[Tagging] What classification for a connecting link?

[Simone Saviolo]

> Nathan Edgars II (neroute2 at gmail.com) wrote:
>> So a trunk road crosses a primary road, but you're not allowed to turn
>> at the crossing. Instead you have to turn before or after and loop
>> around to get from one to the other. If this connecting status is the
>> sole reason through traffic would have for using the road, how should
>> it be tagged? trunk? trunk_link? primary? primary_link? Does the
>> presence of residential driveway access (in other words it would be
>> residential were it not a connection) make a difference? Is it ever
>> appropriate to leave it residential or tag it something else below
>> primary, despite its use as a connection between trunk and primary
>> highways?

The wiki seems pretty clear to me: the definition for trunk_link says

"The link roads (sliproads/ramps) leading to/from a trunk road from/to
a trunk road or lower class highway."

So if this connection leads from a trunk to a primary, then the
connection is a trunk_link.

Regards,

Simone