Help:Tagging/highway

This page is supposed to be used like the place and admin_level tables. This is the equivalent table on the OSM wiki, but it lacks the residential and service categories.

Tagging by country

Country	highway=
	motorway	trunk	primary	secondary	tertiary	unclassified	residential	service
Allendea	Motorways, Tollways and Freeways. Speed Limits vary from 90 to 130 km/h. Signed as national motorways (autopista(s) nacional(es)).	National route network. Speed limits vary from 60 to 100 km/h.	National or Provincial Routes. Speed limits vary from 60 to 100 km/h.	Main roads connecting Partidos and smaller towns. Run by the province. Speed limits vary from 40 to 80 km/h.	Roads inside Partidos. Run by the Partido. Speed limits vary from 30 to 70 km/h.	Small rural road, 2 lanes	Roads with buildings on one or both sides of the street. Speed limits vary between 30 and 50 km/h.	Small connector roads, usually one-way. Speed limits at 30 km/h.
Antharia	Autostradă (A1, A2, etc.): Trunk road with separated carriageways, no private accesses, no signalized intersections, no at-grade intersections that cross the median, and at least 4 lanes.	Drum Națïonal (DN1, DN2, etc.): Dual carriageways designed for higher speeds; suburban dual carriageways with very few traffic lights, 4-way-crossings and access to private properties.	Drum Provincïal (DP1, DP2, etc.): Rural: Fast transit road (speed > 80km/h, or 60km/h in mountain regions), paved (asphalt or concrete), with side shoulder large enough to park a car (2m or more) or more than one lane per direction. Urban: Arterial road, fast (speed > 60km/h), paved (asphalt or concrete), single or dual carriageway, connecting many neighborhoods, forming the main circulation net in large cities or the main entrance and exit routes in medium and small cities.	Drum Județean (rural: E1, E2, etc.): Linking smaller population centres to each other and to the state highways. Major through routes within city limits.	Drum Comunal: Less significant roads and collector roads.	Unused	Stradă: Generally paved street with one or two lanes, situated only in residential areas.	Stradă de serviciu: Street in urban or rural areas with limited access.
Aorangëa	Any road built to motorway standards	National Road (1–19)	Shire Road (20–199)	1st class Village Road (100–1999)	2nd class Village Road (1000–9999)
Bloenland	A2 Motorways (Autobahnen). Grade-separated, limited-access motorways with a central divider, at least two lanes per direction. Speed limit is usually 130 km/h with about one third of the network having a lower limit but some straight stretches in rural areas having up to 150 km/h.	Motorroads (Kraftfahrstraßen) (usually National Roads). Grade-separated, limited-access roads that are not motorways. Some are built to motorway standard with speed limits of up to 130km/h, but many have just one lane per direction and no central divider, with a speed limit of 110 km/h.	N35 National Roads (Nationalstraßen). Trunk roads owned and maintained by the national government. Speed limit usually 100 km/h outside residential areas.	L311 Constituent Country level roads (Landesstraßen). Roads owned and maintained by the two Constituent Countries. Speed limit usually 100 km/h outside residential areas and 50 km/h within.	K29 S5 County level roads (Kreisstraßen), city roads (Stadtstraßen). Roads maintained by counties (K) and internal city roads (S). The latter classification is currently only used in the Collenburg Metropolitan Region. Speed limit usually 100 or 80 km/h outside residential areas and 50 km/h within.
Drabantia	Dálnice (highways)  3	Silnice pro motorová vozidla (motorroads)  10	Silnice první třídy (first class roads)  46	Silnice druhé třídy (second class roads)  271	Silnice třetí třídy (third class roads) 3716	Jiný druh silnice (other roads)	No rule.	No rule.
