[Tagging] Blatant tagging for the renderer: bridges & abandoned railways

[Warin]

On 10/03/2015 1:22 AM, ael wrote:
> I have resorted to changing railway=abandoned to railway=disused
> on several occasions just to get mapnik and friends to render
> bridges. Bridges over roads and rivers are major features of relevance
> to tall vehicles and boats, so really should show up on standard
> rendering.
>
> According to the wiki railway=abandoned applies when the rails have been
> removed, and disused should be used when the rails are still present.
>

Possible work around?

Use the tag man_made=bridge to tag the bridge area?

Keeps the railway correctly tagged. And places the bridge correctly.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dbridge

Try that and see if it works.