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[edit] Title

WikiProject on Wisconsin State Highways

[edit] Scope

To create the balance of and to standardize the Wisconsin State Highway articles and generate featured articles

[edit] Related WikiProjects

[edit] Parent WikiProjects

U.S. Roads | WikiProject Wisconsin

[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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• Master son - Organizer and leader
• Rschen7754 never been here but will help
• jwhouk - Already wrote some articles and info.
• Homefryes – Have some familiarity with Southeastern Wisconsin and live nearby. Will help out here and there.
• Royalbroil ^T : C - I have traveled on at least part of nearly all state highways at some point in the past 20 years. Contact me to take an image in Eastern Wisconsin, especially Northeastern and East Central Wisconsin. I have taken nearly every picture in Category:Images of Wisconsin highways.
• DanTheMan474 - Webmaster of the new Wisconsin Road Photos Gallery at GribbleNation.net, and of the future Wisconsin Highway Ends Project at State-Ends.com. I will contribute links and supplemental information, wherever possible.

[edit] Article Naming Convention

The contents of each article in this project should reside in Wisconsin Highway XXX, with XXX being the route number (no leading zeros); also, Wisconsin State Highway XXX and WIS-XXX and Highway xxx (Wisconsin) should redirect to the article as well. (see WP:USSH)

[edit] Structure

[edit] Infobox

Articles should use Template:Infobox road 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.

[edit] Images

Images related to Wisconsin Highways should be stored in Wikimedia Commons. Place the {{commonscat}} template near the end of the article using the form: {{Commonscat|COMMONSCATNAME}}, where COMMONSCATNAME is the name of the category on Commons. For example, the application for Wisconsin Highway 52 is {{Commonscat|Wisconsin Highway 52}}. All of the categories are children of the Commons category Category:Roads in Wisconsin.

[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.

[edit] Category

add the following to the bottom of the page include in the Category for the article. [[Category:Wisconsin state highways|###]]

[edit] Goals

1. Create Wisconsin State Highway articles listed in List of Wisconsin numbered highways that are red-linked.
2. Expand any existing articles with pertinent information
3. Standardize all articles according to the layout described in this project page

[edit] Categories

• Category:Wisconsin_state_highways
• Category:Wisconsin road stubs

[edit] Lists

• List of Wisconsin numbered highways

[edit] Articles

	To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Wisconsin Highways:	edit  · history  · watch  · refresh
de-stub existing articles create articles for Rustic Roads (Wisconsin) Stubbed, List of Wisconsin bannered routes - Such as Spur and Business Routes. - started, still have a few to add. County Trunk Highways (Wisconsin) Stubbed add Exit Lists to routes where needed Status Fort Howard military road Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive

[edit] Wikipedia articles

• create articles for
  • Lake Superior Circle Tour (Wisconsin) (as part of the U.S. Roads wikiproject?) (image of sign: ,
  • Lake Michigan Circle Tour (Wisconsin) (as part of the U.S. Roads wikiproject?) (images of signs: )
  • Rustic Roads (Wisconsin),
  • List of Wisconsin bannered routes - Such as Spur and Business Routes. No individual articles are necessary.
  • County Trunk Highways (Wisconsin)

[edit] New Wikipedia articles

Please feel free to list your new Wisconsin State Highways-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Wikipedia page. DYN has a 72 hr. time limit from the creation of the article.

[edit] Did you know?

[edit] Cheat Sheet

A cheat sheet with much of this info and more can be found at User:Rschen7754/Roadqr.

[edit] Requests

There are no requests entered at this time.

[edit] Resources

• Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT)
• Chris Bessert's "Wisconsin Highways" site

[edit] Shield images

All of the state highway markers past and present have been created and reside on the Commons. All single, double and triple-letter County markers have been made and reside on the Commons. In addition the default markers for Rustic Roads and Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive also reside there - with the State highway shields.

Shield pages in Sister projects

State Highway shields on Wikicommons	County Highway shields on Wikicommons

[edit] Templates

[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=
|type=
|route=
|alternate_name=
|map=
|length_mi=
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|established=
|direction_a=
|starting_terminus=
|junction=
|direction_b=
|ending_terminus=
|previous_type=
|previous_route=
|next_type=
|next_route=
}}

State Trunk Highway 29
Length:	289.11 mi[1] (465.28 km)
West end:	US 10 in Prescott
Major junctions:	WIS 25 in Menomonie US 53 in Chippewa Falls US 51 in Wausau WIS 22 near Shawano US 41 in Green Bay
East end:	WIS 42 in Kewaunee
Wisconsin highways < WIS 28 WIS 30 > County - Bannered - Rustic

