User:SounderBruce/WikiProject U.S. Roads
 U.S. Roads
|
||
|---|---|---|
| A WikiProject dedicated to the highways and roadways of the United States | ||
Welcome to the U.S. Roads WikiProject! This WikiProject was founded on September 14, 2008 by SounderBruce. We are a group of Wikipedians dedicated to improving the coverage of topics related to roads in the United States on Wikipedia such as Interstates, U.S. Routes, and state routes. If you would like to join us, please add your name to the participant list.
Embassy
[change | change source]This is a link to the U.S. Roads projects on other Wikimedia Foundation sites.
- English Wikipedia: w:en:WP:USRD (inactive following [1])
- AARoads: https://wiki.aaroads.com
- German Wikipedia: w:de:WP:SVS
- Spanish Wikipedia: w:es:Wikiproyecto:Estados Unidos/Carreteras
- Wikidata: d:WD:USRD
- Commons: commons:COM:USRD
- Meta: meta:USRD
- Wikisource wikisource:WS:USRD
Mission and Scope
[change | change source]Mission
- To provide guidelines and recommendations for articles that describe all aspects of roads in the United States.
- To improve Wikipedia's coverage of U.S. roads by creating, expanding, and maintaining such articles.
- To serve as the central point of discussion for issues related to roads in the United States in Wikipedia.
Scope
- The scope of WikiProject U.S. Roads are roads located in the United States and all related articles.
- This WikiProject aims to create standards for the different sets of U.S. road-related articles, from Interstates to state routes.
Templates
[change | change source]Userbox
[change | change source]If you would like to add the below user box to your userspace, then add {{User:SounderBruce/WikiProject U.S. Roads/Userbox}} to it. It will appear:
|
This user is a member of the U.S. Roads WikiProject. |
Resources
[change | change source]The following external resources can be helpful in writing an article. Do not copy and paste, and please remember to cite your sources.
- Historic maps and routings
- 1926 U.S. Highway system
- University of Alabama Historical Map Archive, including old USGS topos from all over the U.S., and some highway maps from other states, including Georgia and Tennessee
- Maptech: Historical Topographic Maps
- Historic USGS Maps of New England & NY, a subset of the above
- Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: topographic maps
- Broer Map Library - Online Historic Maps, including many after numbers were assigned
- A Handbook of New England, a 1916 book that describes the color-banded routes marked by the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
- Ontario Road Map Site - mostly covers only Ontario and sometimes Quebec, but some "spill over" into New York and Michigan, and he scanned the eastern half of a 1936 U.S. map
- Auto trail maps
- American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection
- Historic Map Works, including some relatively recent atlases
- 1927 Rand McNally
- National Bridge Inventory, provides approximate years when bridges and overpasses were completed
Participants list
[change | change source]If you feel you can contribute and help improve our coverage of the U.S. Roads WikiProject, then add your name to our participants list below. Format it like this:
# {{User2|YOURUSERNAME}} - Explain your specialties and any other (optional) comment you have. -- ~~~~
- SounderBruce (talk · contribs · count) - Mainly focusing on Washington
- illogicalpie (talk · contribs · count) - can do some work, bring some info in from english Wikipedia. Can create subprojects.
- Dough4872 (talk · contribs · count) - Can improve articles based on information from the English Wikipedia and simplifying it. Can also import templates to be used in project articles.
- Nova Crystallis (talk · contribs · count) - Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio