[Talk-us] Alaska Highway AK-2 tagging

[Paul Johnson]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 10:29 PM Michael Patrick <geodesy99 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>   > secondary in most cases for the state
>> highways and primary for the US ones.
>>
>
>  At least for the U.S., the Interstate vs. State Route distinction has
> more to do with funding than  carrying capacity and physical attributes. We
> have several State Routes that are definitely expressways:
> https://www.windy.com/-Webcams/United-States/Washington/Seattle/SR-at-MP-:-Des-Moines-Memorial-Dr/webcams/1459260132?47.545,-122.306,13
>

That looks more like a freeway (an expressway is a freeway with
intersections or a mix of ramps and intersections).


> Although they are few, there are still portions of the Interstate that are
> not expressways:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gaps_in_Interstate_Highways#Undivided_and_narrow_freeways
>

Yeah, I 5 at either end past the last exit, for example.
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