Re: [talk-ph] motorways leading to nowhere?

2010-06-23 Thread Ronny Ager-Wick
Yes, I feel the same. One of the definitions of a motorway is that it does not cross at level with any road, railway or tramway track, or footpath (according to wikipedia) so if this road does, then it's definitely not a motorway. Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: I'm inclined to think that this is

Re: [talk-ph] motorways leading to nowhere?

2010-06-23 Thread Ed Garcia
That's a very good definition ... I agree it is *not* a motorway. That highway was made so that it serves as a bypass road for the towns of Orion, Pilar, Abucay, Balanga, etc to go straight to Mariveles. I passed this road several times before when I was mapping POIs at Mariveles and I really

Re: [talk-ph] motorways leading to nowhere?

2010-06-23 Thread maning sambale
I passed this road several times before when I was mapping POIs at Mariveles and I really wondered why it was ever classified as a motorway. Excellent! Verified info from a person who actually saw the road condition! Demoted to trunk then. http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/5057906

Re: [talk-ph] motorways leading to nowhere?

2010-06-22 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
I'm inclined to think that this is merely a trunk road. While it's not a requirement that the road is a tollway as opposed to a freeway to be a motorway, the fact that it's not limited access and has at-grade intersection suggests that it is not really a motorway. On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:14