AARoads:Scope

Scope
A subpage for the AARoads project

See also: AARoads:Content policy § Scope

The following subjects are generally appropriate for the main namespace of the AARoads Wiki:

United States

• The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and its constituent highways,
• The United States Numbered Highway System and its constituent highways,
• Primary state highway systems in each of the 50 states and territories and their constituent highways,
• Numbered or named freeway systems, and their constituent highways, not falling within the above systems.
• Interstate and U.S. Route business loops and bannered routes (in listicle articles unless enough for standalone)
• Arkansas institutional roads (in listicles unless enough for standalone)
• California alphanumeric county routes (in listicles)
• Connecticut special service roads and 500+ routes (in tables)
• Florida 4 digit routes (in tables, except for 9336)
• Hawaii 3 digit routes (in listicles)
• Hawaii 4 digit routes (in tables)
• Illinois county routes (in tables unless enough for standalone)
• Iowa spur routes (in tables)
• Kansas spur routes (in listicles combined with parent routes)
• Kentucky state secondary routes
• Kentucky rural secondary routes and supplemental roads (in listicle articles)
• Louisiana routes 100-185
• Louisiana routes 300-1241 (in listicles)
• Louisiana parish routes that are signed (in listicles)
• Michigan county-designated highways
• Michigan county highways (in tables)
• Minnesota CSAH routes (in listicles)
• Minnesota county routes (in tables)
• Mississippi 700+ routes (in listicle articles)
• Missouri secondary state routes (in tables or listicles unless enough for standalone)
• Montana secondary routes (in tables)
• Nebraska secondary routes (in tables)
• Nevada county routes (outside CC-215, should not be in individual articles, but no consensus as to format)
• Nevada urban routes 500-699 (in tables unless enough for standalone)
• Nevada secondary routes 700+ (in listicles)
• New Jersey 500-series county routes
• New Jersey 600+ county routes (in tables)
• New York reference routes (unsigned ones should be combined into a list)
• New York county routes (in tables/listicles)
• Oklahoma secondary state routes (in listicles combined with parent routes)
• Pennsylvania quadrant routes (except 8000+) (in tables)
• Puerto Rico 3 digit routes
• Puerto Rico 4 digit routes (in listicles combined with parent routes)
• Tennessee secondary routes
• Texas FMs/RMs/loops/spurs/business routes (in listicles unless enough for standalone)
• Texas Park/Rec roads (in listicles)
• USVI 3 digit routes (in listicles combined with parent routes)
• Vermont 9000+ routes (in tables)
• Virginia secondary routes (in tables, with reasonable limits)
• West Virginia county routes (in tables, containing whole-numbered routes)

Canada

• Primary provincial highway systems
• Alberta secondary highways (in listcles unless enough for standalone, or already existing)
• British Columbia unofficial highways (in listicles)
• British Columbia pseudo routes (in tables)
• Manitoba secondary routes
• New Brunswick collector routes 200+ (in tables unless enough for standalone)
• Newfoundland local roads (in tables)
• Nova Scotia collectors (2xx, 3xx)
• Ontario 7000 series (in tables)
• Ontario secondary routes 5xx, 6xx; tertiary routes 8xx (in listicle articles unless enough for standalone)
• Prince Edward Island secondary routes (in listicle articles)
• Quebec secondary routes 200-399
• Saskatchewan secondary 200-399
• Saskatchewan municipal routes 600-799 (in listicle articles unless enough for standalone)
• Saskatchewan northern routes 900-999
• Winnipeg city routes (in listicle articles unless enough for standalone)

Mexico

• Federal routes
• State highways
• Ejes in Mexico City

Central America, Caribbean, South America (outside Brazil)

• Main highways of each country
• Dependencies will be considered when the governing country is imported

Europe (outside Great Britain)

