قالب:Infobox UAE road
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This template can be used as an Infobox for highways, roads, streets and routes in the United Arab Emirates. A description of the template's parameters are listed below.
| Field name | Usage | Description |
Route names and rendering | ||
| highway_name | optional | Name of the road, route or street |
| ar_name | optional | Name of the road, route or street in Arabic |
| image_road | optional | Image of the road, if available |
| image_road_caption | optional | Short-text caption of the image_road image |
| shield_image | optional | Road sign associated with the road per the Dubai route numbering system, if road is an E-route or D-route [1] |
| alternate_name | optional | Any other names that the route is known by; for example, E 11 is also known as Sheikh Maktoum Road in Abu Dhabi and Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai. |
| route_type | optional | If road is a D- or an E- route. The only permitted arguments for this parameter are D and E. Refer to Dubai route numbering system for more information. |
Length | ||
| length | optional | Length of the road; the unit of measurement can be added in free text (ie. 25 km or 30 mi) |
| length_km | optional | The length of the road in kilometers. [2] |
| length_mi | optional | The length of the road in miles. [3] |
| length_round | optional | Approximate length of the route; unit of measurement can be added in free text |
| length_notes | optional | Any associated footnotes in relation to the length of the road |
History and direction | ||
| decommissioned | optional | If the road is no longer being used in the UAE |
| established | optional | Date the road was established |
| history | optional | History associated with the road (ie. was the road known by any other name in the past, etc) |
| direction | optional | Directional flow of the road |
Interchanges | ||
| interchanges | optional | Please include this parameter only if the road has interchages; do not include this parameter if there are no known interchanges associated with the route. |
| ad_int | optional | Interchanges in Abu Dhabi |
| dxb_int | optional | Interchanges in Dubai |
| shj_int | optional | Interchanges in Sharjah |
| aj_int | optional | Interchanges in Ajman |
| rak_int | optional | Interchanges in Ras al Khaimah |
| uaq_int | optional | Interchanges in Umm al Quwain |
| fuj_int | optional | Interchanges in Al Fujairah |
Junctions | ||
| junctions | optional | Please include this parameter only if the road has junctions; do not include this parameter if there are no known junctions associated with the route. |
| ad_junc | optional | Junctions in Abu Dhabi |
| dxb_junc | optional | Junctions in Dubai |
| shj_junc | optional | Junctions in Sharjah |
| aj_junc | optional | Junctions in Ajman |
| rak_junc | optional | Junctions in Ras al Khaimah |
| uaq_junc | optional | Junctions in Umm al Quwain |
| fuj_junc | optional | Junctions in Al Fujairah |
Cities | ||
| cities | optional | Cities the route passes through or connects |
Notes
- ^ Shield images for most E- and D- routes passing through Dubai have been added to Wikipedia Commons. Shield images uploaded to Commons are in Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format, and can be modified as needed. For assistance in creating or modifying shield images, please contact User:AreJay
- ^ Information pertaining the the length of the road can be obtained via Wikimapia. Use the Geotools menu option (Geotools > Measure distance or route) in Wikimapia to measure the length of a route.
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