Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey State and County Routes

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Ensure that all freeway exit lists (such as New Jersey Turnpike, Interstate 287, etc.) are up to exit list guide standards. Make sure all infoboxes have the new maint= parameter. Make sure all infoboxes use length_ref and length_round instead of length_km. Also ensure the straight line diagram is properly linked as the reference. Add a major intersections table to each article. Of course, expand, expand, expand. For more information on these tasks, see WT:NJSCR#To-do list.

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to New Jersey State and County Routes. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please list yourself as a participant below, or inquire on the talk page.

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[edit] Title

WikiProject on New Jersey State and County Routes

[edit] Scope

The purpose of this project is to expand and introduce a uniform format to articles dealing with state and county routes in the state of New Jersey.

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Parent WikiProjects

U.S. Roads | WikiProject New Jersey

[edit] Sibling WikiProjects

U.S. Highways | U.S. Interstate Highways | List of State-level 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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• User:Northenglish
• Alansohn 03:30, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
• Rschen7754 Drove through once but still happy to help.
• Myselfalso - I've spent plenty of time in New Jersey, and as such, know some of the roads. I am a very active participant in WP:PASH, where I'll spend most of my time. I will certainly try to hit up any NJ articles from time to time. I'm happy to help out.
• TwinsMetsFan - I've admired the work of this project from across the border at WP:NYSR and am extremely willing to help in any way possible. Most of my contributions are centered around WP:NYSR and WP:NYCR (together, the NY equivalent of this project), but I can give a helping hand here where needed.
• Vishwin60 (talk • contribs) - Goes to/from NJ, but still helping
• EaglesFanInTampa (talk • contribs) - Lived in South Jersey for 20+ years, so very familiar with anything south of the Raritan
• JohnnyAlbert I live in PA but i go to NJ almost every weekend so i know alot about the routes in NJ.
• Dbm11085 I've lived in Bergen and Passaic Counties my entire life, and am currently situated in Essex County. Glad to be a part of this project. :)

[edit] What to include?

Interstate and U.S. Highways that pass through multiple states are governed by their own WikiProjects, and are not part of this one. Intrastate U.S. and Interstate routes (i.e. U.S. Route 46, U.S. Route 130, Interstate 195) are part of this WikiProject. State detail pages for multi-state routes (i.e. Interstate 95 in New Jersey) are part of this WikiProject.

All state routes should have an article.

All 500-series county routes should have an article.

Other county routes are debatable. Only create an article for them if they are notable. Here, notability does not refer to any specific definition according to Wikipedia:Notability, because there isn't one that applies. Just be honest, do you feel it's notable? Can you write a good two paragraphs of encyclopedic information on the route? If so, then be bold and do it!

[edit] Structure

Articles should best start with a short description of the state highway. This description should say where the route begins and ends, as well as any discontinuities, as defined by law. Unique details about this route may be added, but use sparingly.

[edit] Route description

A physical description of the route should be given here. Cities and communities the route traverses should be mentioned here, as well as segments of freeway.

[edit] History

The history of this route number should be discussed here.

[edit] Future developments

This section is optional. Any information on future developments for the route, such as widening or other construction projects, or route extensions, should go here.

[edit] Major intersections or Exit list

This section contains a table that lists all the junctions on the article route. Every junction with another state highway should be listed here, as well as every exit on controlled access portions of the route. The table should contain the following columns:

• County can be left out on single-county routes
• Location the municipality where the intersection is
• Exit # where appropriate. Use a wikilink for this – [[Exit number|#]], displays as #
• Mile
• Destinations
• Notes

Intersections with 500-series county routes can be included in this table on state highways, provided they do not make the list "too long". (Either all 500-series routes should be listed, or none.) Intersections with non-500-series routes should only be included on other county routes. They can be included on 500-series routes, but not with state highways (and again, only with 500-series routes if the list does not become too long).

[edit] Gallery

This section is optional. A gallery of photos that don't fit along the margins using normal layout techniques can go here.

Per WT:USRD#Photo galleries? and WP:NOT, a small selection of photos should be used in the article. Any "extra" photos should be placed into a gallery or category on Wikimedia Commons and linked to from the infobox. Galleries should not be used on article pages.

[edit] Related routes

Links to current routes with numbers related to the article route should be listed here.

Additionally, if the route has any former spurs (either spurs of itself or of a former designation), these should be listed here as well.

[edit] See also and/or External links

Also feel free to include any external links with information about the route, related construction projects, etc., or sources where you got your information. Suggestions include the entry in the New Jersey Roads Route Log, New Jersey Highway Ends or the NJDOT Straight Line Diagrams.

The various "link sections" should be in the following order:

• See also
• References
• External links

External links should be listed only once, either in the references or the external links section, not both.

