Proposal:Protection gallery

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Protection gallery
Proposal status: Draft (under way)
Proposed by: SelfishSeahorse
Tagging: covered=protection_gallery
Applies to: way
Definition: To specify that a road or rails run in a protection gallery, i.e. a structure that protects a road or rails from avalanches, rockfall or mudflows.
Statistics:

Draft started: 2020-02-24

Proposal

A road with two successive protection galleries (way 730987344 and way 730987342.

covered=protection_gallery is added to a highway=* or railway=* way that runs in a protection gallery, i.e. a structure similar to a tunnel, but open on the valley side, which protects the road or rails from avalanches, rockfall or mudflows.

Rationale

Protection galleries are common in montaneous areas. However, there is currently no designated tag.

Current usage

covered=protection_gallery


tunnel=avalanche_protector


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