Thanks to all for your replies.
I agree that Footway seems to be the better choice. This is a pretty long
bridge and distant from much in the way of urban amenities so I would prefer to
cycle rather than walk over it, but to any causal observer I'm sure it looks
like a sidewalk.
Regards,
Bill Leddy
> On Feb 13, 2015, at 12:48 AM, althio <althio.fo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Bill
>
> I agree with Xan about the 'not officially cycleway'.
> Thanks for coming and asking.
>
> Be careful the proper tag is:
> highway=footway
>
> From the wiki:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dfootway
> Although where a route is primarily available for pedestrians but is
> also usable by bicycles you can use highway=footway and bicycle=yes
>
> althio
>
>
>> On 13 February 2015 at 09:30, Xan <dxpubl...@telefonica.net> wrote:
>> In my opinion:
>> highway=foot + bicycle=yes
>>
>> because officially it is not cycleway. You also could put a note tag.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Xan
>>
>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:08:37 -0800
>> Bill Leddy <b...@williesworkshop.net> ha escrit:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I've got a separated way on a highway bridge. It's not marked specifically
>>> as a cycleway but it is connected to a cycleway. It's essentially a wide
>>> sidewalk.
>>>
>>> So which would be the best way to tag it, as highway=cycleway + foot=yes or
>>> highway=foot + bicycle=yes?
>
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