Road Hierarchy
A Road Hierarchy (also Road Classification Hierarchy) is a scheme for categorising roads into groups based on a number of factors including; usage, location, surface type, capacity, etc.
The Whittlesea City Council for example classifies its roads into three major and nine minor classifications as shown below:
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
Related Pages
- AMCORD Road Types
- Asset Hierarchy
- Council Service Hierarchy
- NAASRA Road Classification System
- Road Class Matrix
- QSIC Digital Road Network Standards
- Service Hierarchy
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External Links & References
- Wikipedia
- QSIC Digital Road Network Standards
- Report to ICSM on National Road Classification Developments
- City of Palmerston Subdivision Guidelines
- Road Hierarchy Principles for Townsville/Thuringowa
- Townsville Road Hierarchy
- Perth Metropolitan Road Hierarchy
- Tasmanian Road Hierarchy
- Google Search (Road Hierarchy)
- Google Search (Road Classification Hierarchy)