Wikipedia:WikiProject Highways
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- 8.8% List-Class
- 38.7% Stub-Class
- 26% Start-Class
- 15.1% C-Class
- 6.3% B-Class
- 4.6% GA-Class
- 0.1% A-Class
- 0.4% FA-Class
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WikiProject Highways is a wikiproject that aims primarily to standardize the format used in articles about highways, including freeways, expressways, throughways, and other major forms of road. A major part of this is the connectivity of highways and the analogous connectivity of their articles. The scope and aims of this project are likely to change in this early stage. If you are interested in joining, add yourself to the participants page.
Project organization
[edit]This project sets the standards for countries that do not have a country roads WikiProject yet. These standards are intended to be loose so that they are applicable worldwide.
In addition to this, this project sets a few standards for country roads WikiProjects that do exist, to ensure uniformity across all highways articles.
Parentage
[edit]The parent of this project is WikiProject Transport.
Subprojects and task forces
[edit]- Australian Roads (AURD)
- Canada Roads (CARD)
- Hong Kong task force (HKRD)
- Indian Roads (INRD)
- U.S. Roads (USRD)
- South African task force (ZARD)
- African Highways task force
- Asian Highways task force
- European Highways task force
- Latin American Highways task force
- Oceania Highways task force
- United Kingdom task force (UKRD)
Similar projects
[edit]Recognized content
[edit]- For the analogous lists for the various subprojects, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian Roads/Recognized content, Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada Roads/Recognized content, or Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Recognized content.
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Featured articles
[edit]Featured lists
[edit]A-Class articles
[edit]Featured pictures
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A591 road, Lake District - June 2009 Edit 1
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Darcha Padum Road Below Shinku La Lahaul Oct22 A7C 03533
Good articles
[edit]A1 (Croatia)
A1 in London
A2 (Croatia)
A3 (Croatia)
A4 (Croatia)
A5 (Croatia)
A6 (Croatia)
A7 (Croatia)
A8 (Croatia)
A9 (Croatia)
A82 road
A215 road
A303 road
A4061 road
A5758 road
Atlantic Ocean Road
Bayshore Route
Blackwall Tunnel
Bond Street
Bow Street
Chiswick Bridge
Coventry Street
D21 road (Croatia)
Dartford Crossing
Denmark Street
European route E751
Euston Road
Fleet Street
Great Marlborough Street
Ipswich Road, Colchester
Japan National Route 58
Japan National Route 119
Japan National Route 279
Leicester Square
London Ringways
M11 link road protest
M25 motorway
M32 motorway
M54 motorway
North Circular Road
Northumberland Avenue
Old Kent Road
Oxford Circus
Oxford Street
Pall Mall, London
Park Lane
Pentonville Road
Piccadilly
Portway, Bristol
Preston By-pass
Regent Street
Route Trident
Savile Row
Shibuya Route
South Circular Road, London
Stane Street
Strand, London
Strensham services
Tamar Bridge
Triangle Link
Tsing Yi North Coastal Road
Twyford Down
Vicars' Close, Wells
Vine Street, London
Wade's Causeway
Watford Gap services
Welsh Streets, Liverpool
Westway (London)
Whitechapel Road
Whitehall
Woolwich Ferry
Did you know? articles
[edit]Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System (2006-02-22)
Glasgow Inner Ring Road (2006-04-01)
Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System (2006-04-08)
West Coast Highway, Singapore (2006-04-10)
A1 motorway (Slovenia) (2006-04-20)
A8(M) motorway (Northern Ireland) (2006-06-21)
M4 relief road (2006-08-08)
Upper Swabian Baroque Route (2006-09-28)
Birdcage Walk (2006-10-18)
East Kowloon Corridor (2007-01-16)
La Salle Road (2007-01-22)
Marina Coastal Expressway (2007-08-01)
Horseferry Road (2007-10-03)
Berlinka (2007-11-23)
Traffic in Towns (2008-01-14)
Petroleum Road (2008-02-16)
East Smithfield (2008-03-29)
Dorset Street (Spitalfields) (2008-04-05)
Rampe de Laffrey (2008-06-09)
Musical road (2008-10-29)
Wakamiya Ōji (2008-11-29)
Turnpike trusts in Greater Manchester (2009-01-10)
Vicars' Close, Wells (2009-03-14)
Oslo Package 1 (2009-03-27)
Broad Street, Reading (2009-04-09)
Richmond Bridge, London (2009-04-21)
Wandsworth Bridge (2009-05-08)
Vauxhall Bridge (2009-05-25)
Battersea Bridge (2009-05-30)
Chelsea Bridge (2009-06-12)
Albert Bridge, London (2009-06-13)
Grub Street (2009-08-03)
Bathwick Hill (2009-08-31)
Butt Hole Road (2009-09-13)
Portway, Bristol (2009-11-02)
A1 (Croatia) (2010-05-22)
D23 road (Croatia) (2010-06-04)
Route Trident (2010-09-18)
A4 (Croatia) (2010-10-22)
A7 (Croatia) (2010-12-07)
A535 road (2010-12-18)
Henderson Street (2011-04-16)
Tema Motorway (2011-06-08)
Asafo Interchange (2011-06-13)
