[Tagging] Road classification

[Paul Johnson]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:54 PM, John Willis <johnw at mac.com> wrote:

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> > On Sep 1, 2015, at 9:46 PM, Paul Johnson <baloo at ursamundi.org> wrote:
> >
> > presently traverses a staircase!
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> I currently forget which, but a national road in Japan officially becomes
> a staircase near its terminus, as the government managed  "road" is
> significant older than cars, and for historical reasons, the staircase is
> legally considered part of the road.
>
> There are some national primary/trunk roads that have a modern tertiary
> bypass, but the 200 year old primary bypassed section that goes down a
> "toboggan route" down a mountain or narrows to less than 2 meters is still
> considered the primary/trunk route for the same reasons - which is a real
> pain to reconcile.
>

 Are we overconflating network and classification?
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