On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:48 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I have marked US 169 between Iola and Chanute as Motorway because, > although it is a super-two, it is fully controlled access along this > segment. I believe this is consistent with the way most commercial > map-makers would mark this segment. For example, Rand McNally marks this > segment using their freeway symbol with a "TWO LANES" notation (they also > mark US 400 near Neodesha this way, however, it is NOT controlled access, > and is properly marked as Trunk in OSM) >
The goal here is for accuracy, not to imitate another map's style, style can be handled quite readily by renderers for a specific purpose. I would also point out that I-93 in Franconia Notch is also two lanes, with > a median barrier separating the lanes. If all super-two facilities are to > be labeled as "Trunk," then this segment would have to be labeled as > "Trunk" to be consistent. It would, however, confuse the hell out of the > general public. > It's not the number of lanes that makes the distinction, but the character of the road. People don't expect an undivided motorway, but describing it as a trunk will cue most renderers to go for something motorway-like but not quite there. A super-two with a jersey wall or median strip or some other physical separation would be a motorway.
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