Ako Adjei Interchange (2011-06-15)
Tetteh Quarshie Interchange (2011-06-16)
A2 (Croatia) (2011-08-05)
European route E59 (2011-08-14)
European route E751 (2011-09-24)
B3306 road (2012-05-09)
Queensferry Crossing (2012-06-12)
Łazienki Route (2012-06-14)
A968 road (2012-06-18)
Salah al-Din Road (2012-07-12)
Ackerstraße (2012-07-27)
St Edward's Passage (2012-12-31)
Fingle Bridge (2013-03-14)
A82 road (2013-07-13)
Ffordd Pen Llech (2013-11-02)
Jade's Crossing (2013-11-17)
Ice House Street (2013-11-25)
Vildmarksvägen (2013-12-19)
Stone Nullah Lane (2014-01-12)
Axenstrasse (2014-02-08)
Sutton High Street (2014-03-01)
Wan King Path (2014-03-18)
Watford Gap services (2014-06-21)
Denmark Street (2014-06-29)
Dartford Crossing (2014-07-14)
Welcome Rotonda (2014-07-14)
Lugard Road (2014-09-03)
Henrietta Street, Covent Garden (2014-11-06)
Circumferential Road 5–Kalayaan Avenue Interchange (2014-11-17)
Yongin–Seoul Expressway (2014-12-29)
Chenies Street (2015-01-16)
Ipswich Road, Colchester (2015-08-17)
A4061 road (2015-08-21)
Vine Street, London (2015-09-01)
Oxford Street (2015-12-24)
Fleet Street (2016-01-27)
The Chinese Road (2016-02-10)
State road D.915 (Turkey) (2016-02-28)
Pall Mall, London (2016-07-06)
Pentonville Road (2016-07-14)
Harbor Link Interchange (2016-07-25)
M32 motorway (2016-08-14)
BR-319 (Brazil highway) (2016-10-22)
Essex Street, London (2016-12-18)
Marylebone Lane (2016-12-21)
Henrietta Place (2017-01-11)
Charoen Krung Road (2017-02-08)
Mexican Federal Highway 180D (2017-02-18)
Milford Lane (2017-02-18)
Mexican Federal Highway 95D (2017-03-06)
Mexican Federal Highway 15D (2017-04-10)
Preston By-pass (2017-04-29)
Mexican Federal Highway 40D (2017-05-16)
Mexican Federal Highway 47D (2017-07-05)
Nagtahan Interchange (2017-12-28)
Acle Straight (2018-01-04)
Major Road Network (2018-02-22)
A719 road (2018-11-22)
Palmer Street (2019-06-11)
Thurrock services (2019-06-22)
Slough experiment (2019-08-13)
Japan National Route 280 (2019-09-24)
Japan National Route 279 (2019-10-29)
The Air Balloon, Birdlip (2019-12-10)
Rue du Brexit (2020-01-31)
Japan National Route 339 (2020-02-22)
Oxford Circus (2020-04-17)
Kobe Route (2020-04-20)
Rotherhithe Street (2020-04-25)
Yokohama Northwest Route (2020-04-29)
Welsh Streets, Liverpool (2020-05-31)
Ikeda Route (2020-06-13)
Japan National Route 48 (2020-08-04)
Japan National Route 12 (2020-08-25)
A479 road (2020-09-08)
Coventry ring road (2020-09-12)
Shibuya Route (2020-09-16)
Japan National Route 58 (2020-09-19)
Japan National Route 37 (2020-10-21)
Cadogan Place (2020-11-14)
Moriguchi Route (2020-11-18)
Japan National Route 281 (2020-12-03)
Higashi-Osaka Route (2020-12-07)
Japan National Route 105 (2020-12-12)
Japan National Route 114 (2021-01-03)
Japan National Route 112 (2021-01-27)
Japan National Route 116 (2021-02-05)
Japan National Route 350 (2021-02-09)
Japan Romantic Road (2021-03-13)
Port Way (2021-04-06)
Japan National Route 101 (2021-04-07)
Japan National Route 119 (2021-05-04)
Japan National Route 410 (2021-05-08)
Japan National Route 465 (2021-05-08)
Japan National Route 424 (2021-06-04)
Kawasaki Route (2021-06-17)
Bayshore Route (2021-09-13)
Banjaratma Heritage Rest Area (2021-12-20)
Looe Bridge (2022-01-18)
Roads Improvement Association (2022-04-09)
M1 (Durban) (2022-12-24)
Lewes Road, Brighton (2023-04-02)
R319 road (Ireland) (2023-04-11)
R565 road (Ireland) (2023-04-25)
Antananarivo–Toamasina toll highway (2023-04-26)
N53 road (Ireland) (2023-04-27)
N54 road (Ireland) (2023-05-11)
C-13 highway (Spain) (2023-05-24)
Pont Abraham Services (2023-09-14)
A9 dualling project (2024-07-17)
In the News articles
[edit]China National Highway 110 traffic jam (2010-08-25)
Main page featured articles
[edit]- London congestion charge (2004-03-05)
- Piccadilly Circus (2005-07-09)
- Moorgate (2005-10-09)
- M62 motorway (2008-02-28)
- Richmond Bridge, London (2009-06-17)
- Gropecunt Lane (2009-07-09)
- Vauxhall Bridge (2009-09-29)
- Battersea Bridge (2011-02-06)
- Sweet Track (2012-06-03)
- Albert Bridge, London (2013-08-23)
- Chelsea Bridge (2015-07-10)
- Wandsworth Bridge (2016-01-16)
- Coventry ring road (2023-07-23)
Picture of the day pictures
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UK Roundabout 8 Cars (2004-06-20)
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A591 road, Lake District - June 2009 Edit 1 (2018-10-25)
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Darcha Padum Road Below Shinku La Lahaul Oct22 A7C 03533 (2023-04-05)
Assessment
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The Assessment Department has resources related to the assessment of articles under the project's scope, including the project quality log. In addition, the project maintains A-Class Review and Peer Review forums. The department page also has directions on which talk page banners to use to assess articles under the project's scope.
