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Hello and welcome to the Alabama State Routes Task Force of WikiProject U.S. Roads. If you would like to help, please jump in and start adding or editing.

List page: List of state highways in Alabama
Redirect completion list: Completion list

Scope and goals

This project covers all notable roads in Alabama, including state highways and some major county and local roads. The goal is to organize, standardize, and expand the articles on highways in Alabama to be a broad, comprehensive, and recognized resource.

How you can help

• Create and improve articles on Alabama highways. See List of state highways in Alabama.
• Create a completion list for this project.

Assessment

Alabama road transport articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	High	Mid	Low	NA	Total
GA		2			2
B		2			2
C		33	2		35
Start		219	5		224
Stub		1	1		2
List	3	1	2		6
Future		1	1		2
Category				49	49
Disambig				6	6
File				1	1
Project				13	13
Redirect				88	88
Template				4	4
Assessed	3	259	11	161	434
Total	3	259	11	161	434
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 1,282			Ω = 4.84

Recognized content

Good articles

• Alabama State Route 73
• Interstate 359

Resources

• County Maps
• Milepost maps
• Traffic counts
• University of Alabama Historical Map Archive (see "state highways", and the 1927 map on the "after 1920" page)

• All-time list
• Early numbering
• Unsigned routes
• 1928 renumbering
• 1957 renumbering
• National Highway System listings
• Media related to Roads in Alabama at Wikimedia Commons

Structure and standards

Articles should follow WP:USRD/STDS.

Naming conventions

The following names and abbreviations should be used, as they are the forms commonly used by ALDOT; see WP:USSH for information on how to apply them.

Official name	Article title	Abbreviation
State Route X	Alabama State Route X	SR-X
U.S. Highway X	U.S. Route X in Alabama (for consistency with other states)	US-X
Interstate X	Interstate X in Alabama (for multi-state routes)	I-X

Shields

The various shield graphics are located in Category:Alabama State 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

All state highways should include the category tag: [[Category:State highways in Alabama|nnnA]] where nnn is a 3-digit route number, and A is the letter designation if any (e.g. SR-1A is "001A", SR-2 is "002"). Also place the article in the category for any counties and cities it passes through, with a sort key of - for example - "State Route 001A" (for SR-1A), "U.S. Highway 80-2" (for US-280), or "Interstate 59-4" (for I-459). Use Category:Interstate Highways in Alabama for highways that are also part of the Interstate Highway System in the state and Category:U.S. Highways in Alabama 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=AL|type|number}} into the article. If two to four highways are needed, use {{jct|state=AL|type|first number|type|second number}}. Types can be I for Interstates, US for US Routes or AL for state routes. Further instructions can be found on the documentation page.

Stub

{{Alabama-road-stub}}

Place at the bottom of Alabama road stubs.

Project banner

Place the following on the talk page for articles {{WikiProject U.S. Roads|state=AL}}

User templates

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Alabama Highways/Userbox}}

This user edits articles about Alabama State Routes.

Userbox for participants of this project.

For a list of project announcements and news, use: {{USRD Announcements}}