diff --git a/awx/ui/static/js/app.js b/awx/ui/static/js/app.js
index c3f37e1528..f5ca57ab69 100644
--- a/awx/ui/static/js/app.js
+++ b/awx/ui/static/js/app.js
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import {PortalController} from 'tower/controllers/Portal';
 import dataServices from 'tower/services/_data-services';
 import dashboardGraphs from 'tower/directives/_dashboard-graphs';
 
+import routeExtensions from 'tower/shared/route-extensions/main';
+
 import {JobDetailController} from 'tower/controllers/JobDetail';
 import {JobStdoutController} from 'tower/controllers/JobStdout';
 import {JobTemplatesList, JobTemplatesAdd, JobTemplatesEdit} from 'tower/controllers/JobTemplates';
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ var tower = angular.module('Tower', [
     'RestServices',
     dataServices.name,
     dashboardGraphs.name,
+    routeExtensions.name,
     'AuthService',
     'Utilities',
     'LicenseHelper',
@@ -184,6 +187,7 @@ var tower = angular.module('Tower', [
             $routeProvider.
 
             when('/jobs', {
+                name: 'jobs',
                 templateUrl: urlPrefix + 'partials/jobs.html',
                 controller: JobsListController,
                 resolve: {
@@ -204,6 +208,7 @@ var tower = angular.module('Tower', [
             }).
 
             when('/jobs/:id', {
+                name: 'jobDetail',
                 templateUrl: urlPrefix + 'partials/job_detail.html',
                 controller: JobDetailController,
                 resolve: {
diff --git a/awx/ui/static/js/docs.js b/awx/ui/static/js/docs.js
index 8f51c66bf2..6011068888 100644
--- a/awx/ui/static/js/docs.js
+++ b/awx/ui/static/js/docs.js
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 import 'tower/shared/multi-select-list/main.js';
+import 'tower/shared/route-extensions/main.js';
diff --git a/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/link-to.directive.js b/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/link-to.directive.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b79ffaef99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/link-to.directive.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import {lookupRouteUrl} from './lookup-route-url';
+
+/**
+ *
+ *  @ngdoc directive
+ *  @name routeExtensions.directive:linkTo
+ *  @desription
+ *      The `linkTo` directive looks up a route's URL and generates a link to that route. When a user
+ *      clicks the link, this directive calls the `transitionTo` factory to send them to the given
+ *      URL. For accessibility and fallback purposes, it also sets the `href` attribute of the link
+ *      to the path.
+ *
+ *      Note that in this example the model object uses a key that matches up with the route parameteer
+ *      name in the route url (in this case `:id`).
+ *
+ *  **N.B.** The below example currently won't run. It's included to show an example of using
+ *  the `linkTo` directive within code. In order for this to run, we will need to run
+ *  the code in an iframe (using something like `dgeni` instead of `grunt-ngdocs`).
