[Talk-us] Motorway vs trunk

[Paul Johnson]

Nakor Osm wrote:

>   Hello,
>
> What is the distinction made between trunk and motorways for tagging in the
> US. As an example should this portion of US41 (
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=41.8967&lon=-87.6177&zoom=14 ) be a
> motorway or a trunk?

Expressways are trunks, freeways are motorways.  Since Lake Shore
has intersections like an expressway, it's not a motorway.