User:Gyrbo/Road types

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Key Value Element Comment Rendering Photo
highway motorway way A restricted access major divided highway, normally with 2 or more running lanes plus emergency hard shoulder. Equivalent to the Freeway, Autobahn etc.
highway trunk way Roads with 2x2 lanes, divided by a raised section. No bicycles or pedestrians are allowed.
highway primary way Nx or Nxx roads.
highway secondary way Nxxx roads (and important and very busy non-N roads)
highway tertiary way Non-N roads that are fairly busy. These generally have (dashed) white lines down the center. Also important roads in a city center.
highway residential way Residential roads with houses or other buildings besides. Two cars can pass normally.
highway unclassified way Rural roads. Usually bordered by fields/farms and potentially some houses. "1,5" lanes road (two cars have some difficulty passing).
highway unsurfaced way An unpaved unclassified road (without a hardened surface). They are still intended for general use (unlike a track).
highway track way Unpaved/unsealed roads for agricultural use; gravel roads in the forest etc.