User:Stretch Longfellow/Nebraska Highway Classification

This is the project page for the State of Nebraska highway classification project. This page and its sub pages contain the current status, inventories, proposals, and implementation tracking for major highways in Nebraska.

If you are new to this wiki page, please look it over. If you are familiar with the current content and want to help the effort by joining the discussion or changing the map, please go to the last section of this wiki page titled Call to action.

Introduction

This project is a state specific classification project that builds on the United States highway classification project. Reading that information is encouraged as it is the foundation for the work being done in Nebraska. It is also useful to refer to some of the other states' efforts which are linked to by that page. Many of the other state projects use good practices that can be used to inform our approach. Note also that there is a small community of Nebraska mappers who are using Slack to discuss this work. Refer to the #local-Nebraska Slack channel. Significant destinations in Nebraska were determined first by classification of city, then by any other significant rural population center worth considering. This table should be used when determining trunk road networks. Nebraska does not have an official designation of "town"; governmental classification jumps straight from village to city. Currently for OSM's classification system, cities with a population of under 10,000 are labeled as towns, as well as suburbs as per OSM guidelines.

Significant destinations in Nebraska

Population Center	Population	Classification	Trunk Network Serving	Other Notes
Omaha	487,300	City	I 80, US 6, US 75, NE 133	Population only includes Omaha proper, not suburbs
Lincoln	292,657	City	I 80, US 77, NE 2
Bellevue	63,757	Town	US 75, NE 370	Suburb of Omaha
Grand Island	52,335	City	I 80, US 30, US 34, NE 2
Kearney	33,959	City	I 80
Fremont	27,373	City	US 30, US 75, US 77
Hastings	25,037	City	US 34
Norfolk	24,967	City	US 81, US 275
Columbus	24,123	City	US 30, US 81
Papillion	24,105	Town	NE 370	Suburb of Omaha
North Platte	22,978	City	I 80, US 83
La Vista	16,648	Town	NE 370	Suburb of Omaha
Scottsbluff	14,282	City	US 20, NE 71
South Sioux City	13,814	Town	I 129, US 20, US 77	Suburb of Sioux City, IA
Beatrice	12,209	City	US 77
Lexington	10,360	City	I 80
Chalco	10,092	Borough/Suburb	I 80	Census-designated place in Omaha
Gering	8,435	Town	NE 71	Suburb of Scottsbluff
York	8,133	Town	I 80, US 81
Alliance	7,971	Town	NE 2, US 385

Purpose

This page is a place to organize the classification of Nebraska highways to align with a more contemporary view of highway classifications. The goal is to start at the higher levels first by selecting the highways that are physically motorways and also the trunk highways that connect regional centers and then eventually work to provide a set of rules to classify other highways in the system at lower priorities. This work is inspired by and will consider broader US Highway Classification work being done.

Current status

This chart summarizes the current overall status of this project based on highway type. This chart will be updated as progress is made.

Summary Status of Nebraska Highway Classification Project

Highway type	Inventory	Proposal	Implementation
Motorway	Written; under review	Proposal has been put forth; wiki page (this) has been updated to reflect the agreed guidelines.	In progress
Expressway	Written; under review	Proposal has been put forth; wiki page (this) has been updated to reflect the agreed guidelines.	In progress
Trunk	Written; under review	Proposal has been put forth; wiki page (this) has been updated to reflect the agreed guidelines.	In progress
Primary	Coming Soon		In progress
Other types	Not within scope of project at this time

Process

The US highway classification project suggests a process to use for a project like this. Before doing any changes to the map based on this, please refer to the Process to Follow section below which summarizes that guidance and provides Nebraska specific information. Like anything else in this wiki and on this project, discussion and changes are encouraged.

Proposed guidelines

This section contains guidelines for approval by the participants of the classification discussion. This section serves two purposes: 1) to document the agreed guidelines; and, 2) to track progress as it is made against these guidelines. Before doing any OSM reclassification of highways be sure to read this section and the next section which details the process including the use of special hash tags and recommended changeset text.

Tagging general guidelines

Motorways and Trunk Roads

In general, Nebraska follows the US guidelines. Please review sections 2.1 Motorway and 2.2 Trunk. The text here simply summarizes the general US guidance for motorways and trunk roads and does not provide any different guidance. The general guideline for motorways is that the highway is either a signed Interstate highway or it possesses a set of physical characteristics about grade separation, on/off ramps, at-grade intersections, divided carriageways, and that it is designed for high speed for long distances. That wiki (in section Exceptions and Borderline Cases) addresses how to address gaps in Interstate Highways. There are no such gaps in Nebraska.