Duncanheim	Divided limited access highway (ie, motorway). Designation begins with "M", followed by number.	Primary National Highways, numbered "A2" through "A9". Except in urban and some mountainous regions, width is two lanes for vehicular traffic, a central lane used for turns (or in some rural areas serving as a passing lane for one direction at a time), and an outer lane on either side exclusively for non-motorized transport (eg, bicycles, horses, pedestrians).	Other National Highways, numbering scheme "A22", "A222", with fewer digits usually indicating a longer highway. Road width varies, the standardized form is that of the Primary National Highways, however, this standard is not always met.	Major Arterial Roads not classified as numbered highways. Can often meet highway standards.	Minor Arterial Roads and Streets, usually in urban areas. Size varies, but the minimum is two lanes for vehicles and sidewalks.	Category rarely used, usually indicates either rural roads or exclusively industrial streets	Streets and Rural Roads with building-to-building distance of at least 8 meters and less expected traffic than Minor Arterial Roads	Alleys, parking aisles, other single lane non-street roadways. Uncommon, as many single lane roadways are tagged as either "living streets" or "pedestrian streets".
Eelanti	E1 Moottoritie Typical motorway with speedlimits around 100-130 km/h. Numbered with letter E combined with a number.	A1 Valtatie Numbered with letter A combined with a number.	B1 Kantatie Numbered with letter B combined with a number.	C1 Seututie Numbered with letter C combined with a number.	D1 Yhdystie Numbered with letter D combined with a number.		Asuinaluetie/Kaupunkitie Typical residential street
Eshein	Frayvegn (Freeways)  A-2	Ekspressvegn (Expressway)  A-4	Rout	Rout			Stryt (Srteet)
Federal States	No official national standards. State-level standards can be found below.
Izaland	髙速國道, kosoku-kukudō (lit. "high-speed national road"). Marked by the letter "E", it is an extensive network of intercity and urban (in large cities) tolled high speed roads with 2 to 3 lanes per way. The general speed limit is 130 km/h, although a few segments in the lesser urbanized areas allow up to 150 km/h. Incomplete segments may be toll-free, and there are discounts for who travels on low peak times.	準髙速國道, Jun-kosoku-kukudō (lit. "semi-high-speed national road"). They work as bypass roads for minor cities, or connect motorway junctions with the inner areas of the main settlements. Toll-free, usually 2 lanes per way, and maximum speed between 80 and 110 km/h.	國道, askashirunka (lit. "national road"), or 一級道路, iskūdōro (lit. "1st class road"). Marked by "A", state owned roads connecting the main cities. Toll free and two lanes per way on certain segments.	懸道, iramirunka (lit. "prefectural road"), or 二級道路, nikūdōro (lit. "2nd class road"). Marked by "I", managed by the prefectures, usually stretch within a single region, and reach up to the smaller towns and villages.	地域道, tsiwikidō (lit. "local road"), or 三級道路, sankūdōro (lit. "3rd class road"). Connect local communities toether	其他道, Other roads.	四級道路, tsikūdōro (lit. "4th class road"). Streets in residential areas.	雑道, Miscellaneous.
Kojo	National motorways. "G 1", "G 13" etc. Highest road class in Kojo, at least 3 lanes for each direction as well as a structural barrier separating the different directions from each other. General speed limit is 140 km/h, recommended speed 120 km/h, about one third of the network is imposed with lower designated speed limits. 3 lanes per direction. Heavily tolled.	Also national motorways, with just 2 lanes per direction. "G 1", "G 13" etc. The structural barrier often consists of only simple middle and side purlins. Heavily tolled.	In rural areas major regional roads, sometimes with partly grade separation at intersections and up to 2 lanes per direction, general speed limit outside of settlemtents: 100 km/h. In urban areas major artery roads. (often "daitō")	In rural areas roads of regional importance, very rarely grade separations and mostly one lane per direction. In urban areas artery roads. ("kesha")	In rural areas roads that connect villages etc.; no grade separation, 1 lane. In urban areas roads that facilitate neighbourhood traffic to higher roads. (In Pyingshum: "toku")	Neighbourhood roads, rural access roads.	N/A	miscellaneous