• E-roads
• Albania: A - motorway, SH - national road, RR - district road
• Andorra: CG, CS routes
• Armenia: A (motorway), M - main road, R - regional road
• Austria: A, S, B
• Azerbaijan: M - main road, R - regional road.
• Belarus: M - main road, R - regional (signed as Р in Cyrillic)
• Belgium: A, R, N
• Bosnia and Herzegovina: A (motorway), M (main road), R (regional road, signed with Р in Cyrillic)
• Bulgaria: A roads, I and II roads.
• Croatia: A, B, D
• Cyprus: A - motorway, B - main road, E - regional road, F - local road, D - routes in the Northern Cyprus portion (de facto part of Turkey).
• Czechia: D, R, I/
• Estonia: national road
• France: A, N, D
• Georgia: S, Sh routes
• Germany: A, B, L, R, tourist routes, K
• Greece: A - motorway, EO - National road
• Hungary: M, main road
• Ireland: M, N, R
• Italy: A, RA, SS (national), SR (regional), SP (provincial)
• Kosovo: R (motorway), N (main road)
• Latvia: A - main road, P - first class road, V - second class road.
• Lithuania: A - main road, KK - land road - 3 digit
• Luxembourg: A, N, CR
• Malta: 1, 2, 3 digit routes
• Moldova: M - Main road, R - Regional road, G - local road
• Montenegro: A (motorway), M (main road), R (regional road)
• Netherlands: A, N, S
• North Macedonia: A - main road, R1 - National road (signed with Р in Cyrillic), R2 - regional road (signed with Р in Cyrillic)
• Poland: A, S, national road, voivodeship road
• Portugal: A, IP, IC, N, ER routes
• Romania: A - motorway, DEx - expressways (x is part of the abbreviation), DN - National road, DJ - County road (but counties are states in Romania)
• Russia: M - main arterial road (system extends to Central Asia), A - other arterial road (system extends to Central Asia), R - regional road (signed with Р in Cyrillic), N - local road.
• San Marino: main road
• Serbia: A (motorway), M (expressway), IIA and IIB roads
• Slovakia: D, R, I/
• Slovenia: A
• Spain: AP - motorway, A - expressway, R - radial motorway, N - national road, C - regional road, Community/Provincial roads
• Switzerland: A, H
• Turkey: O - Otoyol - motorway, D - national road, Provincial road - starts with 2 digit provincial code.
• Ukraine: M - international road, N - national road (signed with Н in Cyrillic), R - regional road (signed with Р in Cyrillic)
• United Kingdom:
  • Northern Ireland, Jersey, Isle of Man: M (motorway), A, (existing) B roads
  • Gibraltar, Falkland Islands (and presumably other British Overseas territories): main roads
  • The rest are deferred

Africa

• Trans-African Highway network
• Algeria: A - Motorway, R - Bypass, RN (N?) - national route, CW - provincial highway
• Egypt: national roads
• Libya: named highways
• Morocco: A - motorway, N - national road, R - regional road, P - local/provincial road
• Tunisia: A - motorway, N - national highway, R - regional road
• Benin - RNIE - international road, RN - national road
• Cape Verde - EN - national road (EN1 - first class, EN2 - second class, EN3 - third class), ER - rural road (but a subclass of national)
• The Gambia - Named highways
• Ghana - N - national roads, IR - interregional roads, R - regional roads - below 100
• Guinea - N - national roads
• Niger - N - national road.
• Nigeria - E - expressway, A - federal main trunk road, F - other federal trunk road, B - state road
• Senegal - A - motorway, N - national road, R - regional road
• South Africa: N - national route, R - provincial route - 2 digit, R - regional route - 3 digit, M - metro routes (could be in listicles)
• Central African Republic - N - national road, R - regional road
• Gabon - A - motorway, N - national road, R - regional road
• Democratic Republic of the Congo - A - motorway, N - national road, R - regional road.
• Republic of the Congo - N - national roads, P - regional roads
• Djibouti - RN - National roads - but articles are currently titled National Highway x (Djibouti). RN is used on the shields. Rename?
• Ethiopia - A - trunk road, B - link road, C - main access road, D - collector road
• Kenya - A and B roads
• Madagascar RN - national route, RIP - secondary route
• Rwanda - NR - national road, DR - district road
• Somalia - unclear naming system
• South Sudan - Some disagreement on sources as to how the numbering system works
• Tanzania - T - trunk road, R - regional road
• Uganda - no active route numbers
• Angola: N - national road
• Botswana: A - national road, B - secondary road
• Eswatini: MR - national road, D - district road
• Lesotho: A - main road, B - regional road
• Malawi: M - main road, S - secondary road, D - district road
• Namibia: A - motorway, B - major route, C - trunk road
• Zambia: T - trunk road, M - main road, D - regional road
• Zimbabwe: R - regional road (but really more important), P - primary road (also A - old numbering system)

