Road Hierarchy
A road hierarchy is a scheme for categorising roads into groups based on a number of factors including; usage, location, surface type, capacity, etc.
The NAASRA Road Classification System is one of the best known Road Hierarchies.
Road Classes
The names of road classes vary from one Road Authority to another, but may include the following.
- Access Place
- Access Road
- Access Street
- Arterial Road
- Collector Road
- Collector Street
- Collector-Distributor Road
- Distributor Road
- District Distributor
- Fire Access Track
- Industrial Access Street
- Industrial Collector
- Industrial Road
- Link Road
- Local Distributor
- Local Road
- Local Street
- Primary Distributor
- Principal Road
- Resident Access Lane
- Right-of-way
- Service Lane
- Service Road
- Sub-Arterial Road
- Trunk Collector Street
- Trunk Road
- Urban Arterial Road
Example Road Hierarchy Plan
Image courtesy Bundaberg Regional Council - Click image to Zoom
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