[Talk-us] Marking closed bridges

[Paul Johnson]

Zeke Farwell wrote:

> The Crown Point bridge is currently closed.  Soon it will be demolished.
>  Then construction on a new one will begin.   Because this is the usual
> cycle, I think the rendering that is used for roads under construction (dashed
> line<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=44.44777&lon=-73.21343&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF>)
> would make sense for closed roads/bridges as well.  I'l probably tag the
> Crown Point bridge as under construction right now, but tagging for the
> renderer is wrong.  

Demolition would be considered part of construction by most people in
such a context.  Certainly if you ask your DOT about this, they'd call
it a construction zone.