As with the motorway consensus, Nebraska's trunk guidance tracks closely with US Highway reclassifcation guidance. Before this proposal was developed, highway=trunk was mostly used for high-speed routes with divided carriageways that did not classify as highway=motorway, as was true in much of the United States.

The agreed to consensus in Nebraska adopts the new view of highway=trunk that is most accepted in the United States today. That is, so long as they are reasonably well-built, highways are trunks if they connect population centers or regions. These trunks should form a network with motorways that is neither too dense nor too sparse. This network of motorways and trunk roads should avoid spurs when at all possible.

Refer to the specific route by route proposals listed below.

Motorway islands

The US Exceptions section also defines and addresses how to handle "motorway islands". The US guidelines give the states some leeway in how to handle them. While it provides general guidance, it provides each state the ability to provide its own guidance provided there is discussion and consensus about the approach. Please review the US guidelines. Following are the proposed Nebraska specific guidelines.

If a section of highway appears to meet the US physical definition of a motorway and it is an "island", use the following guidelines to determine whether to categorize it as a motorway or trunk. (Note that while there may be instances of motorway islands that are parts of primary or lesser highways, none were encountered so far, so "trunk" is used here.)

General guidelines to follow for classifying possible motorway islands

1	If the candidate has three or more grade-separated interchanges and travels a minimum of 5 miles it should be categorized as motorway		motorway
2	If the candidate has two grade-separated interchanges it should be classified as trunk unless:		trunk
	a	It is discussed in a forum such as Slack and the consensus is it should be a motorway	motorway
3	If the candidate has only a single grade-separated interchange, it should be classified as trunk unless:		trunk
	a	It is discussed in a forum such as Slack and the consensus is it should be a motorway	motorway

Currently, there are no motorway islands in Nebraska, although the NE 2 segment that forms the Lincoln South Beltway that is due for completion in 2023 will be one once it opens until the rest of the Lincoln West Beltway is upgraded to freeway.

Where does the motorway end? Consider each end of the island independently. For each end, as long as the other physical attributes apply, the end of the motorway island will be delimited by the first at grade intersection encountered. If the first at grade intersection for both sides of the divided highway is the same, then that is where the end should be marked. But what do you do if one carriageway has an intersection that is not shared by the other carriageway? If you applied the rule to each carriageway independently then one of motorway's carriageways would be longer than the other. The consensus in a discussion in the #highway-classification channel of Slack seems to be that the longer one should be truncated to match the shorter one.

Motorway spurs

There is no clear guidance about "motorway spurs" in the US guidance other than the network of highway=motorway or highway=trunk roads "should collectively form a coherent network of interconnected roads without dangling spurs or 'islands' of disconnected roads." The following is how to handle motorway spurs in Nebraska.

A motorway spur meeting the US physical criteria that exists, or is created in the future, is acceptable in Nebraska if it connects to a motorway network. An example is a motorway leaving the Lincoln metro area that peters out and becomes a trunk highway until it reaches some regional center. If the part of the highway "beyond" the motorway spur should be trunk and the spur meets the physical criteria of being a motorway, then it is appropriate to leave the motorway as mapped or, in the future, map it as a motorway if it meets the physical criteria of being one.

A spur should have some characteristics of the motorway it branches off of. For example, Storz Expressway has an interchange as it spurs off of North Freeway in Omaha. However, US 77 does not have any interchanges or separated grades outside of the beltway before an at-grade intersection, so it is not a motorway spur of the beltway.

If there are motorway spurs that do not meet the above criteria (i.e. they do not morph into a trunk highway that connects to a regional center) then they should be discussed individually in the #local-nebraska Slack channel or the talk page as a possible exception to this overall guidance.

Where does a motorway spur end? Use the same guidance as for motorway islands.

Interstate non-motorways

In Nebraska, all Interstate highways (76, 80, 129, 180, 480, 680) are mapped as motorways. Both I 129 and I 180 do have slight stretches past their first interchange to avoid a spur that would not de-escalate to a trunk road. Nebraska does not have any Business Interstates (the last two in Sidney and Pine Bluff have been decommissioned, the latter of which is still in place on the Wyoming side of the border but not Nebraska). Nebraska does have an extensive signed Alternate Interstate system following alongside I 80, generally following US 30, US 34, and US 6 and linked to the main freeway through several connecting roads. I 80 Alt should have the same priority as the level of road it follows and should not be elevated solely based on the fact that it is an alternate interstate route.

