# New Road Type Guidelines
**URL:** https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/new-road-type-guidelines/230119
**Category:** Indiana
**Created:** [May 9, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/new-road-type-guidelines/230119 "2014-05-09T18:28:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@davielde](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/davielde)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/new-road-type-guidelines/230119/41 "2014-07-22T14:38:25Z")
I’ve now finished up most of the FC around Evansville, but I’ve run out of editable area and can’t finish the whole county.
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### Author:  [@davielde](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/davielde)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/new-road-type-guidelines/230119/42 "2014-07-26T02:03:18Z")
Terre Haute is done as well, but as with Evansville, I was only able to do the city itself and not much of the surrounding county.
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### Author:  [@MeridianHills](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/MeridianHills)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/new-road-type-guidelines/230119/43 "2014-07-28T02:34:02Z")
I have some editing rights to Evansville / Vanderburgh County. When I get back from Turks & Caicos I will check the FC Map and see what I can do.
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### Author:  [@roadtechie](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/roadtechie)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/new-road-type-guidelines/230119/44 "2014-07-29T22:16:32Z")
Well, Metro Louisville (Indiana portion) has now been updated. Hopefully the routing sticks to more primary roads now and doesn’t take me down residential streets anymore.
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### Author:  [@roadtechie](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/roadtechie)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/new-road-type-guidelines/230119/45 "2014-08-01T13:17:41Z")
> [@MeridianHills](#):
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> I have some editing rights to Evansville / Vanderburgh County. When I get back from Turks & Caicos I will check the FC Map and see what I can do.
Let me know if you need any help with that. I can edit most of Evansville as well.
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### Author:  [@roadtechie](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/roadtechie)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/new-road-type-guidelines/230119/46 "2014-08-01T18:26:33Z")
hey guys, I found another link on the indot website that shows exactly the same thing the PDF format shows. This is only in map form and seems much easier to view when you are working with a large area. Please let me know what you think about using this for updating roads. [https://gis.in.gov/apps/DOT/RoadwayInventory/](https://gis.in.gov/apps/DOT/RoadwayInventory/)
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### Author:  [@ndgeek](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ndgeek)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/new-road-type-guidelines/230119/47 "2014-11-07T19:01:22Z")
I’ve been out of the loop for some time now (I lost my AM status some time ago for lack of activity), but was reading through the thread and the updates, and I’m not quite sure I understand the relation between county roads, “minor arterials”, and “primary streets”. Take the following area in St. Joseph/Elkhart counties: [https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=usa&lon=-86.08338&lat=41.67665&layers=941&zoom=2](https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=usa&lon=-86.08338&lat=41.67665&layers=941&zoom=2)
Many of these county roads are marked as “Minor Highway” for part or all of their path. Many others are marked as “street”. If I’m interpreting the chart found [here](https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Road_types/USA#Quick_reference_chart) correctly, the vast majority of these roads should be standardized on “Primary Street”. Two specific examples: Ash Rd (N/S county line road partially classified as “Minor Highway”) and Douglas Rd (E/W road partially classified as “Street”)…both of these, if I’m reading correctly, should be “Primary Street”. Additionally, the non-neighborhood county roads should also be upgraded (Beech, Buckeye, Birch, Apple, etc.) or downgraded (Cleveland, Bittersweet, Indiana, etc.) to “Primary Street”. Am I reading through all this correctly?
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### Author:  [@roadtechie](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/roadtechie)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/new-road-type-guidelines/230119/48 "2014-11-08T00:55:42Z")
> [@ndgeek](#):
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> Many of these county roads are marked as “Minor Highway” for part or all of their path. Many others are marked as “street”. If I’m interpreting the chart found [here](https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Road_types/USA#Quick_reference_chart) correctly, the vast majority of these roads should be standardized on “Primary Street”. Two specific examples: Ash Rd (N/S county line road partially classified as “Minor Highway”)
This is listed on the indot webpage [https://gis.in.gov/apps/DOT/RoadwayInventory/](https://gis.in.gov/apps/DOT/RoadwayInventory/) as a minor arterial which would therefore make it a Minor Hwy since it is a County Hwy per [https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Road\_types/USA#Quick\_reference\_chart](https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Road_types/USA#Quick_reference_chart) Ash Rd North of Edison changes to a major collector which would make it a primary street
> [@ndgeek](#):
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> and Douglas Rd (E/W road partially classified as “Street”)…both of these, if I’m reading correctly, should be “Primary Street”.
And following these same guidelines Douglas Rd should be Primary Street from Fir to Ash; Minor Hwy from Fir to Ironwood; and Primary Street from Ironwood to Michigan St/Dixie Way
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