[Talk-us] Update on potential highway classification reform

[Zeke Farwell]

On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 2:38 AM Anthony Costanzo <acjames28 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> One thing I recommend changing: in the draft wiki entry, there is a
> provision where "signed Interstate highways" are to be tagged as motorway
> regardless of their physical characteristics. This provision should be
> removed.
>
> Almost all of the signed interstate highway system meets the physical
> characteristics outlined, however where there are rare exceptions the map
> should show them as such. As the entry is written, there would, for
> example, be an expectation to tag as motorway:
> - I-78 in Jersey City, NJ, which is a one-way pair of surface streets for
> several blocks
> - I-70 in Breezewood, PA, which (in)famously passes through a couple
> signalized intersections as it leaves the Pennsylvania Turnpike
> - I-180 in Cheyenne, WY, which is entirely an at-grade urban boulevard
>
> All three of the above examples are currently tagged as trunk, and I would
> argue should remain so. In spite of being part of the interstate system,
> and signed as such, they are very much not motorways and not even
> almost-motorways.
>

 Looking at these examples I'd have to say I agree, Anthony.  Clearly even
with Interstates there are a few exceptions.
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