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

• state: This should be WI
• type: This should be WIS which is what Wisconsin prefaces their route names with, i.e. WIS-50
• route: This is the number of the route the article is about
• alternate_name: if the route is assigned an additional name, include it here.
• map: This is the Image Wiki for the map. This function is not used as of yet on Wisconsin articles as no maps have been made.
• length_mi: This is the length of the route in miles. If you specifiy 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="WH1">[http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/listings/WiscHwys20-29.html#STH-029 Wisconsin Highways: Highway 29]</ref>
• established: This is the date the route was commissioned
• 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 should be listed here. If more than one is listed, use a <br> to break the lines
  • Only major junctions go into the Interstate routebox... these would be Interstates, U.S. Highways and and other major state highways/roads. Otherwise the routebox becomes way too big.
  • For multiple highways near a city either:
    1. List them together on the same line by city OR
    2. Omit minor highway junctions (preferred)
  • Of course the terminii would always be there.
  • If any routebox has over 10 or so junctions, then some of the junctions need to be removed.
  • The only time a county route would be mentioned is if it is a terminus (there are at least three instances of that so far).
• direction_b: The opposite of direction_a
• ending_terminus: where the route ends, in accordance with the guidelines set forth with starting_terminus
• previous_type: This is the type of route that preceeds the current one in the system. The value for this is usually: Interstate, US, or WIS for Interstates, U.S. Routes and other Wisconsin 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. If you do an infobox for WIS-93, the following route would be I-94 not WIS-94. WIS-94 would succeed I-94 as there is no U.S. 94 in Wisconsin. The precedence is as follows: U.S. Interstate, U.S. Route, Wisconsin Highway.

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

{{Infobox road
|state=WI
|type=WIS
|route=29
|length_mi=289.11
|length_ref=<ref name="WH1">[http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/listings/WiscHwys20-29.html#STH-029 
Wisconsin Highways: Highway 29]</ref>
|length_round=2
|direction_a=West
|direction_b=East
|starting_terminus=[[Image:US 10.svg|20px]] [[US 10 (WI)|US 10]] in [[Prescott (WI)|Prescott]]
|junction=[[image:WIS 25.svg|20px]] [[Highway 25 (Wisconsin)|WIS 25]] in [[Menomonie (WI)|Menomonie]]<br>
[[Image:US 53.svg|20px]] [[US 53 (WI)|US 53]] in [[Chippewa Falls (WI)|Chippewa Falls]]<br>
[[Image:US 51.svg|20px]] [[US 51 (WI)|US 51]] in [[Wausau (WI)|Wausau]]<br>
[[Image:WIS 22.svg|20px]] [[Highway 22 (Wisconsin)|WIS 22]] near [[Shawano (WI)|Shawano]]<br>
[[Image:US 41.svg|20px]] [[US 41 (WI)|US 41]] in [[Green Bay (WI)|Green Bay]]
|ending_terminus=[[Image:WIS 42.svg|20px]] [[Highway 42 (Wisconsin)|WIS 42]] in [[Kewaunee (WI)|Kewaunee]]
|previous_type=WIS
|previous_route=28
|next_type=WIS
|next_route=30
}}

[edit] Interstate and U.S. Routes

U.S. 141 shield for Wisconsin Highways (Image:US 141 (WI).svg)

U.S. 151 shield for Wisconsin Highways (Image:US 151 (WI).svg)

3digit U.S. Routes use the same shield size as 2-digit Routes in Wisconsin. Therefore, the two 3d routes in Wisconsin, US 141 and US 151 would have shields as shown at right:

Articles with such names as U.S. Route XX in Wisconsin or Interstate XX in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin can use {{Infobox road}} with the parameters specified above, instead of the type being "WIS", for 2-digit U.S. Routes, use "US" for the type, for 3-digit U.S. Routes, use "3dUS" for the type - and for interstates - use "Interstate." I-43 - which is entirely in Wisconsin and the 3di routes I-894 and I-794 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}}
{{wi browse|previous_type=WIS|previous_route=XX|route=WI|next_type=WIS|next_route=XX}}
{{end box}}

will create something like

Browse numbered routes
< WIS 21	WI		WIS 23 >

Replace previous and next type with "US" or "Interstate" if and only if the previous or next route is not a Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin Highway system. On pages where a browse box already exists, you can omit the start and end templates, and just insert the wi browse, keeping the list in alphabetical order. 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.

see U.S. Route 10 in Wisconsin for an example of the Junction Table code in action.

[edit] Stub Sorting

use {{Wisconsin-road-stub}} to label stub articles.

This Wisconsin road or road transport-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[edit] Project Notice

Add {{Wisconsin Highways WikiProject}} to the Talk page of the article.

	This article is part of the Wisconsin State Highways WikiProject, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to highways in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. 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.
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[edit] Featured article

{{featuredwih}}

This route article is currently a featured article of the WikiProject Wisconsin Highways, embodying how all articles relating to Wisconsin 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 WikiProject Wisconsin Highways. Place on the article's talk page.

[edit] Cleanup

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[edit] User Templates

The userbox {{User WikiProject Wisconsin Highways|29}} can be added to your user page. Replace 29 with your favorite Wisconsin Route number. Leaving the route number out will show the blank Route Marker image.

This user is a member of the Wisconsin Highways WikiProject

It is strongly recommended that {{Project U.S. Roads East}} go on user (sub_ (talk) pages.

[edit] See also