Leresso	Y2  Yaħanħewa (ᡕᠠᡴ᠌ᠠᡃᢊ᠋ᡝᡐᠠ). Dual carriageway roads that generally span the country. Odd if roughly parallel to the coast, even if stretching inland.	28  Dual carriageway with double-digit numbering scheme. First digit indicates the region as well as direction (odd if east-west, even if north-south), and the last digit can vary.		129  Regional roads indicated by three-digit numbers. The first digit indicates the region – each region is allocated two digits, though regional roads with a final "0" are reserved for use in the Aludres Uras, and can lead with any digit. The three-digit number is odd if the road runs predominantly east-west, and even if it runs predominantly north-south.	1904  Rural regional roads. Like higher-priority roads, the first digit indicates the region. The second digit, however, corresponds to the uras the road is in. The last two digits are random.	speed-limit 80 km/h, in towns 40 km/h	N/A	miscellaneous
Mauretia	All officially designated autodromam. Roads are fully limited-access and host speeds between 100km/h and 130km/h. With rare exceptions, there are always two through lanes of travel. Shields are red and accompanied by the motorway icon.   P	Typically dual-carriage roadway with full shoulders or single-carriage roadway with additional space of about 2 meters between opposing travel lanes and full shoulders. This designation is used for roads that are largely limited access but do not qualify as an official autodroma.	Major national roads (blue shield) not supplanted by motorways. Not for roads with a weight restriction of 7.5t, height restriction of 3.5m, or when bypassed. May be used for provincial routes of multiple lanes.  N3	All national roads not shown as primary. Also includes all provincial roads with at least a one-meter width shoulder and two non-village connections (rural) or major arterials (urban). Provincial roads are signed with a white shield.  K718	All provincial routes regardless of deficiency and all secondary urban roads. Lowest possible tagging for roads connecting any two municipalities. This is the lowest possible tagging for roads designed to accommodate high-profile vehicles.	Rural connector roads and access roads to parks or similar structures in urban environs. Recreation routes are the only possible designation to be at this level. Recreation routes are signed with a green shield.  3401	Residential or primarily residential streets with no otherwise through traffic.	Miscellaneous roads such as lengthy driveways or restricted access roads. May also be used in urban environments for allies and quays not designed for through traffic or frequent use.
Navenna	A-1   A-6 dir  Motorways (autostrade), including spurs. Limited access highways with separated carriageways, grade-separated interchanges and at least 2 lanes in each direction. Are almost always tolled.	N-7   N-601  Expressways (superstrade), including spurs. Used for limited access highways that have motorway restrictions but lack motorway standard.	N-1   N-7 var   N-9 dir  Primary national roads (strade nasionaƚe), including important spurs. Used for trunk roads managed by the national government that are not part of the motorway or expressway network. Road standard can vary but is usually high.	N-42   N-9 var  Secondary national roads (strade nasionaƚe), including spurs. Used for roads managed by the national government of secondary importance. Road standard can vary but is usually high.	C-122   U-10   Rac-1  Provincial roads (strade cantonaƚe), urban routes (strade urbane), ring roads (racordi) and other major urban roads that otherwise lack classification. Used for important roads managed by the local government in each canton. Road standard can vary greatly depending on canton.	Other local public roads without classification, rural roads that connect towns or urban roads with through traffic.	Public road without through traffic, that primarily provide access to residential areas.	Roads, public or private, that are used for access to, or within an industrial area, residential complex, business park, service station, park, graveyard, etc. Usually denotes a road with a specific purpose rather than a general access road, and are often owned/managed by the amenity the road provides access to.
New Ingerland	A1  Trunk roads. The trunk road network is the primary road network connecting all major provincial centres. Special laws apply.		B17  Primary roads. These roads provide the primary link for major regions not served by the trunk road network and for highly significant tourism regions.	C863  Secondary roads. Created to provide important links between population centres and between these centres and the primary transport network.	Collector roads	Local rural roads	Local urban roads	Back alleys, service, and access roads.