+ *
+ *      @example
+ *
+       <example module="simpleRouteExample">
+            <file name="script.js">
+                angular.module('simpleRouteExample', ['ngRoute', 'routeExtensions'])
+                    .config(['$routeProvider', function($route) {
+                        $route.when('/posts/:id', {
+                            name: 'post',
+                            template: '<h1>{{post.title}}</h1><p>{{post.body}}</p>',
+                            controller: 'post'
+                        });
+                    }]).controller('post', function($scope) {
+                    });
+            </file>
+           <file name="index.html">
+                <section ng-init="featuredPost =
+                                    {   id: 1,
+                                        title: 'Featured',
+                                        body: 'This post is featured because it is awesome'
+                                    };">
+                   <link-to route="post" model="{ id: featuredPost }">
+                       {{featuredPost.title}}
+                   </link-to>
+                </section>
+           </file>
+        </example>
+ *
+ */
+export default
+    [   '$route',
+        'transitionTo',
+        function($routeProvider, transitionTo) {
+            return {
+                restrict: 'E',
+                transclude: true,
+                template: '<a href="{{url}}" data-transition-to title="{{routeName}}" ng-transclude></a>',
+                scope: {
+                    routeName: '@route',
+                    model: '&'
+                },
+                link: function(scope, element) {
+
+                    var model = scope.$eval(scope.model);
+                    scope.url = lookupRouteUrl(scope.routeName, $routeProvider.routes, model);
+
+                    element.find('[data-transition-to]').on('click', function(e) {
+                        e.stopPropagation();
+                        e.preventDefault();
+                        transitionTo(scope.routeName, model);
+                    });
+
+                }
+            };
+        }
+    ];
diff --git a/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/lookup-route-url.js b/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/lookup-route-url.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54e505a2ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/lookup-route-url.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+export function lookupRouteUrl(name, routes, models) {
+    var route = _.find(routes, {name: name});
+
+    if (angular.isUndefined(route)) {
+        throw "Unknown route " + name;
+    }
+
+    var routeUrl = route.originalPath;
+
+    if (!angular.isUndefined(models) && angular.isObject(models)) {
+        var match = routeUrl.match(route.regexp);
+        var keyMatchers = match.slice(1);
+
+        routeUrl =
+            keyMatchers.reduce(function(url, keyMatcher) {
+                var value;
+                var key = keyMatcher.replace(/^:/, '');
+
+                var model = models[key];
+
+                if (angular.isArray(model)) {
+                    value = _.compact(_.pluck(model, key));
+
+                    if (_.isEmpty(value)) {
+                        value = _.pluck(model, 'id');
+                    }
+
+                    value = value.join(',');
+                } else if (angular.isObject(model)) {
+                    value = model[key];
+
+                    if (_.isEmpty(value)) {
+                        value = model.id;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return url.replace(keyMatcher, value);
+            }, routeUrl);
+
+    }
+
+    return routeUrl;
+}
diff --git a/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/main.js b/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f041598bd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import linkTo from './link-to.directive';
+import transitionTo from './transition-to.factory';
+import modelListener from './model-listener.config';
+
+/**
+ * @ngdoc overview
+ * @name routeExtensions
+ * @description
+ *
+ * # routeExtensions
+ *
+ *  Adds a couple useful features to ngRoute:
+ *  - Adds a `name` property to route objects; used to identify the route in transitions & links
+ *  - Adds the ability to pass model data when clicking a link that goes to a route
+ *  - Adds a directive that generates a route's URL from the route name & given models
+ *  - Adds the ability to specify models in route resolvers
+ *
+ *  ## Usage
+ *
+ *  If you need to generate a link to a route, then use the {@link routeExtensions.directive:linkTo `linkTo directive`}. If you need to transition to a route in JavaScript code, then use the {@link routeExtensions.factory:transitionTo `transitionTo service`}.
+ *
+*/
+export default
+    angular.module('routeExtensions',
+                   ['ngRoute'])
+        .factory('transitionTo', transitionTo)
+        .run(modelListener)
+        .directive('linkTo', linkTo);
diff --git a/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/model-listener.config.js b/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/model-listener.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f7112f08a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/model-listener.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export default
+    [   '$rootScope',
+        '$routeParams',
+        function($rootScope, $routeParams) {
+            $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeSuccess', function(e, newRoute) {
+                if (angular.isUndefined(newRoute.model)) {
+                    var keys = Object.keys(newRoute.params);
+                    var models = keys.reduce(function(model, key) {
+                        model[key] = newRoute.locals[key];
+                        return model;
+                    }, {});
+
+                    $routeParams.model = models;
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    ];
diff --git a/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/transition-to.factory.js b/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/transition-to.factory.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6acee4326f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/ui/static/js/shared/route-extensions/transition-to.factory.js
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+import {lookupRouteUrl} from './lookup-route-url';
+
+/**
+ * @ngdoc service
+ * @name routeExtensions.service:transitionTo
+ * @description
+ *  The `transitionTo` service generates a URL given a route name and model parameters, then
+ *  updates the browser's URL via `$location.path`. Use this in situations where you cannot
+ *  use the `linkTo` directive, for example to redirect the user after saving an object.
