Re: [Talk-us] highway=trunk for NHS routes?

2017-01-01 Thread Mark Wagner
On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 12:22:04 -0500 Bill Ricker wrote: > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 4:21 AM, Volker Schmidt > wrote: > > > You can find detailed PDF maps of all NHS Routes, state-by-state at > > a web page of the Federal Highway Administration > > ​[...]. On these maps you will find plenty of NHS r

Re: [Talk-us] highway=trunk for NHS routes?

2017-01-01 Thread Richard Welty
On 12/31/16 4:19 PM, Kerry Irons wrote: > > Not to cloud this discussion, but be aware that at least some states > refer to “county trunk” roads at the county level. Near as I can tell > that simply means “major” vs. “minor” roads at the county level > without rigid criteria to define them. Looki

Re: [Talk-us] highway=trunk for NHS routes?

2017-01-01 Thread Bill Ricker
On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Volker Schmidt wrote: > I have just come across this NHS road that I know well: [1] > This is a winding mountain road, two lanes, many parts without shoulder. > > ​And the only/best thru road through these mountains; access from LA to multiple state/national parks

Re: [Talk-us] highway=trunk for NHS routes?

2017-01-01 Thread Volker Schmidt
> > Both appear to be well maintained in the photos; the width of paving > greatly exceeds the two marked lanes. Out where "50 Miles to Next Gas" > signs still live, this is a major road. > > US160 is the most significant road for literally miles. ​ > US180 is the tourist main feeder to the Grand C