Richard Welty <rwe...@averillpark.net> writes: > On 5/27/11 9:26 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: >> On 5/27/2011 12:32 AM, Nathan Mills wrote: >>> Would I be correct in stating that tagging an undivided 2 lane (one lane >>> in each direction) highways would be improper, even if a state calls the >>> highway a "trunk" for planning purposes? Especially if it's in the >>> middle of a town with a low speed limit. I understood trunk to be >>> divided and limited access (but not fully grade-separated). >> >> No, trunk is also used for a major intercity highway that's not a >> freeway. Take a look at the UK and their network of trunks. >> > and we have no functioning definition of what constitutes a major intercity > highway in the US. > > which is to day, i don't agree with many of your upgrades, but i've chosen > not to engage in an edit war in the map nor have i chosen to engage in > flame wars on this list about it, but there is no consensus on what > constitutes > a trunk in the US, and i believe your position is an outlier.
Emphatically seconded. I think it's clear that most of us think trunk is something that has some aspects of divided, particularly high speed, limited access above and beyond a normal two lane US highway. I find the trunk designation useful in that it tells the map viewer that the road is partway to feeling like an Interstate compared to feeling like a US highway. Marking roads as trunk when they aren't physically superior isn't helpful.
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