+ *
+ *  @param {string} routeName The name of the route whose URL you want to redirect to (corresponds
+ *                              name property of route)
+ *  @param {object} model The model you want to use to generate the URL and be passed to the new
+ *                          route. This object follows a strict key/value naming convention where
+ *                          the keys match the parameters listed in the route's URL. For example,
+ *                          a URL of `/posts/:id` would require a model object like: `{ id: post }`,
+ *                          where `post` is the object you want to pass to the new route.
+ *
+ *  **N.B.** The below example currently won't run. It's included to show an example of using
+ *  the `transitionTo` function within code. In order for this to run, we will need to run
+ *  the code in an iframe (using something like `dgeni` instead of `grunt-ngdocs`).
+ *
+ *  @example
+ *
+     <example module="transitionToExample">
+        <file name="script.js">
+            angular.module('transitionToExample',
+                           ['ngRoute',
+                            'routeExtensions'
+                           ])
+                    .config(function($routeProvider, $locationProvider) {
+                        $routeProvider
+                            .when('/post/:id',
+                                {   name: 'post',
+                                    template: '<h1>{{post.title}}</h1><p>{{post.body}}</p>'
+                                });
+
+                        $locationProvider.html5Mode(true);
+                        $locationProvider.hashPrefix('!');
+                    })
+                    .controller('post', ['$scope', function($scope) {
+
+                    }])
+                    .controller('postForm', ['$scope', 'transitionTo', function($scope, transitionTo) {
+                        $scope.post = {
+                            id: 1,
+                            title: 'A post',
+                            body: 'Some text'
+                        };
+
+                        $scope.savePost = function() {
+                            transitionTo('post', { id: $scope.post });
+                        }
+                    }]);
+        </file>
+        <file name="index.html">
+            <form ng-controller="postForm">
+                <legend>Edit Post</legend>
+                <label>
+                    Title
+                    <input type="text" ng-model="post.title">
+                </label>
+                <label>
+                    Body
+                    <textarea ng-model="post.body"></textarea>
+                </label>
+
+                <button ng-click="savePost()">Save Post</button>
+            </form>
+        </file>
+
+    </example>
+
+ */
+
+function safeApply(fn, $rootScope) {
+    var currentPhase = $rootScope.$$phase;
+
+    if (currentPhase === '$apply' || currentPhase === '$digest') {
+        fn();
+    } else {
+        $rootScope.$apply(fn);
+    }
+}
+
+export default
+    [  '$location',
+        '$rootScope',
+        '$route',
+        '$q',
+        function($location, $rootScope, $route, $q) {
+            return function(routeName, model) {
+                var deferred = $q.defer();
+                var url = lookupRouteUrl(routeName, $route.routes, model);
+
+                var offRouteChangeStart =
+                    $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeStart', function(e, newRoute) {
+                        if (newRoute.$$route.name === routeName) {
+                            deferred.resolve(newRoute, model);
+                            newRoute.params.model = model;
+                        }
+
+                        offRouteChangeStart();
+                    });
+
+                var offRouteChangeSuccess =
+                    $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeSuccess', function(e, newRoute) {
+                        if (newRoute.$$route.name === routeName) {
+                            deferred.resolve(newRoute);
+                        }
+
+                        offRouteChangeSuccess();
+                    });
+
+                var offRouteChangeError =
+                    $rootScope.$on('$routeChangeError', function(e, newRoute, previousRoute, rejection) {
+                        if (newRoute.$$route.name === routeName) {
+                            deferred.reject(newRoute, previousRoute, rejection);
+                        }
+
+                        offRouteChangeError();
+                    });
+
+                safeApply(function() {
+                    $location.path(url);
+                }, $rootScope);
+
+                return deferred;
+            };
+        }
+    ];