[Talk-us] Typical maxweight signs in USA? (editor developmnent question)

[Bill Ricker]

The silhouettes version is moderately frequent with smaller older bridges,
where spreading the weight out makes a difference. Pretty sure I've seen
the California variant or similar on the east coast / New England too.

On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 11:52 AM Peter Dobratz <peter at dobratz.us> wrote:

> Thanks for trying to standardize on this.  I've seen a few of these
> maximum weight signs and was unsure of how to tag.
>
> From what I've seen in the United States, I've seen maximum weights listed
> as both lbs (pounds) and tons (where 1 ton = 2000 pounds).
>
> In Portland, Oregon, I've recently come across the following following
> text on signs:
>
> WEIGHT
> RESTRICTED
> BRIDGE
> SINGLE AXLE TRUCKS
> 50,000 LBS MAX
> COMBINATION TRUCKS
> 80,000 LBS MAX
>
> WEIGHT LIMIT REDUCED
> ANY SINGLE AXLE 20,000 LBS
> ANY TANDEM AXLE 34,000 LBS
> ANY GROSS WEIGHT 105,500 LBS
> LEGAL AXLE LOADS ONLY
>
> WEIGHT
> LIMIT
> 6
> TONS
>
> Reading this page, I see the potential ambiguity extends deeper than I
> realized (short ton, metric ton, long ton)
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonne
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 3:35 AM Mateusz Konieczny <matkoniecz at tutanota.com>
> wrote:
>
>> How often weight limit signs other than plain
>> "Weight limit X tons"
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_R12-1.svg
>>
>> and
>>
>> R12-5 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_R12-5.svg
>> appear?
>>
>> Some of them are listed at
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:maxweight#United_States
>> but I am unsure is it case of something actually popular or rare
>> curiosity?
>>
>> -----
>>
>> I am asking as I work on extending StreetComplete by adding max weight
>> quest for bridges
>> and I want to support also USA-style weight limits.
>>
>> ----
>>
>> PS StreetComplete is a bit different editor, available as an Android
>> application - it allows to make
>> a very limited set of edits, but all can be done by answering simple
>> questions with no OSM specific
>> knowledge necessary.
>>
>> PPS In case that somebody used StreetComplete and noticed some stupid and
>> preventable behavior,
>> reports at https://github.com/westnordost/StreetComplete/issues are
>> welcomed (or
>> within this thread if someone is unable/unwilling to make a Github
>> account)
>>
>>
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