Paroy	Limited access freeway with interchanges. Mostly used for motorways in the Paroyan Expressway System. At least 2 lanes for each direction, in concentrated urban areas up to at least 3 lanes. General speed limit varies by state and road, minimum speed 100 kmph and maximum speed 140 kmph by law, exceptions exist.  E 1   E 10   E 420	Trunk expressway or State Route of the highest classification. At least 2 lanes for each direction, varies in urban areas. General speed limit varies by state and road, minimum 80 kmph and maximum speed 120 kmph by law, exceptions exist.  A 54   VR 22	State route or other primary highway. Always numbered. Urban areas: Large avenue/street. Speed limits vary. Exceptions exist. Rural areas: State Routes. Speed limits vary. Exceptions exist.  VR 252   NS 130	Secondary highway. Always numbered. Road numbers shared with primary. Urban areas: Secondary road or arterial road like avenue. General max speed 50 kmph. Rural areas: Larger main roads. General max speed 80 kmph.	Tertiary highways. May be numbered. Urban areas:Major streets or collector roads that facilitate neighbourhood traffic to higher roads. Rural areas: Roads that connect villages.	Other roads used for local traffic, without residences. Used by exception.	Local roads with residences, often referred to as street.	Local roads that do not carry traffic. Also used for alleys or smaller streets in neighborhoods with residential roads.
Randalia	Limited access highways connecting major cities. Minimum of two lanes each direction.Speed limit 120 km/hr	Similar configuration to motorways. Connect primary or secondary roads to motorways.Lower speed limit than motorway.	National roads, connect cities between provinces. May also be contained entirely within a province.Four or more lanes in urban areas, Two lanes in rural areas.	Roads that connect cities and towns within a province. Also connect two primary roads.	County roads.	Miscellaneous nonresidential streets and roads, usually in central district of a city.	Streets and roads in residential areas.	miscellaneous
Semanya	N1   N29  Main roads in the country.  100		17   209  Primary roads.  90	1303  Secondary roads.  75	Tertiary roads.  55	"Surface" roads.  45		Service roads, small urban residential streets, et cetera.  30
Unesia	Trans-State (motorway) Highway designation begins with a 'U'	Intra-State (expressway) Highway designation begins with State Code e.g. 'A' for Darulaman or the first letter of each other state	Trans-City (surface highway) Highway designation begins with State Code e.g. A for Darulaman, and the first letter for each other state	miscellaneous	miscellaneous	miscellaneous	miscellaneous	miscellaneous
Vodeo	M1   M37  Motorways, freeways, expressways, and other limited access roads. Speed limits vary between provinces, but are generally between 80 km/h and 130 km/h.	A9   B36  A- and B-level national highways not classified as limited-access roads.	C780  C-level national highways not classified as limited-access roads.	SA 5 CA 16 Provincial highways and major urban and rural roads not classified as provincial highways.	Minor urban arterial and district roads.	Rural and other non-urban roads.	Residential and other roads used for local traffic.	Miscellaneous

Tagging by states of the Federal States

Eventually the FSA should have national standards; in the meantime, state mappers are encouraged to add their state to describe how they've been mapping their roadway networks.

	highway=
State	motorway	trunk	primary	secondary	tertiary	unclassified	residential	service
Clamash	F.S. motorways and state-level dual carriageway: grade separated and controlled access highways: Speed Limit 75 mph rural and 70 mph urban.	Major highways with dual carriageways: limited access: Speed Limit 65 mph rural and 45 mph urban.	Major highways. Typically two lanes in rural areas, may be divided by a median in urban areas: Speed Limit 60 mph rural and 35 mph urban.	Minor highways. Typically two lanes in rural areas, may be divided by a median in urban area: Speed Limit 60 mph rural and 35 mph urban.	Minor highways with single carriageway: Speed Limit 55 mph rural and 35 mph urban.	N.A.	Minor roads and streets: Speed Limit 50 mph rural and 25-30 mph in urban.	Private roads, service roads or alleys.
