[Tagging] Deprecated features - highway=disused

[john at jfeldredge.com]

It is not uncommon for stretches of old highways to become private roads if existing driveways still connect to them, or to be closed to motor traffic but be used as hiking or bicycle trails.  The latter usage is particularly common with old bridges.

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Subject :Re: [Tagging] Deprecated features - highway=disused
From  :mailto:neroute2 at gmail.com
Date  :Mon Dec 20 17:25:59 America/Chicago 2010


I'm afraid I don't see the problem with highway=disused. It's clear
what it means by analogy with railway=disused (there's something
remaining, most likely pavement, but it's no longer a usable highway).
Alternately highway=service (or something else, though most
classifications don't apply to disused highways) access=private might
work. Here's an example of the latter:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=27.96465&lon=-82.426565&zoom=18&layers=M
For whatever reason, when they rebuilt I-4 they left a small piece of
the old westbound lanes, including a bridge.

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