Template:TxDOT/doc

This template is used for citing the various Highway Designation Files published by the Texas Department of Transportation. It uses {{cite web}} as a base template, so it falls into the Citation Style 1 (CS1) family of templates, but it can be set to emulate CS2 for compatibility with articles that use {{citation}}, which is CS2.

To use this template, insert the following code into the article:

{{TxDOT | type | number |access-date=}}

To use this for the various business routes, Interstates 35E and 35W, or Interstates 69E, 69C and 69W:

{{TxDOT | type | number | X |access-date=}}

For the type, in the first parameter substitute:

• IH for Interstate Highways
• US for US Highways
• UA for US Highway Alternates
• SH for State Highways
• SS for State Highway Spurs
• SL for State Highway Loops
• FM for Farm to Market Roads
• FS for Farm to Market Spurs
• RM for Ranch to Market Roads
• UR for Urban Roads
• PR for Park Roads
• RR for Ranch Roads
• RE for Recreational Roads
• BI for Business Interstate Highways
• BU for Business US Highways
• BS for Business State Highways
• BF for Business Farm to Market Roads
• PA for Principal Arterial State System Roads

For the route, the second parameter use just the numerical portion of the highway number.

For a suffixed Interstate, like Interstate 35W, or a business route, use the letter suffixed in the third parameter.

Other parameters:

• access-date or accessdate: the date you accessed the Highway Definition File.
• link: set to "no" to leave the publisher unlinked when repeating the template for a second or third usage on the same article.
• mode: set to "cs2" to emulate the Citation Style 2 templates.
• ref: for Harvard-style referencing, if necessary.

<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "required": true, "label": "Type of route", "type": "string/line", "description": "The type of route being referenced. For example, IH = Interstate Highway." }, "2": { "required": true, "label": "Route number", "type": "number", "description": "The number of the route being referenced." }, "3": { "required": false, "label": "Suffix", "type": "string/line", "description": "A route suffix, if required. Use for suffixed interstates and business routes." }, "link": { "required": false, "label": "Link", "default": "yes", "description": "Set to \"no\" to leave the publisher unlinked when repeating the template for a second or third usage on the same article." }, "accessdate": { "required": false, "label": "Accessdate", "description": "The date the Highway Designation File was accessed." }, "mode": { "required": false, "label": "Mode", "type": "string/line", "description": "set to \"cs2\" to emulate the Citation Style 2 templates." }, "ref": { "required": false, "label": "Ref", "description": "For Harvard-style referencing, if necessary." } }, "description": "This template generates references to the Texas Department of Transportation's Highway Designation Files." } </templatedata>