[OSM-newbies] Private Street

[Murry McEntire]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Stephen Johnson <earthstephen at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I have run across a couple of roads that are designated on the road sign
> as "Private Street".  I think this is a jurisdictional designation.  By
> that I mean I think these are streets on the edge of the city limits that
> are not in the city and therefore are privately maintained.  One of these
> streets had a sign that said "City Maintenance Ends".  My question is
> should these roads have the designation "access:private" when they are
> really no more private than any other residential street.
>

In my area of the U.S., the sign is "Private Road" and is seen inside and
outside cities. It is often seen in housing complexes or private
communities with internal streets and in rural areas where distinguishing a
public road from a (long) driveway is otherwise difficult. While true that
the road is not owned or maintained publicly, the sign is a specific
posting that the road is not for general public use and a trespassing
charge could be levied.
Signs saying End of Maintenance (in various forms) are used to signify the
road is not maintained by a public authority.
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