Talk:Special route

message: To condense all the information that's scattered elsewhere and to prevent the same information from being on the same pages, I say we merge all the different kinds of routes in the US into this one except for Business route and spur route because they are somewhat unique and/or have enough info for their own pages... plus, those are by far the more common. We can have subheadings for the other kinds, but since they are all "auxiliary routes" in the literal sense, we can cover them all here. So, I say this should be the place for all knowledge regarding Alternate routes, Optional routes, Truck routes, Scenic routes, Temporary routes, Loop routes, etc. on the federal, state, and county levels so we don't have to create a dozen pages to find nearly the same information. We can link to the Interstate designation pages. --Triadian (talk) 21:12, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger into this article

message: A bannered highway is an alternate route or spur designated with a banner plate above (or occasionally below) the route shield...
Fine, but this doesn't explain what a "banner plate" is. A Google search turns up pages dealing with "high-quality slumping and fusing molds" and the 2nd Beijing International Baking Industry Exhibition -- neither of which seem particularly relevant! -- Picapica 10:03, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  banner plate? 

message: So, since the conversation seems to have died down, and this is a LOT to take in and read, can someone summarize the above discussion as concisely as possible, and just list what solutions have been offered? That would be so helpful.  --MPD T / C 20:06, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I think "special route" is perhaps a superior word choice and less of a neologism or roadfan jargon for most of the indicated types. However, there may be a bit of an inconsistency in the current description as a prefixed and/or suffixed route that has a direct relationship to a route of the same number (sometimes known as the "mainline route" or "parent route") with how a scenic route is typically understood. The scenic route article currently limits itself to officially designated US highway routes -- which may be a somewhat US-centric presumption and may not be consistent with what many people think of as scenic routes. I venture most people would consider scenic routes to be more along the lines of National Scenic Byways and various similar state designations, in which the scenic route is an overlay rather on the primary route(s).older ≠ wiser 20:43, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I started the scenic route article and it's intended to be an article covering every definition of "scenic route, byway, etc" with links to German scenic highways and the US National Scenic Byways. Yes, as the article sits now, it's US-centric, but thats because I, nor anyone else had gotten around to expanding the article. It had an "expand" tag on it. I don't know where it went. --Triadian (talk) 03:33, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Summary

message: Anybody got any ideas on how to improve this article? The behavior section might could use a little rephrasing. --Triadian (talk) 05:06, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Ways to improve this article

message: Just to get it on the record, there is one fundamental difference between supplementary/child/etc routes and special routes. It's hard to explain because the terminology is often confused and I know of no good synonyms. Special routes have the same number as the parent route that it connects to, i.e. Alternate US 58,  Georgia Loop 10, and Business Interstate 46. Supplementary routes, while many connect to a mainline route, do not have the same number as the parent, and are therefore not special routes. Child routes (under the most common definition) are the same way. For example, US 117 is NOT a special route of US 17 even though it is a spur of that route. Another example would be Beltway 8... it is NOT a special route because there is no regular Texas State Highway 8 that it connects to (in fact that route, is in another part of the state). In the same manner, the Nebraska Link, Spur, and Recreation Highways are NOT special routes. --Triadian (talk) 03:17, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: We need to be careful about limiting instances of these routes to "the only ones in the world", etc. For example, I was able to find other instances for both loop routes and emergency routes. From now on, there should probably only be examples listed, with no mention of completeness of the respective list. Mapsax (talk) 00:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: The difference between supplemental route and a special route

message: This article has a pretty blatant bias towards US roads, so I added a globalize template. ListroiderBob 02:33, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Do other countries use Alternate X, Business X, Bypass C, etc type nomenclature on their highways? If they don't, it's not biased. Imzadi 1979 →  02:40, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

text: P.S. , per WP:Signature (specifically WP:SIGLINK), you need to link some part of your signature to your user page, your user talk page or both. Imzadi 1979 →  02:42, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't see any sources about other countries using Auxillary routes in their road system, such as business A-1 or something in Europe. I don't see how the globalize template applies here? JguyTalkDone 15:41, 21 May 2013 (UTC)

text:  Alternatively the article could be renamed to U.S. Special Route. Thoughts? JguyTalkDone 15:43, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blatant bias 

message: The article says that Loop 1604 is a "rare" example where a loop doesn't intersect a parent route.  This is very common with Texas state highways.  Typing in Loop 1 into the Wiki search bar gives Loops 1, 153, 105, 1910, 1604, 151, 118, 181 and 13, all in Texas.  To me, the statement is misleading.  It might be rare for US loop routes to not intersect their parents, it's rare for Texas state Loop routes to even have parents.  I contend that this statement should be removed. Jamesfett (talk) 23:42, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Loop 1604 in San Antonio 

message: An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Named route. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so.  signed, Rosguill talk 17:30, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Named route" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]]