On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 9:53 PM, Evin Fairchild <[email protected]> wrote: > > Soon after I first joined OSM, NE2 changed a US highway near me from > primary to trunk which another user quickly reverted, but I actually agreed > with the change to trunk. The road I'm referring to, BTW, is US 2 in > Washington. It's mostly just two lanes, (it really could use four lanes, > particularly between Snohomish and Gold Bar) but it is the second most > important route over the Cascades in Washington, after I-90. Thus, it ought > to be a trunk road. >
The Super2 parts of US 2 were being upgraded to Trunk was valid, but not the single carriageway, uncontrolled access parts. > And I still do think that many US highways should be tagged as trunk for > the most part, except when they parallel a freeway or other road with a > higher capacity. After all, not every pair of large towns and cities (I'm > talking anything with a population greater than 25,000 or more) will be > connected by a freeway or expressway, even if they have traffic counts that > are close to that of some rural interstates. > I strongly disagree.
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