Where are you thinking of that should have more blue? Outside the cities, very little of the national road network (except for the N3) is divided highway as far as I can tell.
Cheers, Adrian On Sat, 2009-03-21 at 21:44 +0200, brendan barrett wrote: > Thanks, that all makes sense. In that case, there should probably be a > lot more blue on the national routes. I suppose that the freeway > sections can only really be marked from ground observation - hence all > the green. > > > Regards, > Brendan > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Grant Slater > <openstreet...@firefishy.com> wrote: > > > > Mark Williams wrote: > >> > >> As I undestand it, a freeway is a highway that has a centre island divide > >> BUT does not have stop streets and robots at intersections, rather it has > >> on-off ramps and bridges. > >> > > > > There are also other restrictions. eg: <80cc motorbikes and slow > > vehicles as far as I know. > > > > Road Traffic Act 29 of 1989: > > "freeway" means a public road or a section of a road which has been > > designated as a freeway by an appropriate road traffic sign. > > This is symbol used I believe: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UK_motorway_symbol.svg > > > > National Roads (eg: N1, N2, etc) can have freeway sections. > > eg: N2 - Mossel Bay - George bypass , Port Elizabeth Bypass. > > Other category roads eg: M1 (Gauteng) can also be designated as > > freeways. There are a few Region roads (eg R21 - Gauteng) which have > > freeway sections. > > > > Regards > > Grant > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ZA mailing list > Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za _______________________________________________ Talk-ZA mailing list Talk-ZA@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za
