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We are currently updating the pages to include all regionally different guidelines. If you find inconsistencies, please refer to the English page. Thank you!

Road types

For various Road types relevant attributes see the Road Aspects page.

Highways

Road type	Description	Locking
Freeway	Freeways	5
Major Highway	N1 - N99 (Belgium) N-Roads (Luxembourg)	4
Minor Highway	N100 - N999 (Belgium) CR-Roads (Luxembourg)	3
Ramp	Entrance and Exit ramps	4 - 5
Exception	R-Roads (Belgium) Can be Freeway, Major Highway or Minor Highway	3 - 5

Streets

Road type	Description	Locking
Primary Street	Main roads	2
Street	Normal streets	1 (2)
Narrow Street	Hard to access by car	3

Other drivable

Road type	Description	Locking
Off-road	Unpaved roads only suitable for 4x4	1
Parking Lot Road	Parking Gas stations	1
Private road	Partially accessible	1
Ferry	Crossing water	3 - 5

Non drivable

Road type	Description	Locking
Non-drivable roads	Railroads Metros Tramways	3
Non-drivable roads	Roads designated for airplanes (Airports)	5

Walking trail

Road type	Description	Locking
Non-drivable roads	Non driveable, with possible destination	1 - 3
Non-drivable roads	Non driveable, without possible destination	1 - 3 (5)
Non-drivable roads	Non driveable, without possible destination	1 - 3 (5)

For more information on the Non-drivable and Walking trail road categories see Non-drivable roads.

Functional classification of roads in Brussels

Brussels Regional Authority, in its “Good Move” plan, classifies the roads under following three categories :

• QUARTIER/WIJK
• CONFORT/COMFORT
• PLUS

The Region publishes a map with that classification, at mobigis : select “reseau et traffic/SMV auto” or “network en verkeer/MWS auto”.

This is also visible in the WME, via the “Open Maps”.

Use the following table to determine the Waze road type for each road.

When a Regional classification matches several Waze types (e.g. Streets and Primary Streets), use Waze generic guidance to assign the appropriate type. Likewise, use Waze generic guidance when lateral roads (side roads) are not classified by the Region.

Within a quartier/wijk, if it improves the visual guidance to the app user, assign Primary Streets to the most frequented roads based on local knowledge and/or observed physical road layout.

Brussels Regional Classification	Waze Road Type
QUARTIER/WIJK	Street Primary Street
CONFORT/COMFORT	Minor Highway
PLUS	Major Highway Ramp Motorway/Freeway

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