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Hello and welcome to the WikiProject Massachusetts state highways page! If you would like to help, please jump in and start adding or editing. If you would like to join the group, please sign up below.

Scope and goals

This task force covers Massachusetts state highways. The goal is to organize, standardize, and expand the articles on Massachusetts state highways.

Assessment

See the Assessment Department for details on how to assess articles for this task force.

Massachusetts road transport articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	Total
GA			2			2
B			3			3
C		4	56			60
Start	1	2	99	7		109
Stub				1		1
List		3	2			5
Category					44	44
File					2	2
Project					8	8
Redirect			1		45	46
Template					5	5
Assessed	1	9	163	8	104	285
Unassessed					1	1
Total	1	9	163	8	105	286
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 804			Ω = 4.59

Recognized content

Good articles

• Interstate 91
• Massachusetts Route 25

Did you know? articles

• U.S. Route 20 in Massachusetts (2009-01-18)
• Furnace Brook Parkway (2009-12-13)
• Southside Connector (2010-01-02)
• Interstate 91 (2019-09-09)

Resources

• List of 1920s numbers
• MassDOT Highway Route Log Application: Use to obtain milepoints and lengths of state highways.

Structure and standards

Please see WP:USRD/STDS for the details regarding article structure.

Naming conventions

Articles should be named Massachusetts Route x per WP:USSH. When talking about a route, use the text Route x.

Categories

All state highways should include the category tag: [[Category:Numbered routes in Massachusetts|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").

Shields

All state route shields have been created in the format MA Route X, where X is the route number.

Templates

Stub

{{Massachusetts-road-stub}}

Project notice

{{WikiProject U.S. Roads|state=MA}}

Designates the current article as part of the Massachusetts state highways WikiProject. Place on the article's talk page.

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User templates

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

Userbox template that produces:

This user edits articles about Massachusetts Routes.

{{USRD Announcements}}

Template containing news for all USRD WikiProjects.