Article alerts
[edit]Articles for deletion
- 19 Aug 2024 – A508 road (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by 10mmsocket (t · c); see discussion (5 participants)
- 13 Aug 2024 – Access road to Zhukovsky (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by LibStar (t · c) was closed as delete by Liz (t · c) on 20 Aug 2024; see discussion (5 participants)
Proposed deletions
- 22 Aug 2024 – A658 road (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Loymdayddaud (t · c): Citations needed for two years, article does not contribute much of value to Wikipedia.
Categories for discussion
- 01 Aug 2024 – Category:National Highways in China (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Paul 012 (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 15 Aug 2024 – Highway 407 (talk · edit · hist) →List of highways numbered 407 was RfDed by JuniperChill (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 12 Jul 2024 – A9 dualling project (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by JuniperChill (t · c); start discussion
Articles to be merged
- 30 Jul 2024 – A42 road (England) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to M42 motorway by JuniperChill (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 07 Aug 2024 – Draft:4-112 (Cuba) (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by CubanoBoi (t · c)
Structure of articles
[edit]Each article should have an infobox, which is typically Infobox road, and a lead section which introduces all the article sections. The first sentence should provide a definition of the article subject, including location. If there is another common abbreviation for the subject, state it in the lead section. A map and image help the article. This is an example of map layout adopted by the U.S. Roads WP.
The use of lists is discouraged; prose or tables should be used when more appropriate. For further exploration of road article structure, see road articles that are Featured Articles or any of the subprojects.
Infobox
[edit]As of 2010, the standard infobox, {{infobox road}}, has been updated to accommodate roads worldwide, and the subtemplates have been set up already for these countries. There is also {{infobox road junction}} for articles on individual junctions or interchanges.
Maps and images
[edit]Use a standard highway map style. Identify articles about highways and routes that need maps and place a regional request map template on the talk page. For further information see Images and media or Commons map resources. Identify and categorize existing historical highway maps, and list them at here. Add {{Image requested}}
to the talk page of the road article, the request will end up in one of these Wikipedia requested photographs in places categories.
Route description
[edit]Each article should have a prose description of the route. One uniform direction should be followed; for example, in the United States, all route descriptions progress from south to north and from west to east.
History / Future
[edit]Where applicable, each article should have a history section and / or a future section, describing past and present affairs of this route. Details in the future section must be verifiable and not speculation, per WP:CRYSTAL.
Junction list / Exit list
[edit]Each article should have a list of junctions, or where applicable, a list of exits. This is normally not just a list; it needs to be in a table format. Exit lists need to follow MOS:RJL, the international road junction list section of the Manual of Style, as well. Here is a page of junction templates.
Stub sorting
[edit]- The most general stub type for road and highway articles is {{road-stub}}.
- Use the most specific stub type applicable which are listed on the specific geographical wikiprojects listed above.
- Multiple stub templates can be used on a stub, but avoid adding more than two stub templates to any specific article.
- In order to create a new stub type, identify at least around 50 articles that would fall into the proposed stub category and then make a proposal on the WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals page.
Categories
[edit]- The most general category for highway and road articles is Category:Roads
- Use the most specific categories applicable, deferring to the above only when the existing categories are not appropriate.
- Do not place articles into both a category and that category's parent category, but use the more specific of the two.
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Portal
[edit]Please help add comprehensive coverage worldwide on the Roads portal, and if there are any additions which could be made from many countries or regions that would be appreciated.
- For instance, a successful DYK could be added.
- Feel free to directly add quality, or featured road-related images or panoramas. If a photo is not recognised by being classified as quality or featured, then it should be of finer quality like would be in a magazine or print encyclopaedia. A portal showcases Wikipedia's finer work, in this case the roads portal showcases Wikipedia's finer roads-related works worldwide.
- Feel free to directly add Featured, A-Class or Good roads-content articles to the portal's selected article list. Articles on this list are now rotated automatically through the portal. Other articles may be nominated here.
Resources
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- Assessment Department including:
- A-Class Review—the review forum to award A-Class status to articles.
- Countries list —list of countries and the state of their highway articles.
- Precedents—past precedents that have affected the project.