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Tag bicycle/pedestrian way on railway bridge

There is a bridge crossing a river whose characteristics are;

Allow trains to cross the river
Has a narrow path on on the bridge next to the tracks that can be used by pedestrians and cyclists. In fact a bicycle route that is part of a relation goes along this path.

How do I tag this path whist it is on the bridge? Do I draw a highway=path right next to railway=rail tag? Do I draw a bridge?

Thanks

cycleway railwaybridge

asked 27 May '18, 23:11

GavinX
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One Answer:

You can map this as follows

2 ways close to one another, one for the railway, one for path. Split both ways at the beginning/end of the bridge and tag that section as bridge=yes, layer=1. Now, at least you know there is a bridge along the path. But it appears as if there are two bridges. You might stop here, and that is what many people have done.
In addition, map the bridge as an area. Tag that area as man_made=bridge, layer=1. The wiki page on man_made=bridge has some pictures and details on the proper mapping.

Note that the value of the layer lag of bridge=yes and man_made=bridge has to be the same and higher than the layer of the underlying stream, road, etc.

answered 28 May '18, 04:16

escada
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