[Talk-us] Changeset Review - "Old US 66"

[Mike Thompson]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 4:42 PM Minh Nguyen <minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us>
wrote:

>
> This is about https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/47652073, right?

yes, sorry, I should have specified.

,...then at best it's a description of the
> street, better tagged as old_ref=US 66.
>
good suggestion

>
> More generally, it isn't strictly necessary for an "Old U.S. 66" to be
> one of the old alignments. "Historic Route 66" signs have gone up along
> much of the original corridor, maybe even on some roads that bypassed
> the former alignments, since the signs technically denote a National
> Scenic Byway rather than the route as it was just before decommissioning.
>
Interesting point.  Do we have a method to depict "National Scenic Byways"?
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