[talk-au] Newcastle to Ballina Pacific Highway classification

[Andrew Davidson]

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 7:23 AM Aleksandar Matejevic (E-Search) via Talk-au
<talk-au at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

>
> Near Newcastle there is “END MOTORWAY” sign (
> https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=-32.827333333333335&lng=151.63297222222224&z=17&focus=photo&pKey=QwLK6dsVE3rIYlRi71FkkQ&x=0.4803505694838756&y=0.4734649939668362&zoom=0.04809894640403123
> )
>

In Australia the Start/End Freeway/Motorway signs are more for legal
restrictions than a description of the quality of the road.


> Besides, there are still some junctions where you can access both sides of
> highway at a time.
>

In Australia having at-grade intersections doesn't stop a road being a
motorway (in the OSM sense). If you read the Wiki entry for Australian
tagging it uses the Hume Freeway as the example of what a motorway is, and
this road has quite a number of at-grade intersections.


> I wanted to ask for some more opinions before changing this section of
> Pacific Highway to trunk.
>

Which section? Ballina to Newcastle?

 In general it's a bit vague as to what an Australian "motorway" is. In a
rural area dual carriageway and a 110 km/h speed limit is most likely to be
a candidate. It gets a bit tricky on the Pacfic Hwy because some dual
carriageway sections have a 100 km/h speed limit. Do we downgrade these to
trunk or accept that they are of the same standard as the rest of the road
and call them motorway?
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