified for the row
- 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.
- ctdab: (optional for use with location) further disambiguation by county (Brighton in New York is an example where this tag would be used)
- 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. To generate the proper coding, use:
- State:[[Image:State num.svg|25x20px]] '''[[State Route num|SR num]]''' (refer to naming conventions)
- US:[[Image:US num.svg|25x20px]] '''[[U.S. Route num|US num]]'''
- Interstate:[[Image:I-num.svg|25x20px]] '''[[Interstate num|I-num]]'''.
- 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] Resources
[edit] Shields
[edit] State
Also, all state route shields have been created in the format MN-X.svg, where X is the route number. They reside in the category Minnesota State Route markers.
All of the state highway markers past and present have been created and reside on the Commons. Shield pages in Sister projects
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[edit] County/CSAH
There are two blank shields for county roads. Image:County_blank.svg is the pentagonal style for a CSAH, and Image:County_square_blank.png is the square style.
[edit] Templates
[edit] Stub
use {{Minnesota-road-stub}} to label stub articles.
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This Minnesota road or road transport-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
[edit] Project notice
{{Minnesota State Highway WikiProject}}
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This article is part of the Minnesota State Highways WikiProject, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to state highways in the state of Minnesota in the United States. To participate, see the project page. |
| 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 Minnesota State Highways WikiProject. Place on the article's talk page.
[edit] Featured article
{{featuredMNSR}}
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This route article is currently a featured article of the Minnesota State Highways WikiProject, embodying how all articles relating to Minnesota state highways should appear. Feel free to contribute to the page to further improve its quality. |
Designates the article as a current or previously featured article of the Minnesota State Highways WikiProject. Place on the article's talk page.
[edit] Cleanup
{{cleanupMNSR}}
This article has been tagged for cleanup for the following reasons: To add the appropriate rationale, use {{cleanupMNSR|Reasons}}.
Designates the current article as in need of a Wikipedia:Cleanup, especially with regards to updating it to current standards as outlined in the Minnesota State Highways WikiProject.
[edit] City link
- use the pipe trick method such as [[Bloomington (MN)|]] and create a redirect to the appropriate page if it doesn't exist.
[edit] Link template for Steve Riner's page
The following template will create an automatic citation for Steve Riner's Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page:
Usage: {{subst:User:Master_son/Shortcuts/Riner_ref|range|specifichighway|accessdate}}
Example: {{subst:User:Master_son/Shortcuts/Riner_ref|288-694|610|2007-03-29}} gives a reference to Highway 610 on the 288-694 page and dates it today.
NOTE: This template must be subst'd. any instances of transclusion will be removed. also - the template will not properly subst into an infobox due to magic words - consider using a sandbox to generate the code and pasting it into the infobox code.
[edit] User templates
{{User WikiProject Minnesota State Highways}}
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Userbox for participants of this project. For a customized box: {{User WikiProject Minnesota State Highways|1}} where 1 can be replaced with your favorite state route marker
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Template containing news for all WikiProjects West of the Mississippi River. To see the template in action, scroll to the top of the page.
