AARoads:Oregon

Oregon
A state resource page of the AARoads Wiki

Some editors have formed a task force to better organize information in articles related to Oregon state highways. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of others.

Scope

The purpose of this project is to expand and introduce a uniform format to articles dealing with state highways in the state of Oregon.

Assessment

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Resources

• Oregon DOT
• Maps: [1] (state, county)
  • Historic maps via Oregon Digital
  • Oregon State Library collection (1919 to 2002)
• History of State Highways in Oregon and other nice historical resources
• A bunch of old maps
• 1961-1968 traffic volume maps
• 1970-1979 traffic volume maps
• 1980-1989 traffic volume maps
• 1990-1999 traffic volume maps
• 2001-2005 traffic volume maps
• List of named state highways in Oregon#References
• Mileages, including highway/route cross references
• 1914 report
• /Completion list
• /List of laws
• /List of highways by number
• /1917 highways
• State highways in Oregon
• National Highway System listings
• "History of State Highways in Oregon" by Robert W. Nathe (ODOT, August 1998)
• "History of State Highways in Oregon" by ODOT (January 2007)
• "The Interstate Highway System in Oregon: A Historic Overview" by George Kramer (May 2004)
• Newspaper article index of highway coverage, via the Oregon State Library
• Highway inventory
• GIS data
• County GIS data
• Oregonian (libraries, very old in Chronicling America - free)
• Statesman Journal (Newspapers.com - Publishers Extra after 1964)
• Albany Democrat-Herald (Newspapers.com - Publishers Extra after 1920s)
• Corvallis Gazette-Times (Newspapers.com - Publishers Extra after 1964)
• Eastern Oregonian (U of Oregon - https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/newspapers/)

Structure and standards

See AA:MURA for more details. Articles should best start with a short description of the state highway. This description should say where the route begins and ends, as well as any discontinuities, as defined by law. Unique details about this route may be added, but use sparingly.

Naming convention

Please be aware of Oregon's separation of "routes" and "highways".

Articles for signed routes are titled Oregon Route X, for example, Oregon Route 217.

Redirects from alternative names should be made as well. Use this completion list to aid in creating these redirects.

Articles for unsigned state highways are titled by their name, i.e. Tualatin Valley Highway. Redirects from Oregon Highway X should be created, with a clear disambiguating message at the top of the article. For names that are redundant with highway names elsewhere, suffix with (Oregon), for example: Sunset Highway (Oregon).

Categories

• Category:Oregon

• Category:State highways in Oregon‎ (subcategory)

Put the signed routes in this category.

Please use a three-digit sort key (i.e. 003 for Oregon Route 3, 070 for Oregon Route 70, 126 for Oregon Route 126) when putting articles in this category.

• Category:Named state highways in Oregon (subcategory)

Put the unsigned highways in this category without a sortkey.

Templates

For article talk pages

-- Put this at the top of talk pages for articles in this WikiProject.  

User templates

{{AARW user|USA|OR}}

Produces a userbox for editors' user pages.

This editor is interested in Oregon roads and highways.