Thanks, that all makes sense. In that case, there should probably be a lot more blue on the national routes. I suppose that the freeway sections can only really be marked from ground observation - hence all the green.
Regards, Brendan On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Grant Slater <openstreet...@firefishy.com> wrote: > > Mark Williams wrote: >> >> As I undestand it, a freeway is a highway that has a centre island divide >> BUT does not have stop streets and robots at intersections, rather it has >> on-off ramps and bridges. >> > > There are also other restrictions. eg: <80cc motorbikes and slow > vehicles as far as I know. > > Road Traffic Act 29 of 1989: > "freeway" means a public road or a section of a road which has been > designated as a freeway by an appropriate road traffic sign. > This is symbol used I believe: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UK_motorway_symbol.svg > > National Roads (eg: N1, N2, etc) can have freeway sections. > eg: N2 - Mossel Bay - George bypass , Port Elizabeth Bypass. > Other category roads eg: M1 (Gauteng) can also be designated as > freeways. There are a few Region roads (eg R21 - Gauteng) which have > freeway sections. > > Regards > Grant > > _______________________________________________ Talk-ZA mailing list Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za
