User:Gyrbo/Road types

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Rendering	Photo
highway	motorway		A restricted access major divided highway, normally with 2 or more running lanes plus emergency hard shoulder. Equivalent to the Freeway, Autobahn etc.
highway	trunk		Roads with 2x2 lanes, divided by a raised section. No bicycles or pedestrians are allowed.
highway	primary		Nx or Nxx roads.
highway	secondary		Nxxx roads (and important and very busy non-N roads)
highway	tertiary		Non-N roads that are fairly busy. These generally have (dashed) white lines down the center. Also important roads in a city center.
highway	residential		Residential roads with houses or other buildings besides. Two cars can pass normally.
highway	unclassified		Rural roads. Usually bordered by fields/farms and potentially some houses. "1,5" lanes road (two cars have some difficulty passing).
highway	unsurfaced		An unpaved unclassified road (without a hardened surface). They are still intended for general use (unlike a track).
highway	track		Unpaved/unsealed roads for agricultural use; gravel roads in the forest etc.