Expressways

The US Highway reclassification page has a section mostly devoted to expressways titled Exceptions and Borderline Cases. The guidance provided there seems to apply well in Nebraska, as well as the Key:expressway page itself and the graphic below.

Nebraska will follow the US Guidelines for expressways. Note that in the discussions for these qualifications, it was agreed that limited access does not mean that it has to have separated-grade interchanges. Often for Nebraska expressways due to their rural nature, this means that intersections with rural county roads are typically limited to an intersection per mile, with possibly intersections for driveways approximately at half-mile intervals. All intersections should have at minimum left turn lanes to minimize impact to traffic. Speed limits of expressways in rural areas is typically 70 MPH as opposed to the usual 65 MPH default of highways.

Urban areas will need further discussion, but at minimum they should have partially controlled access (such as using frontage roads). Secondary roads and below should not be classified as expressway without discussion, likely elevating status to primary. It is proposed that urban expressways would have a maximum of one intersection per half mile, and speed limits of 55 MPH or greater.

In the event that a trunk road does NOT need the standards of expressway (such as a super 2 or within an urban area where the median may be removed in favor of a center lane), the tag expressway=no should be used. This is not required on primary roads and below, but may be used if felt necessary.

Note that in some cases, the name of the route may contain the word "expressway" but not meet the OSM standards of an expressway. For example, the Kearney East Expressway is a two-lane undivided road along its northern and part of its eastern alignment; this does not meet the OSM or MUTCD standards of expressways.

It is also important to note that unlike motorway and trunk guidelines, there are no current requirements for expressways to be networked as it is more of a rendering tool than a routing tool.

Additionally, usage of the term "super 2" varies from state to state. In states such as Kansas, this refers to a two-lane road that otherwise functions as a freeway with entirely controlled interchanges, which does meet the above qualifications for expressway. In Nebraska however, NDOT has taken to referring to a super 2 as a two-lane road with alternating passing lanes. This does not meet the standards for expressways.

Route by route guidelines

This section has the specific highway by highway guidelines. Also provided in each of the tables is a column to track progress.

Motorway and Trunk detailed guidelines

This section provides details of what should be done for all highways in Nebraska that are either currently tagged highway=motorway and highway=trunk or in the views of this project, should be. These sections are combined because the networks should be interconnected. For all of the highways listed below, mappers should verify that the highway sections currently tagged as motorway and trunk actually meet the general guidelines given above. Consider for each section of each highway whether it ends in the right place. This includes especially considering the end points of motorway islands and motorway spurs. Additionally, any incorrect gaps should be fixed. A gap can be formed due to not tagging the segment with highway=motorway or highway=trunk or not having the segment correctly part of a route relation for that highway. All highways named below should be carefully reviewed for all of these things. The table provides some indication based on the inventory for which highways are known to have islands, spurs or gaps. The inventory process may have missed something so it is important for mappers to carefully review the entire highway route.

Of note in identifying motorway segments of state highways, Nebraska prevents concurrencies of state highways and interstates, resulting in two unusual gaps on NE 10 and NE 71 as they intersect I 80 in different locations but do not run concurrent with I 80. NE 2 is a more extreme version of this, with a gap between its terminus near Grand Island and where it resumes at US 77 near Saltillo.

The following chart provides a simple list of the motorways and trunk roads to be carefully mapped according to the guidelines. Notes follow to explain the columns in the table. In instances of concurrency, the primary highway is listed.

