[OSM-talk] Should Bridges be independent of their ways?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2009/9/19 d f <fac63tempt at yahoo.com>:
> Hi
>
> I have a bridge carrying a cycle lane, dual carriage way (with central
> reservtion) & footpath. As far as I can see is they each need there own
> bridge & the result gets a bit crowded.
>
> Is there a way to simplify this?
> If the bright was independent it could also mean that the ways wouldn't need
> to be split! Saving a hell of a lot of work.

There is indeed a problem with bridges (in cases like yours it looks
like several bridges where in reality there is just one, then there
are bridge-names that can differ from the streetname, etc.), but what
do you intent by independant? Do you propose to connect all ways to
one bridge?

I would recommend a relation to unify "several bridges" in one (which
gets also the name). Not really more simple to map, but resulting more
accurate and probably could also render nicer.

cheers,
Martin