[Talk-us] Road classification

[Karl Newman]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Joseph Scanlan <n7xsd at arrl.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Alan Brown wrote:
>
>  This is the way I like to think about it - if you're zoomed way out, a map
>> of motorways and trunk roads alone is best: plenty of useful
>> information, but not cluttered.
>>
>
> This philosophy helps justify what you'll find here in the desert south
> west.  For example, US 93 is pretty much the route one takes from Ely,
> through Caliente, to Las Vegas, Nevada.  About 260 miles of that is two lane
> road.  It's marked as highway=trunk not because its some grand highway along
> the eastern edge of the state but because it is *the* highway along the
> eastern edge of the state.
>
> US 95 through California (about 100 miles) is another example. Traveling
> from Las Vegas to Quartszite or Yuma, Arizona state route 95 is a good
> alternative but if a routing program insisted on Interstates one would find
> oneself going through Phoenix or Los Angeles.  Kind of a long way to go.
>
> I should defend both highways by pointing out they don't see much cross
> traffic.  ;-)
>

They probably don't see much through traffic, either...

Karl
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