Class	Highway	Network	Ref	Beginning/ Ending	S I	Motorway segments	Progress	Notes
US	I 76	US:I	76	throughout length		All	Complete
	I 80		80	throughout length		All	Complete
	I 129		129	Exit 1–Iowa (South Sioux City)		All	Complete
	I 180		180	I 80–9th/10th St (Lincoln)		All	Complete
	I 480		480	throughout length		All	Complete
	I 680		680	throughout length		All	Complete
	US 6	US:US	6	NE 31–IA State Line		204th St–96th St (Omaha)	Complete
				Holdrege–Hastings			Complete
	US 20		20	Entire length		I-129	Needs review
	US 26		26	WY State Line–NE 28B Link			Complete
	US 30		30	Grand Island–IA State Line			Complete	Construction North Bend–Fremont
	US 34		34	La Platte–IA State Line			Complete
				I-180–O St (Lincoln)			Needs review
				CO State Line–Haigler			Rejected	Proposed by CO working group
	US 75		75	KS State Line–Sorensen Pkwy		Plattsmouth–North Omaha	Complete
	US 77		77	KS State Line–Fremont	I	NE 2–Yankee Hill Rd (Lincoln) Pioneers Blvd–I 80 (Lincoln)	Complete Complete	Construction in Fremont
				Dakota City–IA State Line			Complete
	US 81		81	KS State Line–Norfolk Norfolk–SD State Line			Complete Complete
	US 83		83	throughout length			Complete
	US 183		183	KS State Line–Holdrege			Complete
	US 275		275	Omaha–Norfolk		Omaha–Fremont	Complete	Construction around Scribner
	US 281		281	Hastings–Grand Island			Complete
	US 385		385	NE 62A Link–SD State Line			Complete
NE	NE 2	US:NE	2	Alliance–Grand Island			Needs review
				Lincoln–IA State Line	I	US 77–S 134th St (Lincoln)	Complete
	NE 31		31	Gretna–Omaha			Complete
	NE 71		71	Kimball–Scottsbluff			Complete
	NE 133		133	Omaha–Blair			Complete
	NE 370		370	throughout length			Complete
	NE 28B Link	US:NE:Link	28B	throughout length		All	Complete
	NE 62A Link		62A	throughout length			Complete
Lincoln	9th St/10th St			Rosa Parks Way–I 180			Needs review	North/south routes
	Rosa Parks Way			throughout length			Needs review	Slight extension onto L St
Omaha	Abbott Dr			N 10th St–Story Expwy			Complete
	Cuming St			US 75–N 10th St			Complete
	Storz Expwy			throughout length		North Fwy–N 16th St	Complete

Notes

1. Network is the network identifier used in the route relation for this highway
2. Ref is the reference number used in the route relation. For example: network US:US ref 169 refers to US Highway 169
3. S I indicates whether this highway is part of a S(pur) of a motorway/trunk network or a motorway I(sland)
4. Beginning/Ending shows where the motorway classification should begin/end, from west to east or south to north (following mile markers)

Expressway detailed guidelines

The following chart details specific places where expressway=yes should be used in Nebraska. In instances of concurrency, the primary highway is listed.

Table S2: Expressways

Class	Highway	Beginning/Ending	Class	Gaps	Progress	Notes
US	6	Lincoln/Waverly	Primary		Needs review	Considered urban or rural? Long enough to merit? Does connect Lincoln and Waverly.
	20	Jackson/Dakota City	Primary		Complete
	26	Morrill/Minatare	Trunk	Mitchell	Complete	Extension to NE 62A Link planned
	30	Sidney	Primary		Needs review
		Columbus/Fremont	Trunk		Complete	New North Bend-Fremont route under construction
	34	Lincoln	Primary		Complete
		LaPlatte/IA State Line	Trunk		Complete	Extends into IA
	75	Paul/Nebraska City	Trunk		Complete
		Plattsmouth	Trunk		Complete	Extension to NE 1 under construction
		Omaha/Wash. Co. Line	Primary		Complete
	77	Beatrice/Wahoo	Trunk		Complete
		Fremont	Trunk		Complete	Under construction
		Dakota City/SD State Line	Primary/ Trunk		Complete	Extends into SD
	81	KS State Line/York	Trunk		Complete	Extends into KS
		Bellwood/Hadar	Trunk	Columbus Norfolk	Complete
	83	Lake Maloney/North Platte	Trunk		Complete
	275	Battle Creek/Stanton	Primary/ Trunk	Norfolk	Complete
		Scribner/Fremont	Trunk		Complete	Extension to West Point under construction
		Omaha/IA State Line	Primary	Omaha	Complete Removed; needs review	Extends into IA In Omaha, max speed limit 45 MPH (truck 35 MPH) but frequent frontage roads and some interchanges
	281	Hastings/St. Libory	Primary/ Trunk	Grand Island	Complete
	285	NE 62A Link/Alliance	Trunk		Complete
NE	2	Lincoln/IA State Line	Trunk		Complete	Extends into IA
	10	Kearney	Primary		Complete	Does not include I 80 interchange itself
	31	Gretna/Omaha	Trunk	Gretna	Needs review	Review urban segments
	35	Norfolk	Primary		Complete
	64	Valley/Omaha	Primary		Needs review	Review urban segments
	71	Kimball/Scottsbluff	Trunk		Complete	Does not include I 80 interchange itself
	133	Omaha/Blair	Trunk		Complete
	370	Entire length	Trunk		Needs review	Review urban segments
	17J Link	Entire length	Primary		Needs review
	55X Link	Entire length	Primary		Proposed
Bellevue	Harlan Dr	To Ft. Crook Rd	Primary		Complete
	Ft. Crook Rd	Entire length	Primary		Removed; needs review	Has interchanges but speed limit 45 MPH
Columbus	Lost Creek Pkwy/ E 5th Ave	US 81–US 30	Primary		Needs review	Bypass around Columbus; alt truck route
Lincoln	Nebraska Parkway	Lincoln	Primary		Complete	Apples Way to NE 2
	Rosa Parks Way	Entire length	Primary		Proposed	Speed limit 50 MPH; only one intersection
	Warlick Blvd	Entire length	Primary		Proposed	Speed limit 50 MPH; only one intersection
Omaha	Abbott Dr	Entire length	Trunk		Proposed	Wait until Eppley construction is complete to evaluate
	Sorensen Pkwy	Entire length	Primary		Proposed
	Storz Expwy	Entire length	Trunk		Complete

