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==Special Roads for Colorado==
====Special Roads for Colorado====
[[File:RoadPicN6.jpg|300px|thumbnail|Example of a "2 track road." This would be set as a dirt road]]
[[File:RoadPicN6.jpg|300px|thumbnail|Example of a "2 track road." This would be set as Off Road / Not Maintained]]
In Colorado, we do not use the dirt road type unless it is for 2 unimproved roads. Any road that a highway vehicle would be able to easily travel would not be considered a "Dirt Road/4x4 trail."
Colorado uses the "unpaved" road attribute when the road is "dirt" or "gravel" but is maintained or "improved" by the city or county.  This means that road is graded and leveled from time to time.  The "Off-Road/Not Maintained" road type will be used for "2 track" jeep trail type unimproved roads. These type of roads are normally found in the mountain areas of the state and should rarely be used around or in any city environment.  If you can't decide on what type to use just think, if a typical highway vehicle could easily travel (at 10 - 25 mph) should be considered a "street" with the "Unpaved" road attribute.
See this [https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Forest_Service_Roads#Maintenance_Level_Road_Images Forest Service Roads] section about Forest Service roads for some clarification. Forest Service.


If the road has been improved at all (meaning that it is a gravel road), we use the street road type. There may be special circumstances, so contact an [[Colorado/Test#Area_Managers|Area Manager]] with any questions.
See this [[Forest_Service_Roads#Maintenance_Level_Road_Images|Forest Service Roads]] section about Forest Service roads for some clarification.


==State Highway vs State Route==
You may ask "Why use "Unpaved" or "Off-Road/Not Maintained" at all?"  Well, using Unpaved on a Street road type adds a Time penalty to those segments of road and using Off-Road adds a larger Time penalty. The Time penalty is used by the routing server to determine the fastest route and a Dirt road, no matter how improved, will never be as fast as Paved. But then why not use Off Road for all dirt?  In the app, there is a setting to Avoid Dirt. This can be set to just small lengths of Off Road or avoid them altogether. If we made the Unpaved roads all Off Road then 60% of all roads in the state would be avoided by the app and may give users very long routes where the Unpaved road would have saved hours of time.
We do follow the [https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/Road_names/USA#State_highways general guidelines] here, but in order to have some [https://wiki.waze.com/wiki/USA/Highway_naming_by_state consistency] throughout the state. Colorado uses State Highway (SH-xxx)


See [[{{BasePage2}}/Special roads]] for guidance in {{RootPage2}} that may not be universal to all other states and territories.
As always, there may be special circumstances.  If you feel you have a special circumstance please contact the State Manager or an [[#Area_Managers|Area Manager]] with any questions.


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Latest revision as of 20:18, 24 July 2017


Special Roads for Colorado

Example of a "2 track road." This would be set as Off Road / Not Maintained

Colorado uses the "unpaved" road attribute when the road is "dirt" or "gravel" but is maintained or "improved" by the city or county. This means that road is graded and leveled from time to time. The "Off-Road/Not Maintained" road type will be used for "2 track" jeep trail type unimproved roads. These type of roads are normally found in the mountain areas of the state and should rarely be used around or in any city environment. If you can't decide on what type to use just think, if a typical highway vehicle could easily travel (at 10 - 25 mph) should be considered a "street" with the "Unpaved" road attribute.

See this Forest Service Roads section about Forest Service roads for some clarification.

You may ask "Why use "Unpaved" or "Off-Road/Not Maintained" at all?" Well, using Unpaved on a Street road type adds a Time penalty to those segments of road and using Off-Road adds a larger Time penalty. The Time penalty is used by the routing server to determine the fastest route and a Dirt road, no matter how improved, will never be as fast as Paved. But then why not use Off Road for all dirt? In the app, there is a setting to Avoid Dirt. This can be set to just small lengths of Off Road or avoid them altogether. If we made the Unpaved roads all Off Road then 60% of all roads in the state would be avoided by the app and may give users very long routes where the Unpaved road would have saved hours of time.

As always, there may be special circumstances. If you feel you have a special circumstance please contact the State Manager or an Area Manager with any questions.