Tag:curve=hairpin

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Public-images-osm logo.svg curve = hairpin
Australia road sign W1-7-L.svg
Description
A hazardous hairpin or switchback curve Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: hazards
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Requires

hazard=curve

Useful combination
Status: approvedPage for proposal

A hairpin turn, hairpin curve, or switchback is a curve of approximately 180 degrees.

How to map

Tag either a nodetraffic_sign=* or a stretch of wayhighway=* with:

Signage examples

The tables below show what hairpin curve signage looks like in various countries.

Australia Bangladesh Botswana Canada Canada
(Ontario)
Canada
(Quebec)
Chile Colombia
Australia road sign W1-7-L.svg Bangladesh road sign B11 L.svg SACU road sign W206.svg British Columbia W-4R.svg
(B.C.)
Québec D-110-6-D.svg Québec D-110-6-D.svg Chile road sign PG-6a.svg Colombia road sign SP-70.svg
Israel Italy Mexico Nepal New Zealand Panama Peru Philippines
4-א Israely road sign.svg Italian traffic signs - tornante.svg MUTCD W1-11R.svg Nepal road sign B11-L.svg New Zealand PW-19 (left).svg MUTCD W1-11R.svg Peru road sign P-5-2A.svg Philippines road sign W1-6 R.svg
South Africa Thailand USA Uruguay
SADC road sign TW207.svg Thailand road sign ต-50.svg MUTCD W1-11R.svg Uruguay Road Sign Hairpin.svg

See also