Default classifications by type

This is a general guide when mapping Nebraska highways, with the minimum for each type of highway based on general OSM guidelines. Note that highways can be marked as higher levels if appropriate, but should not be marked below this without discussion.

Excluding BIA and USFS routes, Nebraska highways are all paved with only four exceptions: NE 18, NE 65, NE 67, and NE 67C Spur.

Nebraska's secondary state highway system is unique in the US; each highway is numbered based on the primary county it passes though in alphabetical order (i.e. Adams County will have highways beginning with 1, while York County will have 93), followed by a single letter and a classification of Link, Spur, or Rec (Recreation Road). Because of this numbering system, people often think it is a county highway system, but it is part of the state highway network. Also note that the numbering system does not match the license plate numbering system that Nebraska uses to designate counties.

Table S3: Classifications by type

Type of Highway	Subcategory	Network	Classification	Exceptions	Notes
Interstate		US:I	motorway
	Alternate	US:I:Alternate	tertiary		Should follow classification of the road it follows; do not determine classification based on presence of I 80 ALT
	Business	US:I:Business:Loop	Not currently present in Nebraska (I 80 Pine Bluff Loop ends at the WY border; decommissioned in NE)
		US:I:Business:Spur	Not currently present in Nebraska (Sidney spur decomissioned)
US Highway		US:US	primary
	Business	US:US:Business	secondary		Business routes are not part of the state highway system in Nebraska but some cities sign them independently
	Truck	US:US:Truck	tertiary
State Highway		US:NE	secondary	Gravel highways (NE 18, 65, and 67) should be tertiary for the length containing gravel between connecting highways	NE 25A is a mainline highway despite having a letter in its name
	Business	US:NE:Business	secondary		Business routes are not part of the state highway system in Nebraska but some cities sign them independently
	Link	US:NE:Link	tertiary	Unsigned links under a half mile should be tagged as unsigned_ref= and *_link	Despite being a spur into west Lincoln, NE 55K Link is signed as a link highway.
	Recreation Road	US:NE:Rec	unclassified		Most are unsigned and poorly documented. Typically does not enter city limits, so they are isolated from the highway network.
	Spur	US:NE:Spur	tertiary
	Truck	US:NE:Truck	tertiary
US Forest Routes	Highway	(multiple; forest specific)	tertiary		Much tagging needs to be updated
	Road	(multiple; forest specific)	track		Much tagging needs to be updated
Bureau of Indian Affairs Routes		US:BIA	unclassified		Much still needs to be mapped, many are poorly documented.
County Highway		N/A	Nebraska does not have a county highway network. DO NOT tag roads with ref=CR ##. We've had some bad imports that include this.

Process to follow

This section has two parts: the overall process to be followed by the states in their highway classification effort and some guidance specific to Nebraska on how to actually make map changes.

Overall process

The US 2021 highway classification guidance describes a recommended process to be followed by the states. The following table summarizes the approach recommended and an easy to refer to status of the entire project.

As we expect to do this project in phases, some of these steps will be repeated. New charts may be developed below for new phases of the project. For the first phase the emphasis is on Motorways and Trunk highways.

