Tag:historic=road

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Description
A road or street that is of historical importance. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: historic
Used on these elements
should not be used on nodesmay be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
See also
Status: in use

A tag for a road or street that is of historical importance, or preserved as an historical artifact.

Examples:

  • Alte Salzstraße - Via Regia, Lübeck, Germany [1]
  • Reichsautobahn Berlin-Königsberg, Poland [2]

How to map

Tag Notes
historic=road For the way or relation that comprises the historic road. This may be only part of the present-day road, if the road still exists as a modern road, and only a part is historic.
name=* Name of the road (usually already present if also a modern road).
tourism=attraction to mark it as a tourist attraction

Remarks

The more specific tag historic=roman_road is also used.