Asia

• Asian Highways
• Mashreq
• Tajikistan: M road (Central Asia), RB - main road, RCH - minor road.
• Kyrgyzstan: EM - international highway, M - state highway
• Kazakhstan: A roads
• Uzbekistan: M, A roads
• Turkmenistan: M, A, P/R roads
• Oman: N - National highway, S - Secondary highway, A - arterial roads, D - distributor roads
• United Arab Emirates: E - Emirates road, Local road - each emirate has its own system - D in Dubai.
• Qatar: Q - National road, D - Doha road
• Saudi Arabia: National - can go up to 4 digits - some of the higher ones might not be notable; some cities have local roads (may not be notable)
• Kuwait: National roads
• Syria: M - Motorway, Main road, N - national road.
• Iraq: Expressway, National road.
• Israel/Palestine: (the road system is the same) F - freeways, H - highways, R - regional roads, Jerusalem roads - might not be signed, many are also national roads.
• Jordan: Primary - 1 digit, 2 digit; Secondary - 3 digit.
• Iran: F - Motorway, National highway. Also a number of named expressways.
• Pakistan: M - motorway, N - national highway, E - expressway, S - strategic route, L - loop (Lahore), Provincial highways, Municipal highways
• Bangladesh: N - 1 digit or 3 digits, R - regional highway
• Nepal: NH - national highway, F - feeder road
• Bhutan: PNH - primary, SNH - secondary, Dzongkhag roads - DR
• Sri Lanka: E - expressway, A - national road - usually AA (signed as A), AB, AC
• Hong Kong: routes, motorways and (near)-freeways

Oceania

• Papua New Guinea: named highways
• New Zealand: Named motorways, State highway (but really national), Urban route (city)

Antarctica

Named highways

Countries not listed

At the moment, these are the only countries where content has not been imported from English Wikipedia: United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales), India, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Australia.

Other countries not listed did not have content to import, or have no known road system. Questions about what is acceptable content can be directed to AARoads:The Interchange.

Other

Lists relevant to all of the above, containing information such as termini, establishment and disestablishment dates, lengths, etc. are also in scope.

The following other types of content is appropriate for the main namespace:

• Historical highways where a functional component remains today
• Highway-only government bodies such as FHWA
• Companies that run service areas
• Departments of transportation
• Tolling agencies
• Electronic transponders
• Road signs
• Speed limit information in a general manner
• Automobile associations that were involved in road signage (i.e. Automobile Club of Southern California)
• Government-run ferries
• Specific road hardware and features
• Special/unique checking stations (i.e. California Border Protection Stations, United States Border Patrol interior checkpoints)
• City streets in the following cases:
  • The street has characteristics of a major highway such as interchanges or grade separation.
  • The street is currently or was formerly part of a major numbered highway (however, a merger into the article on that highway should also be considered).
  • Streets that predominantly serve a residential purpose, in most cases, are not eligible for inclusion.
• Interchanges:
  • Interchanges must be named, and the name must appear in outside sources besides the department or ministry of transportation. Colloquial names can be included if they are used in major media sources.
  • There must be more that can be said about the interchange beyond ramp descriptions and content that could belong in the articles about the intersecting roads.
• [TODO ]