Gnaerey	Controlled Access Highways, including all FS routes, designated FS-000 or GY-000 (FS)	Mostly Controlled Access Highways, open to all traffic, usually sections of other routes, keeping the designation of that category	State Roads, connecting counties, or connections between those routes, usually designated without letter suffix	State or County Roads, connecting locations within a county, usually designated with the respective county's letter suffix	County Roads, connecting locations to higher order roads, usually designated with the respective county's letter suffix	Local roads, not intended but open for thru-traffic		Local routes, generally not suitable for thru-traffic
Minnonigan	Fully access-controlled with full grade separation from railroads and other roads. Includes the F.S. Motorway network, freeway portions of the Minnonigan 900-series expressway system, and other fully access-controlled facilities. Interchanges are numbered based on mileage, increasing from the southern or eastern terminus within the state of Minnonigan.	In rural areas, divided high-speed highways with limited access from cross-streets. Some major intersections may be grade-separated. In urban areas, generally denotes a high-volume, high-speed (above 50mph) roadway with six lanes or more that may or may not have a median.	In rural areas, high-speed two-lane roads with full access to and from most cross-streets. In suburban and urban areas, generally denotes a high-volume roadway with four-to-six lanes with speed limits generally between 35mph and 50mph.	In rural areas, similar two-lane cross-section as primary roads, but with lower volumes of traffic. In suburban and urban areas, generally denotes a mid- to high-volume roadway with two-to-four lanes with speed limits generally below 35mph.	Urban and suburban collector roads to connect neighborhoods to higher-speed roadways. Generally two lanes with speed limits below 35mph. Rarely used in rural areas.	Indicates a private or semi-private road off of the official state or municipal road networks, such as internal streets on college campuses, industrial facilities, or airports.	All other roads, generally serving properties immediately adjacent to the road and rarely used for through traffic.	Low-speed access roads and alleys. Also used for dedicated bus-only facilities in urban areas.
Ogdalen	FS Motorways and other limited access freeways	Major highways connecting large towns or covering large distances	Major commercial highways or important arterial roads	Medium commercial roads, major rural roads	Minor commerical or major residential streets	N.A.	All roads that don't fit other classifications	Alleys, Driveways, Parking, Access Roads, etc.
Orange Coast	Multi-lane high speed highways. Usually, only the national ones crossing the state.	Not in use in Elway roadway network	Major arterial highways with dual carriageways. Usually, but not only, all the state highways.	Minor arterial highways with dual carriageways. Usually, but not only, all the county highways.	Major roads with either dual or single carriageway in a city or town.	Not in use in Elway roadway network	Rural roads with lower width and speed limits and less important city streets.	Private roads, access roads or alleys.
Penquisset	Federally funded highways	State funded highways	Major Arterial Roads; All Penquisset state routes are either trunk or primary roads	Arterial roads; locally funded	Connecting and residential roads that carry high volumes of vehicles	Not used	Roads, usually non-through-ways, that serve residential communities	Privately owned (Public or Private sector) roads
Sierra	Controlled access dual carriageways. Used only for FS-routes and spurs.	Not used	All state highways. Always at-grade and one lane in each direction apart from the Northern Turnpike, which is dual carriageway.	Intrastate route designations or major roads in cities.	Used for county roads/routes. Often paved roads, but can be partially or fully unpaved in high mountain areas.	Minor roads, largely unpaved.	Primarily residential roads, paved in most parts but can be unpaved in mountains.	Access, private or other minor roadways
Tempache	High-speed, fully access-controlled, divided, with at least two lanes in each direction. All FS Routes and certain primary state routes.	High-speed, limited-access (at-grade intersections), divided highways with at least two lanes in each direction. Part of primary state route system.	Major arterial routes typically connecting larger population areas. Usually part of primary state route system.	Minor arterial routes and routes connecting smaller towns. Usually part of primary state route system.	Low capacity minor routes that are lined and paved with at least one lane in each direction. Usually part of secondary state route system.	Paved or unpaved lower capacity roads through rural areas. Usually part of secondary state route system.	Paved lower capacity roads through urban areas.	Low speed private roads, access roads, or alleys.
Wisecota	Controlled access divided highways, designated a FS route or State Primary.	Major thoroughfares with minimal intersections. Usually a State Primary, but may have no designation.	Arterial roads in cities. Will usually be a State Primary if in rural areas.	Minor arterials or major collectors in cities, or important roads in rural areas. Usually a State Secondary.	Collector roads in cities, or rural connecting roads. Usually has no designation, but may be State Secondary.	Any road that is not primarily for Residential or Commercial access. Mostly in rural areas.	Any road primarily for Residential or Commercial access. Mostly in developed areas.	Used for driveways, parking aisles, access routes, or any path that is not intended for normal travel.