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Auto Trails
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The Auto Trails task force coordinates all articles about auto trails: named highways that were promoted by non-government associations. This includes those that were designated after the 1920s, when routes were numbered, such as the Ocean Highway (1936).

Scope and goals

Assessment

See WP:USRD/A for more details on how to assess articles for this task force.

U.S. auto trail articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	Total
FA			6	1		7
GA			7			7
B			1			1
C			9	3		12
Start			15	12	1	28
Stub			2	7		9
List	1	1	1		2	5
Category					3	3
Disambig					1	1
File					3	3
Project					5	5
Redirect					13	13
Assessed	1	1	41	23	28	94
Unassessed					2	2
Total	1	1	41	23	30	96
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 259			Ω = 4.05

Recognized content

Featured articles

• Interstate 15 in Arizona
• Interstate 70 in Colorado
• Interstate 80 Business (West Wendover, Nevada–Wendover, Utah)
• U.S. Route 30 in Iowa
• U.S. Route 40 Alternate (Keysers Ridge–Cumberland, Maryland)
• U.S. Route 50 in Nevada
• Utah State Route 128

Good articles

• California State Route 14
• Interstate 80 in Nevada
• Interstate 80 in Utah
• U.S. Route 30 in Indiana
• U.S. Route 66 in Arizona
• U.S. Route 80 in Arizona
• Wendover Cut-off

Main page featured articles

• Utah State Route 128 (2009-04-06)
• Interstate 15 in Arizona (2010-09-13)
• Interstate 80 Business (West Wendover, Nevada–Wendover, Utah) (2013-02-11)
• U.S. Route 40 Alternate (Keysers Ridge–Cumberland, Maryland) (2014-04-28)
• U.S. Route 50 in Nevada (2018-02-08)
• Interstate 70 in Colorado (2021-03-01)
• U.S. Route 30 in Iowa (2021-12-05)

Did you know? articles

• Wendover Cut-off (2007-08-04)
• Interstate 15 in Arizona (2007-08-14)
• Lincoln Highway (Omaha) (2007-09-27)
• Interstate 70 in Colorado (2008-02-21)
• Interstate 80 in Nevada (2008-03-02)
• U.S. Route 30 in Iowa (2010-07-14)
• Interstate 80 in Utah (2014-01-16)

Resources

Presently talk:auto trail has several lists and a number of links to maps.

• List of trails

• American Automobile Association (1922). Highways Green Book (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: American Automobile Association. pp. 418–20.
• United States Touring Map (Map). Automobile Club of America and National Highways Association. 1924.
• Midget Map of the Transcontinental Trails of the United States (Map). Clason Map Company. 1923.
• Touring Atlas of the United States (Map). Clason Map Company. 1925.
• Auto Road Atlas (Map). Rand McNally. 1926.

Structure

Articles should follow WP:USRD/STDS for standards and structure.

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