AARoads:Maine

Maine
A state resource page of the AARoads Wiki

Welcome to the Maine State Routes Task Force of WikiProject U.S. Roads!

Scope and goals

All state-maintained highways in Maine, including all Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways and Maine state-numbered routes, and any other road-related transportation articles of note. The goal is to organize, standardize, and expand the articles on highways in Maine to be a broad, comprehensive, and recognized resource.

Resources

• MDOT main page
• Traffic counts
• Map Viewer - get lengths from here
• Bangor Daily News (libraries - recent only, Newspapers.com - Publishers Extra after 1926, Google News Archive after 1970s [1])
• Kennebec Journal (libraries - recent only, Newspapers.com - Publishers Extra after 1922)
• Morning Sentinel (libraries - recent only, Newspapers.com, Publishers Extra after 1922)
• Portland Press-Herald (libraries - recent only, spotty on Newspapers.com - Publishers Extra after 1922)
• Media related to Maine at Wikimedia Commons

Structure and standards

Articles should follow AA:MURA.

Naming convention

Articles should be titled "Maine State route X" per AA:NC.

Shields

The various shield graphics are located in Category:Massachusetts Route shields on Commons. {{jct}} can create the various links to highway articles with the appropriate shield graphics for use in the infobox or junction lists.

Categories

Articles should be placed in the following categories as appropriate:

• Category:State highways in Maine for most highways
• Category:Interstate Highways in Maine for highways that are also part of the Interstate Highway System in the state
• Category:U.S. Highways in Maine for highways that are also part of the U.S. Highway System in the state

Templates

Infobox

Use {{infobox road}} or {{infobox road junction}} as needed for articles. The state parameters should contain the state's postal abbreviation. The type codes are the same as for the junction template below.

Junction template

Use {{jct}} to create the entries in a junction list section for the article, or the junction list in the infobox. To use, insert {{jct|state=ME|type|number}} into the article. If two to four highways are needed, use {{jct|state=ME|type|first number|type|second number}}. Types can be I for Interstates, US for US Routes or ME for state routes. Further instructions can be found on the documentation page.

Project banner

Place the following on the talk page for articles

User templates

{{AARW user|USA|ME}}

Produces a userbox for editors' user pages.

This editor is interested in Maine roads and highways.