Table S4: Nebraska Motorways, Expressways, and Trunk Highways

Step	Step description	Notes	Status
1	Read and digest US approach		Done
2	Draft specific guidelines	This wiki page is the repository of Nebraska guidelines	Ongoing
		Develop a motorway highway proposal	Proposed
		Develop an expressway highway proposal	Proposed
		Develop a trunk highway proposal	Proposed
		Develop a primary highway proposal
3a	Contact other local mappers	A number of local mappers will be invited to the discussion both in Slack and via direct messages in OSM.	Began
3b	Achieve consensus	Achieve consensus for a motorway highway proposal	Proposed
		Achieve consensus for an expressway highway proposal	Proposed
		Achieve consensus for a trunk highway proposal	Proposed
		Achieve consensus for a primary highway proposal
4	Achieve buy-in and update guidelines	Agree general guidelines and revise wiki.
		Agree motorway highway guidelines and revise wiki.
		Agree expressway guidelines and revise wiki.
		Agree trunk guidelines and revise wiki.
		Agree primary highway guidelines and revise wiki
5	Re-tag highways per guidelines	See some notes below about the re-tagging process	See Mapping steps and progress tracking section below

For communications and consensus building the primary mechanisms are this wiki and its discussion page as well as the Slack #nebraska-local channel.

Mapping status and progress tracking

This section provides a suggested approach to making changes based on the agreed guidelines.

While anyone can update anything in Nebraska in any order based on these guidelines, it is suggested that mappers communicate in Slack (if possible) about their intents and progress. This will help avoid two mappers updating the same highway at the same time. Alternatively to using Slack you may update this wiki page with status information.

Each of the tables for motorways, expressways and trunk highways have a tracking column (called Progress) which will be updated periodically by a wiki editor with these statuses:

• blank (i.e. not started);
• in progress (i.e. started but not finished);
• done (i.e. this highway is done).

Any line in the tables that is not marked done is a candidate for work.

For all work done for this re-classification project the following changeset comment is suggested:

Implementation of agreed Nebraska highway classification changes.  https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Stretch_Longfellow/Nebraska_Highway_Classification #us-highway-classification #ne-highway-classification

The above will notify other mappers of the guidelines being followed and provide some hash tags that might be trackable to measure progress US wide.

It is important to carefully map the entire highway (e.g. the motorway or expressway segments) as there are often gaps. These gaps may be because the individual part is not tagged correctly or that it is not properly part of a highway route relation.

The US classification page recommends using expressway=yes under certain conditions and ensuring highway=trunk and highway=trunk_link roads (whether existing or newly classified) address whether or not bicycle and foot traffic are allowed. In Nebraska bicycles and pedestrians are allowed on any non-freeway road not otherwise posted, so in general bicycle=yes and foot=yes tags should be used.

The US page gives some tips on using JOSM to do the updating and gives some ideas about useful Overpass Turbo queries (in support of JOSM -- not sure if they work with ID). It also provides a possibly useful query to validate what you have done.

Potential scope expansions

 The following are not within scope at this time. The overall guideline might be to follow the normal tagging guidance for this (point to US, or point to the generic wiki pages?) highway=primary, secondary, tertiary, unclassified, residential, service roads (including driveways and parking aisles), tracks

possibly include metro areas (e.g. Omaha, Lincoln, Fremont, Grand Island)

Consider how to handle "special highways" such as memorial highways

scenic roads (Nebraska and national -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Scenic_Byway)

Call to action

This section provides a current list of ways community members can contribute to the Nebraska highway classification effort. This list is expected to change frequently as progress is made or stumbling blocks are encountered. Please feel free to add to this list. All items in this list should be things that can be worked on right now as opposed to future work.

Read, Write, Review

These items are about the wiki and the proposals. They include advancing the community understanding of what needs to be done in Nebraska in the short term. The unordered short list follows:

• If you have not reviewed the entirety of this wiki, a good first step is to look it over. It is the most detailed description of what we have done so far and what is left to do.
• If you are not now participating in Slack, consider joining the Slack #local-nebraska channel. It has the most current and active discussion this author knows of dealing comprehensively with mapping topics in Nebraska including highway reclassification. It also has other focused discussion channels on a whole range of US mapping topics.
• If you are aware of any other active discussions about highway tagging that would be relevant to Nebraska, please let us know (you can add pointers right here!)
• Reach out to other mappers you know that are actively mapping motorways or trunk highways in Nebraska. Let them know about this wiki and also Slack if they are so inclined.

Change the OSM Map

The motorways, expressways and trunk highways guidelines have been agreed and mappers may begin making changes based on the guidelines. Please also refer to section 6.2 which provides some minimal process steps to ensure that mapping is done in an orderly fashion and that other mappers can be notified that the changes conform to these guidelines.