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This article is about the idea of state highways. There is a specific highway in New Jersey that is referred to in some signage as the State Highway, and is more formally known as Route 139. Image File history File links Portal. ... Route 139 is a state highway in Jersey City, New Jersey, extending the Pulaski Skyway (US 1/US 9) east to the Holland Tunnel. ...

State highway, and state route are terms that usually apply to numbered highways that are primarily administered and financed by a state government in countries that are divided into states. Usually such routes are considered minor routes compared to those on a nationally-numbered system. Countries that have state highways include the United States, Australia, and Mexico. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A state is an organized political community, occupying a territory, and possessing internal and external sovereignty, which successfully claims the monopoly of the use of force. ...

A distinction is sometimes made between a state highway - a road maintained by the state - and a state-numbered route - a road assigned a number by the state.

Australia

Australian state route marker

Australia's State Route System is a system of urban and inter-regional routes that are not covered by the National Route System, or the National Highway System. These routes are marked with a blue shield. Sometimes a state route may be formed when a former national route is decommissioned. Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_3. ... Image File history File links Australian_State_Route_3. ... Decommissioned highway Largely in the United States of America, as the states build freeways as a new classification of highways, the state may strip the old highway of its old designation as a numbered highway or downgrade it to a lesser status. ...

United States

Default U.S. state highway marker

In the United States, a state highway, state route, or state road (depending on the state) is a numbered highway primarily administered and financed by the state government. These are generally a mixture of primary and secondary roads, although some freeways double as state highways (for example, Route 128 in Massachusetts). Each state has its own system for numbering and its own marker. The default maker is a circle with a number in it, as according to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, however each state may choose a different marker, as many states have. Often, states will choose something related to their state, sometimes an outline of the state. Many states have a secondary set of state roads; Missouri and Wisconsin use letters for these roads. Image File history File links Circle_sign_1. ... Image File history File links Circle_sign_1. ... A state of the United States (U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states, four of which officially favor the term commonwealth which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... Highway in Pennsylvania, USA For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ... High-capacity freeway interchange in Los Angeles, California. ... Route 128 is a circumferential or ring highway in eastern Massachusetts with Boston at its center and surrounded by the concentric Interstate 495. ... The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) is a document issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) of the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to specify the standards by which traffic signs, road markings (see lane), and signals are designed and installed. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 21st 69,709 mi²; 180,693 km² 240 mi; 385 km 300 mi; 480 km 1. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 23rd 169,790 km² 420 km 500 km 17 42°30N to 47°3N 86°49W to 92°54W Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 18th 5,453,896 38. ...

Terminology

The usage of the terms "state highway", "state route", etc. may vary from country to country or even from state to state. In the United States, it is not uncommon for the general public to use different conventions even within a particular state. Although the names of specific state highway systems are almost always capitalized (such as Australian State Route System, California State Route System, New York State Highway System etc.), some people prefer to write the terms for components of these systems as lower case, such as Australian state route, California state route, New York state highway, etc., while others prefer to capitalize them as Australian State Route, California State Route, and New York State Highway.

See also

• List of Canadian highways by province
• List of state route markers
• List of numbered highways in the United States
• Interstate Highway System, U.S. Highway System
• Missouri Supplemental Route
• County highway
• Highways in Australia