On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Zeke Farwell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ezekielf@gmail.com">ezekielf@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div>Here are all the reasons for a road existing but being closed (distinguished from private) that I can think of:</div><div><ul><li>Under construction (this already has a tagging sytem)</li><li>
Damaged or blocked by disaster. Re-construction or cleanup may be pending or not.</li>
<li>Old and unsafe. Re-construction may be pending or not.</li><li>Blocked/unmaintained seasonally (winter in mountains, rainy season in tropics, others?) </li></ul></div></div></blockquote><div>I'll add this one:<br>
<br>* State wants to help the ferry operators make more money by blocking off access to an island by bridge.<br></div></div>