[OSM-talk] Bridges

[Nick Whitelegg]

On Saturday 14 Oct 2006 18:03, Tom Chance wrote:
> Ahoy,
>
> On Saturday 14 October 2006 17:41, David Earl wrote:
> > Why is highway=bridge a property of a node not a linear segment which
> > covers the extent of the bridge (on a segment, like abutters, so it
> > doesn't mean breaking up a way)? Railway bridges are linear but road
> > bridges aren't.
>
> So far as I understand it, highway=bridge is for when a node is a bridge
> (not sure when that would be), 

A footbridge across a stream would probably be a node (not big enough to be a 
segment).

Nick