[OSM-newbies] Trunk highway going through a town -- how to tag

[Clay Smalley]

I would recommend marking it as trunk on the same principle I mentioned
earlier. If it's trunk on both sides of the town, it makes more sense to
have it as trunk within the town too unless there's a bypass (which there
isn't in this case).

Also, just noticed a few other things, I hope you don't mind the criticism -
* What happened to US 550? Is it getting redesignated to NM 516? What
happens inside Colorado?
* Good job on making it dual carriageway - make sure you delete the
FIXME="dual carriageway" after you're done.
* On NM 516, make sure the ref="NM 516" tag is consistent - I noticed a few
ref=NM516 in there.


On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Charlotte Wolter <techlady at techlady.com>wrote:

>
> **        **Here is the location:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?lat=36.82709&lon=-107.990342&zoom=18
> **        **It's Aztec, NM, where NM 516 passes through town.
>
> Best,
>
> Charlotte
>
>
>
> At 10:18 AM 11/4/2012, you wrote:
>
> I immediately thought of this place I pass through frequently:
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=29.8394&lon=-96.70525&zoom=15&layers=M
> In this case, going off the same principle we have with "almost-freeways"
> (i.e. tagging them as trunk roads), I think it makes more sense to tag it
> as a trunk road because the undivided section is short and insignificant.
> Though I don't know how similar your case is to this one. Could you show us
> the specific instance(s)?
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Charlotte Wolter <techlady at techlady.com>
> wrote:
>  Hello all,
>
>         I have a place where a trunk highway (divided but not limited
> access) goes through a large town where it becomes a four-lane street with
> a wide left-turn lane in the center (but not really a divided highway). My
> instinct is to tag it a primary road while in town (it is called Main
> Street in town). Is this correct?
>
> Charlotte
>
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