Tag:barrier=cattle_grid

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barrier = cattle_grid
Description
A hole in the road surface covered in a series of bars that allow wheeled vehicles but not animals to cross. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Group: barriers
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Status: approvedPage for proposal

A [W] cattle grid consists of a hole in the road surface which is covered with a series of bars that allow wheeled vehicles but not animals to cross. Also referred to as a cattle guard, vehicle pass, cattle stop or Texas gate.

How to map

Simply add the tag barrier=cattle_grid to the node where the cattle grid is located.

Useful combinations

An access=* tag might be useful.

Variants

You could combine with cattle_grid=* for variants:

cattle_grid=electric Metal plating on the ground that give shocks to those touching it barefoot
Electric wires over the ground that give shocks to those touching it
cattle_grid=virtual A fake cattle grid made from closely spaced paint lines.