[OSM-newbies] contraflow bus lanes and unusual bridges

[Mike Harris]

Not really an aerialway as it is anchored to the ground at each end. Why not
highway=bridge, layer=n, foot=yes, etc. and bridge_type=transporter?

Afaik this is the only remaining one in service in the UK (and I have used
it!) but I believe that there are one or two others still standing but out
of service (e.g. Warrington?).


Mike Harris

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Johnson [mailto:baloo at ursamundi.org] 
Sent: 11 June 2009 05:28
To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] contraflow bus lanes and unusual bridges

Cartinus wrote:
> On Thursday 11 June 2009 04:17:56 Paul Johnson wrote:
>> It's a bridge
> 
> That's debatable. I would call it a type of aerialway.
> 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporter_bridge>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_Transporter_Bridge>

Oh!  I thought it was literally called "Transporter Bridge," I wasn't aware
any bridges of that design still existed, given their limited popularity.
I'm wondering if aerialway=* would fit best (aerialway=ferry perhaps?).