I agree that the official classifications by the DPWH does not correspond
very well with those of OSM's. This is also true for some countries as
well. But I still see trunk class matches with national primary (with some
exceptions) and primary class with national secondary (with a handful of
Hi,
I am not convinced that we should take DPWH's road classifications with
great weight in refining OSMPH's road classification. Note that "National
Road" does not mean that the road is functionally important but rather it
only means that DPWH is the government agency in charge of maintaining
With the Department of Public Works and Highways introducing route numbers
and reworking the road classifications since 2014, it seems the road
classifications also need to be revamped.
The 2014 DPWH classifications are:
*Expressway
*National road
** National primary road (1-2 digit routes)
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