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Hello and welcome to the California State Routes Task Force page! If you would like to help, please jump in and start adding or editing.

Scope and goals[edit]

This task force aims primarily to encourage participation in creating or expanding articles about state highways in California, also known as California State Routes (note the capitals).

An article describing the logic and basic history of the State highways in California is necessary to accompany the current List of California State Highways article. This article should feature information regarding the state's Freeway and Expressway System, Scenic Highways, and other worthy material.

For routes that have been entirely deleted and whose number has not been reused, these should be merged onto a single article, Deleted California State Highways. For routes that are entirely unconstructed, these should be merged onto another article, Unconstructed California State Highways.

The following are task force goals:

  1. Write high quality articles with a standardized structure
  2. Make redirects listed on Wikipedia:WikiProject California State Highways/Completion list

Assessment[edit]

California road transport articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA Total
FA 11 11
FM 7 7
A 1 1 2
GA 42 1 43
B 3 3 6
C 3 126 11 140
Start 1 3 74 16 94
Stub 5 5
List 7 8 6 4 25
Category 125 125
Disambig 10 10
File 30 30
Portal 12 12
Project 36 36
Redirect 274 274
Template 14 14
Other 1 1
Assessed 1 13 266 43 512 835
Unassessed 1 1
Total 1 13 266 43 513 836
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 1,166 Ω = 3.87


A map of the roads our recognized content discusses
Highest assessment by county
  FA
  A
  GA
  B
  C

Recognized content[edit]

Featured articles[edit]

Featured pictures[edit]

  • Amboy (California, USA), Hist. Route 66 -- 2012 -- 1
    Amboy (California, USA), Hist. Route 66 -- 2012 -- 1
  • Bixby Creek Bridge, California, USA - May 2013
    Bixby Creek Bridge, California, USA - May 2013
  • CA-84 Woodside April 2023 002
    CA-84 Woodside April 2023 002
  • Los angeles from getty panorama
    Los angeles from getty panorama
  • McClure Tunnel west
    McClure Tunnel west
  • San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge- New and Old bridges
    San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge- New and Old bridges
  • Tower Bridge Sacramento edit
    Tower Bridge Sacramento edit

Featured portals[edit]

A-Class articles[edit]

Good articles[edit]

Main page featured articles[edit]

Did you know? articles[edit]

Picture of the day pictures[edit]

  • San Francisco Bay Area Skyline Blvd (2004-08-12)
    San Francisco Bay Area Skyline Blvd (2004-08-12)
  • I-80 Eastshore Fwy (2005-12-01)
    I-80 Eastshore Fwy (2005-12-01)
  • Tower Bridge Sacramento edit (2006-10-11)
    Tower Bridge Sacramento edit (2006-10-11)
  • Los angeles from getty panorama (2009-02-27)
    Los angeles from getty panorama (2009-02-27)
  • Bixby Creek Bridge, California, USA - May 2013 (2015-12-26)
    Bixby Creek Bridge, California, USA - May 2013 (2015-12-26)
  • Amboy (California, USA), Hist. Route 66 -- 2012 -- 1 (2017-08-12)
    Amboy (California, USA), Hist. Route 66 -- 2012 -- 1 (2017-08-12)
  • San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge- New and Old bridges (2017-08-24)
    San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge- New and Old bridges (2017-08-24)
  • McClure Tunnel west (2018-12-04)
    McClure Tunnel west (2018-12-04)
  • CA-84 Woodside April 2023 002 (2025-04-02)
    CA-84 Woodside April 2023 002 (2025-04-02)

Former featured pictures[edit]

  • I-80 Eastshore Fwy
    I-80 Eastshore Fwy
  • San Francisco Bay Area Skyline Blvd
    San Francisco Bay Area Skyline Blvd

Former good articles[edit]


Resources[edit]

History
In-progress pages
External links

Structure and standards[edit]

Articles should follow WP:USRD/STDS.

Note: Many California road articles use outdated standards, and have not been brought up to current wikipedia and project standards. If using an article as a baseline, it is recommended to use one that has recently been reviewed.

Naming convention[edit]

Articles should be titled "California State Route X" per WP:USSH.

Shields[edit]

The various shield graphics are located in Category:California 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.

State law[edit]

Details on what systems (California Freeway and Expressway System, State Scenic Highway System) the route is in should generally be in the route description, not in a separate section. Note that the law merely makes routes eligible for the Scenic Highway System; Caltrans must have officially designated it as such to be part of it. Any other significant legal names the route has should also be detailed here in prose (not a list).

Categories[edit]

All state highways should include the category tag: [[Category:State highways in California|nnnA]] where nnn is 3-digit route number, and A is the letter designation if any (e.g. Route 1A is "001A", Route 2 is "002"). Use Category:Interstate Highways in California for highways that are also part of the Interstate Highway System in the state and Category:U.S. Highways in California for highways that are also part of the U.S. Highway System in the state.

Templates[edit]

Infobox[edit]

All articles should use {{Infobox road|state=CA}}. All known info should be supplied. See the Infobox section on applicable parameters as well as standards for the infobox.

Junction template[edit]

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=CA|type|number}} into the article. If two to four highways are needed, use {{jct|state=CA|type|first number|type|second number}}. Types can be I for Interstates, US for US Routes or CA for state routes. Further instructions can be found on the documentation page.

California uses county-wide postmiles instead of the typical statewide milepost; any lettered designations such as "R" or "T" are listed along with the postmile; for example, "3.45" or "R6.77". The county abbreviation is listed in the county column when it exists (that is, when the route spans two or more counties, per WP:RJL.) See California State Route 115 for an example of what to do with shared concurrencies when the route assumes the postmiles of another route.

Not every at-grade junction is listed in the junction list. The current standard is as follows: In order to be listed as an at-grade intersection, the road must be a county route, state route, Interstate, or U.S. Route or must be notable enough to have an article of its own, per WP:USRD/NT. (This is a recent change to comply with the latest updates to WP:USRD/STDS).

Stub[edit]

Use {{California-road-stub}}

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This California road–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Citation templates[edit]

These templates provide centralized locations to frequently used pages to cite California road articles. If you will cite these Caltrans pages in an article, please use these citation templates. This is so if Caltrans reorganizes their web page we have only have to update the URL in one template, rather than hundreds of articles. If these templates will not meet your needs please improve the templates rather than forking or manual linking.


Project banner[edit]

{{U.S. Roads WikiProject|state=CA}} should be placed at the top of all talk pages of articles related to California State Routes.

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WikiProject Award[edit]

Image What to type Description
The California Star {{subst:The California Star|message ~~~~}}

The California Star is awarded for excellence in editing California related articles. It is also the WikiProject Award for California, WP San Francisco Bay Area, WP Southern California, WP Santa Barbara County, and WP California State Highways.

This award was suggested by Ronbo76; it was designed by thuglas. It was introduced on March 6, 2007.

User templates[edit]

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/California/Userbox}}

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This user edits articles about California State Routes.

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

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