[Talk-us] REF tags for State Highways on ways

[Paul Johnson]

On 04/08/2011 01:00 PM, James Mast wrote:
> I just thought I would throw this out there so this can be settled once
> and for all.  Which ref tag setup do you think should be used for State
> Highways on ways (not relations)? "PA-44" or "44".  The reason I'm
> asking is because I've seen several people put the state abbreviation in
> the ref field and some people don't.  Heck, I'm guilty of doing it both
> ways myself.  In some states you see it both ways (NY;KY), some states
> you see just the number (FL), and some states have the state
> abbreviation + number (CA).
> 
> So, we really need to all come to an agreement on which way we should
> use in all the states.  Because it doesn't look good having two
> different ways to do it and it should be standardized.

Should be "OK 51B" or "KS 66" or "FL A1A", state abbreviation, space,
number.

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