I personally think that trunk roads are generally long-distance roads meant to drive traffic across a metropolis or across the countryside.
While traffic volume is a very good indicator, it's not always guaranteed. That said, I was actually thinking of upgrading Espana-Quezon Avenue to trunk. :-) What do other people think? On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Rally de Leon <rall...@gmail.com> wrote: > Basing on loose definition/s of trunk roads in the philippines, can > the roads below (Top 10 Most Heavily Traveled Corridor in MM) be all > converted to trunk roads? (some are already trunk roads) > - very high volume of traffic (carrying the combined volumes of > primary & secondary roads connected to it) > -if it functions like a corridor. > - a 'road system' that connects 2 or multiple provinces (crosses > provincial boundaries) eg. Maharlika Highway (AH26), Marcos Highway > (112km), Halsema Highway (180km), Manila East Road upto Laguna > (80km), MacArthur Highway (Monumento to La Union, Gapan-Olongapo Road, > StaRosa(Laguna) to Tagaytay(Cavite) > TagaytayCity(Cavite)-Nasugbu(Batangas), etc.) There must be a lot like > these in Mindanao, > > > > http://engineer-einjel.blogspot.com/search/label/TOP%2010%20MOST%20TRAVELED%20ROAD > > Top 10 Most Heavily Traveled Corridor in MM > Annual Average Daily Traffic or AADT is estimated as the total volume > counted over one year divided by the number of days in the year. > > Traffic Engineering Center of the Metro Manila Development Authority > (MMDA) conducts a yearly volume count (AADT) for the major > thoroughfares in Metro Manila. The latest data as of March 2010 is > that of year 2008 study. The TOP 10 MOST HEAVILY TRAVELED CORRIDOR > are: > > 1) EDSA (C-4) > 2) Quezon Ave. / Commonwealth - (serves as the trunk road of Quezon City ) > 3) Katipunan (C-5) > 4) SSH (R-3) > 5) Roxas Blvd. (R-1) > 6) Marcos Highway (also known as Marikina-Infanta Road - connects > NCR-Rizal-Laguna-Quezon) > 7) Magsaysay Blvd. / Aurora Blvd. > 8) A. H. Lacson / Pres. Quirino (C-2) > 9) Ortigas Ave. (connects Rizal Province to NCR) > 10) Araneta Ave. (C-3) > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > -- http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com
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