On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 6:01 PM, Tod Fitch <[email protected]> wrote:
> I believe that as long as there is at least a solid barrier between > opposing traffic and access is limited to slip/link/ramp ways then that > section is classified as a freeway by CalTrans. Actually, just the latter. There's a fair number of mostly mountainous and rural examples in southern and Sierra parts of California where you'll see freeway entrances leading to a four-lane undivided. Or the division is basically a token move; I recall there's a segment of the 118 around Rocky Peak that allows you to drive on the lefthand shoulder, left of the single-orange line (as opposed to the flush median usually painted to provide the carpool lane some distance from substantially slower general access traffic found closer to central LA) if you're a carpool during peak hours with the only thing separating you from oncoming traffic doing the same thing is a flimsy chain-link fence I wouldn't trust to stop a bicycle from crossing over. Checking street view if they finally fixed it suggests that as of June 2012 it appears to be freshly renovated to use a flush median to seperate now 24-hour carpool access and replaced the chain link with a K-rail. > On the other hand, there is a nearly 40 mile sections of CA152 between > Casa De Fruita and I-5 which at either end have miles of limited access but > which I think are offically non-freeway (tagged as trunk in OSM). So it > could be that the length of the limited access section is taken into > consideration by CalTrans when deciding to put up a “begin freeway” sign. > Well, controlled access. I consider controlled access a little higher than limited access, the difference being whether or not surface intersections and property access is banned unless otherwise unfeasible. I would consider limited access or a mix of limited and controlled access as a trunk. About the only thing I really consider a motorway would be multilane, controlled access,
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