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Hello and welcome to the Interstate Highways Task Force! If you would like to help, please jump in and start adding or editing.

Scope and goals

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This task force covers all Interstate Highways in the United States. The goal is to standardize the format of the Interstate Highway articles, and to generate some featured articles as well.

How you can help

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Assessment

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Interstate Highway System articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA Total
FA 3 24 1 28
FL 3 3
FM 1 1
A 1 1
GA 1 70 6 77
B 1 1 39 5 46
C 1 330 14 345
Start 91 19 110
Stub 1 1
List 45 4 19 4 72
Future 7 2 9
Category 149 149
Disambig 77 77
File 148 148
Project 26 26
Redirect 1 611 612
Template 41 41
Other 1 1
Assessed 1 54 567 67 1,058 1,747
Unassessed 10 10
Total 1 54 567 67 1,068 1,757
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 2,229 Ω = 3.67


Recognized content

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Good articles

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Former good articles

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Did you know? articles

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  • Jane M. Byrne Interchange Traffic
  • McClure Tunnel west
    McClure Tunnel west
  • San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge- New and Old bridges
    San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge- New and Old bridges
  • Seattle I-5 skyline dllu
    Seattle I-5 skyline dllu
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  • I-80 Eastshore Fwy
    I-80 Eastshore Fwy
  • SeattleI5Skyline
    SeattleI5Skyline

Good article nominees

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A-Class articles

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Main page featured articles

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Main page featured lists

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Picture of the day pictures

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  • I-80 Eastshore Fwy (2005-12-01)
    I-80 Eastshore Fwy (2005-12-01)
  • SeattleI5Skyline (2007-12-02)
    SeattleI5Skyline (2007-12-02)
  • San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge- New and Old bridges (2017-08-24)
    San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge- New and Old bridges (2017-08-24)
  • McClure Tunnel west (2018-12-04)
    McClure Tunnel west (2018-12-04)
  • Jane M. Byrne Interchange Traffic (2023-06-21)
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Resources

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Structure

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See WP:USRD/STDS for the preferred structure of this project's articles.

Naming conventions

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  • Interstate x - main and auxiliary interstates that are not nationally duplicated.
  • Interstate x (state) - auxiliary interstates that have duplications and are single state. "Interstate x" becomes a disambiguation page.
  • Interstate x (state-state) - secondary interstates that have duplications and enter multiple states. Western/southernmost state is listed first. If the Interstate enters more than two states, then list all states in the name, beginning with the western/southernmost state. "Interstate x" becomes a disambiguation page. Interstates 76, 88, 86, and 84 also use this convention, since there are two of them. However, only the states at the termini should be included in the article title. "Interstate x" becomes a disambiguation page.
  • For articles about a state-specific segment of a longer Interstates, state-detail Interstate pages are to be named "Interstate X in Y", where X is the Interstate number and Y is the state name.
  • Exceptions: Interstates in Alaska and Puerto Rico are listed under Interstate Highways in Alaska and Interstate Highways in Puerto Rico.

Categories

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All primary interstate highways go here with a 2 digit sort code (08 for I-8, 85 for I-85, etc.)
All interstates that run through that state go here. For 2dis, use a 2 digit sort code as above. For 3dis, follow this example: 05-7 for I-705. 25-8 for I-825. Warning: some of these categories still use the lowercase H.
All 3dis go here with the 05-2 sort key (for example).
For Business Loops and Spurs.
Used to identify that other articles in addition to Interstate X (state detail pages for X, bridges, U.S. and Interstate Routes that runs along X) can be categorized in the same collection as Interstate X. Example: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and Interstate 80 can belong to Category:Interstate 80.

Infobox

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The infobox for Interstates is {{Infobox road}}, with type=I. If it is intrastate, add a state= line.

Shields

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Shields for Interstate Highways have been created in the format I-X.svg, where X is the Interstate number. See Commons:Interstate shields for a gallery.

Templates

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Stub

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{{Interstate-stub}}

Stub icon

This article relating to the Interstate Highway System is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Designates this article relating to the Interstate Highway System as a stub. Articles are listed in Category:U.S. Interstate Highway stubs.

Barnstar

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{{The WikiProject Interstate Highways Barnstar}}

The WikiProject Interstate Highways Contributor Barnstar
YOUR TEXT HERE


Browse numbered routes

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For Interstates entering two or more states only.

Type the following code at the bottom of the article after {{Interstates}}. 

{{start srbox}}
{{end box}}

In between the start and end templates, the state browse templates should be added. These templates exist in the form 

{{XX browse|previous_type=|previous_route=|route=|next_type=|next_route=}}

where XX is the two-letter abbreviation of the state in lowercase (California is ca, New York is ny, etc.).

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

  • previous_type: previous route (by number) in that state. Interstate, US (for U.S. routes), and (2-letter state abbrev.).
  • previous_route: route number.
  • route: a link to the list page for that state's highway system.
  • next_type: the same as previous_type, but for the next route.
  • next_route: same as previous_route, but for the next route.

Project notice

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{{USRD|type=I|state1=state1|state2=state2}}

WikiProject iconU.S. Roads: Interstates / Virginia / Maryland NA‑class
WikiProject iconThis page is within the scope of the U.S. Roads WikiProject, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to state highways and other major roads in the United States. 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.U.S. RoadsWikipedia:WikiProject U.S. RoadsTemplate:WikiProject U.S. RoadsU.S. road transport articles
NAThis article has been rated as NA-class on the project's quality scale.
???This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.
Topics
 Interstate Highways  
Locations
 Virginia   Maryland  
 

Goes on talk page of each article. For assessment, see Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Assessment. Only include states if there are no separate articles about the route in those states (like Interstate 95 in Virginia).

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{{3di}}

Goes on each primary highway (except 76, 84, 86, and 88) that has three-digit Interstate highways, and also goes on each three-digit highway. (For Interstate 10 use {{3di|10}}, etc.

{{3di}}

Use an additional parameter for Interstates 76, 84, 86, and 88 (east and west for all). Example: Use {{3di|84|east}} for the I-84 in the east. If the box is empty (or incomplete or inaccurate), then create (edit) Template:3di 84 (east). The format for Template:3di xx (xxxx) is the same as the format for Template:3di xx.

{{Interstates}}

Goes on every article on a primary highway.

User templates

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{{Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Interstate Highways/Userbox}} The resulting userbox is shown below.

This user edits articles about the Interstate Highway System.

But you can also add a number... {{Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Interstate Highways/Userbox|80}} to add a number to the shield.

This user edits articles about the Interstate Highway System.
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