[edit] Naming convention

Articles for state routes are titled New Jersey Route X.

Articles for 500-series county routes are titled County Route X (New Jersey).

Articles for other county routes are titled County Route X (Whichcounty County, New Jersey).

Redirects from alternative names should be made as well. Use this completion list to aid in creating these redirects.

[edit] Templates

[edit] Infoboxes

This WikiProject uses two different infoboxes, one for state routes and one for county routes.

[edit] State routes

State routes use {{Infobox_road}} with the state=NJ parameter. The code for the template is below. See below that for how to use these parameters.

{{Infobox_road
|state=NJ
|type=
|route=
|highway_name=
|marker_image=
|alternate_name=
|length_mi=
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|direction_a=
|starting_terminus=
|junction=
|direction_b=
|ending_terminus=
|established=
|previous_type=
|previous_route=
|next_type=
|next_route=
}}

[edit] What these parameters do

• state= This should (of course) be state=NJ for all routes.
• type= This should be left blank (type=) for state routes, type=US for U.S. highways, and type=Interstate for Interstate highways
• route= This is the route number the article is about; for example route=17 for Route 17.
• highway_name= and marker_image= These parameters should be used only on articles like Garden State Parkway (where the article title is the name of the road, rather than the number). The shield image should be sized to 70px.
• alternate_name= This should be blank for most routes. If there is an alternate name (for example, Central Jersey Freeway for Interstate 195), feel free to include it.
• length_mi= The length of the route in miles, to two decimal places if possible. The straight line diagrams will have this information.
• length_round= The number of decimal places the length in kilometers should be calculated to. This should be set equal to 2 in most cases.
• length_ref= A citation, using <ref> tags, for the length. In most cases, this will be the straight line diagrams.
• direction_a= and direction_b= Is this a north-south or an east-west route? Direction_a will either be South or West; direction_b will either be North or East
• starting_terminus=, junction=, and ending_terminus= These parameters use regular wiki formatting. Each should include a route shield, route name, and a city name. For example, Route 17 uses the following:

starting_terminus=[[Image:New Jersey 7.svg|20px]] [[New Jersey Route 7|NJ 7]] in [[North Arlington, New Jersey|North Arlington]]

This produces:

NJ 7 in North Arlington

in the southern terminus field to indicate that Route 17 begins at Route 7 in North Arlington. Follow the same format should be used in the junction and ending_terminus fields as well. In the junction field, use <br> between junctions to produce multiple lines.

For the shield images, use 20px images for square (2-digit) signs, and 25px images for rectangular (3-digit) signs.

• established= The year the route was established as a state highway with its current number.

• previous_type=, previous_route=, next_type=, and next_route= These parameters create the browsing capability at the bottom of the infobox. previous_type and previous_route apply to the previous route numerically (for example Route 15 for Route 17); next_type and next_route apply to the next route numerically (Route 18).

For type, leave it empty for state routes, use US for U.S. Routes, and use Interstate for Interstate Highways.

The browsing order for the infoboxes can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject New Jersey State and County Routes/Master List.

[edit] County routes

The infobox for county routes is extremely similar -- it still uses {{Infobox road}}, with different parameters. Differences are noted below.

Note: This is in the process of changing, and may not work for some counties, or for routes which do not have shield images. If you create an infobox and it comes up with a bunch of redlinks, enclose it in an HTML comment (<!-- -->), and let User:Northenglish know, and he'll get it working ASAP.

• state= This parameter should be set to "NJ County" for 500-series routes, and "NJ Whichcounty" for other county routes.
• type= This parameter is blank for all county routes.
• previous_type=, previous_route=, next_type=, and next_route= Leave the type blank. See the appropriate list article (until these are expanded, use the table of contents of the SLDs) for the browsing order (bannered routes are left out of the browsing order).

[edit] Cleanup templates

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[edit] For article talk pages

• {{NJSCR}} -- Put this at the top of talk pages for articles in this WikiProject.

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[edit] Userbox

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[edit] Other

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[edit] Categories

• Category:Roads in New Jersey

• Category:State Routes in New Jersey (subcategory)

Please use a three-digit sort key (i.e. 003 for Route 3, 070 for Route 70, 166 for Route 166) when putting articles in this category.

Do not use a sort key on pages that are named something else (for ex. Garden State Parkway), but do put them in this category.

• Category:County routes in New Jersey (subcategory)

500-series routes use their route number (which is already 3 digits) for the sortkey (i.e. 571 for County Route 571 (New Jersey)). Other county routes use a 3-digit number (with leading zeroes if necessary) followed by the county name (i.e. 055 Monmouth for County Route 55 (Monmouth County, New Jersey).

[edit] Articles

[edit] Wikipedia articles on New Jersey State and County Routes

• State highways in New Jersey
• County routes in New Jersey