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Scope

This project covers Massachusetts state highways.

Goals

To organize, standardize, and expand the articles on Massachusetts state highways.

Naming conventions

Articles should be named Massachusetts Route x per WP:USSH. When talking about a route, use the text Route x.

Resources

List of 1920s numbers

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This user edits articles about Massachusetts Routes.

• Rschen7754 I'll help like I do with the other projects.
• Tckma I'm a road geek, and I've been helping out with the Mass. articles anyway.
• TwinsMetsFan - I've resurrected a few WikiProjects already, and I think I can do the same for this one.
• Vishwin60 - Per TMF.
• Wiki Wistah I live here, so might as well help out, mostly in Central Mass.
• Polaron
• FitzColinGerald - Anything related to 290 and 495 intrigues me greatly.

Structure

Infobox information

Articles should use {{Infobox MA Route}}, and all known info should be supplied. See the Infobox section on applicable flags as well as standards for the routebox.

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.

Route description

This section is for describing the route itself and its progression across Massachusetts. Regardless of the route's length, progression should be described from south to north, west to east.

Towns along the route

List of towns along the route. If the route is a cross-state route, you may optionally list only the major urban centers. If the route is a short secondary route serving a particular village/neighborhood, village/neighborhood names may be listed as well.

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.

Route composition	Section header title	What should be here
All grade-separated interchanges; no at-grade intersections	Exit list	An exit list designed in accordance with the Interstate exit list guide
Mixture of grade-separated interchanges and at-grade intersections	Major intersections or Exit list	Depending on the route in question, either a junction table or a "combo" exit list featuring exits and intersections can be used.
All at-grade intersections; no grade-separated interchanges	Major intersections	A junction table for at-grade intersections as specified in the "Junction table" section below

History

Any historical information known about the route should be noted.

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.

See also

Place all internal links here.

References

Place all references here, using the <ref></ref> tags in the article and the <references/> tag in this section.

External links

Place all external links which are not references here.

Categories

All state highways should include the category tag: [[Category:Numbered routes in Massachusetts|nnnA]] where nnn is 3-digit route number, and A is the letter designation if any (e.g. Route 1A is "001A", Route 2 is "002").

Talk pages

{{Massachusetts state highways WikiProject}} should be placed at the top of all talk pages of articles related to Massachusetts state highways.

Infobox

Touring routes

The Infobox to use for these routes is the {{Infobox MA Route}} 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 MA Route
|route=
|type=
|marker_image=
|highway_name=
|alternate_name=
|name_notes=
|map=
|length_mi=
|length_km=
|length_round=
|length_ref=
|length_notes=
|dir1=
|from=
|junction=
|dir2=
|to=
|formed=
|previous_type=
|previous_route=
|next_type=
|next_route=
|browse=
}}

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

• route: This is the number of the route the article is about
• alternate_name: Use in situations where the entire route has another name (i.e. NY 590 is called the Sea Breeze Expressway for its entire length)
• length_mi: This is the length of the route in miles. If you specify 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="nyr">[http://www.gribblenation.net/nyroutes/ind/090_099.htm#098 New York Routes - New York State Route 98]</ref>
• formed: This is the date the route was commissioned or assigned to its current alignment
• dir1: 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.
• from: This is where the route begins and is either at the southern terminus or western terminus.
• junction: all junctions this route has with U.S. Routes, parkways/expressways, Interstates, and the following major state routes: 2, 3, 8, 9, 24, 25, 28, 128. All other junctions with state routes that are not listed above, or locations where a route passes over/under a U.S. highway/parkway/expressway/Interstate but does not intersect it should not be listed here. Avoid including junctions with a route that runs parallel to the article route. Also, avoid including multiple junctions in the same town. Please note that every junction should still be included in the Major Intersections table.
• dir2: The opposite of direction_a
• to: 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: Interstate, US, or MA for Interstates, U.S. Routes and other Massachusetts state 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. The precedence is as follows: U.S. Interstate, U.S. Route, Massachusetts state highways.

Any tags that do not apply to a particular route can either be omitted or left blank.

By completing the infobox as follows, you'll get a routebox like the one in Massachusetts Route 128.

{{Infobox MA Route
|type=MA
|route=128
|map=[[Image:MA-128.png|250px]]
|length_mi=57.58<!--57.5829--><ref name="inventory">[[Executive Office of Transportation (Massachusetts)|Executive Office of Transportation]], [http://www.eot.state.ma.us/default.asp?pgid=content/plan02&sid=about Office of Transportation Planning - 2005 Road Inventory]</ref>
|length_km=92.67
|formed=by 1927
|dir1=South
|dir2=North
|from=[[Image:I-93.svg|20px]][[Image:I-95.svg|20px]][[Image:US 1.svg|20px]] [[I-93 (MA)|I-93]]/[[I-95 (MA)|I-95]]/[[US 1 (MA)|US 1]] in [[Canton (MA)|Canton]]
|junction=[[Image:I-90.svg|20px]] [[I-90 (MA)|I-90]] in [[Weston (MA)|Weston]]<br>[[Image:MA Route 2.svg|20px]] [[Route 2 (Massachusetts)|Route 2]] in [[Lexington (MA)|Lexington]]<br>[[Image:US 3.svg|20px]] [[US 3 (MA)|US 3]] in [[Burlington (MA)|Burlington]]<br>[[Image:I-93.svg|20px]] [[I-93 (MA)|I-93]] in [[Reading (MA)|Reading]]<br>[[Image:I-95.svg|20px]] [[I-95 (MA)|I-95]] in [[Peabody (MA)|Peabody]]
|to=[[Image:MA Route 127A.svg|25px]] [[Route 127A (Massachusetts)|Route 127A]] in [[Gloucester (MA)|Gloucester]]
|previous_type=MA
|previous_route=127A
|next_type=MA
|next_route=129
}}

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.

PLEASE SET UP AS PER WP:IH/ELG

Shields

All state route shields have been created in the format MA Route X, where X is the route number.

Templates

Stub

{{Massachusetts-State-Highway-stub}} Template:Massachusetts-State-Highway-stub

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