Tag:footway=crossing

footway = crossing
Description
Crossings as separate ways
Group: Sidewalks
Used on these elements
Useful combination
kerb=* incline=* wheelchair=* smoothness=* surface=* tactile_paving=* width=* / est_width=* associatedStreet / street
See also
footway=sidewalk footway=* sidewalk=* cycleway=crossing
Status: approved
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Use footway=crossing, together with highway=footway, to tag perpendicular sections of footway at a crossing point between two sidewalks tagged as separate way or between the footway-road intersection nodes of a dual carriageway.

If sidewalks are mapped as property on the street and the road is just a single way in OSM, there is no need for a perpendicular way and this tag. See Sidewalks for more details and a comparison of the two tagging approaches.

See also the comprehensive explanation for bicycle way tagging.

How to map

See examples below for usage instructions. Tagging as an area is an optional addition, used in case of applying area:highway=* mapping.

Case	Way tags			Area tags	Diagrams	Tagging examples
Pedestrian crossing controlled by traffic signals	highway=footway + footway=crossing + crossing=traffic_signals			area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary) + junction=yes
Pedestrian crossing with zebra markings	highway=footway + footway=crossing + crossing=marked + crossing_ref=zebra			area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary) + junction=yes
Non-segregated "foot & bicycle" crossing	highway=path + path=crossing + foot=designated + bicycle=designated + segregated=no			area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary) + junction=yes + foot=yes + bicycle=yes
Segregated "foot & bicycle" crossing	Method 1 (one linear way): highway=path + path=crossing + foot=designated + bicycle=designated + segregated=yes			Foot crossing: area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary) + junction=yes Bicycle crossing: area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary) + junction=yes + bicycle=yes
	Method 2 (two linear ways): Through foot part: highway=footway + footway=crossing Through bicycle part: highway=cycleway + cycleway=crossing
Segregated "foot & bicycle" crossing with traffic calming island	Method 1 (one linear way):			Foot crossings: area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary) + junction=yes Bicycle crossings: area:highway=* (class of highway which footway is crossing with, eg. area:highway=primary) + junction=yes + bicycle=yes Foot part of the island: area:highway=footway Bicycle part of the island: area:highway=cycleway Side parts of the island: landuse=grass or leisure=garden or traffic_calming=island
	highway=path + path=crossing + foot=designated + bicycle=designated + segregated=yes	highway=path + foot=designated + bicycle=designated + segregated=yes	highway=path + path=crossing + foot=designated + bicycle=designated + segregated=yes
	Method 2 (two linear ways): Through foot part:
	highway=footway + footway=crossing	highway=footway	highway=footway + footway=crossing
	Through bicycle part:
	highway=cycleway + cycleway=crossing	highway=cycleway	highway=cycleway + cycleway=crossing

See also

• footway=* - Sidewalk tags for footways
• footway=sidewalk - Sidewalks as separate ways (A footpath on the side of a road.)
• footway=link (Proposal) - To link steps or a sidewalk with a road
• sidewalk=* - Indicates the presence or absence of a sidewalk (pavement/footway)
• cycleway=crossing - Bicycle crossing mapped as separate way
• associatedStreet / street
• Proposed features/Sidewalk as separate way#Crossings - approved proposal that introduced this tag