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The result was keep. No valid reason for deletion was provided, so this could have been speedy kept. Any merge can be discussed on the talk page. SoWhy 11:24, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Basically a poorly written duplicate of an existing category. Chimneyrock (talk) 12:32, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Transportation-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 13:04, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per WP:CLN. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 07:22, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:18, 22 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge and redirect to List of road types by features. This list has a whopping amount of OR (alleys and cul-de-sacs are "lower capacity highways"?). The other list is more objective precise (although, on second look, some of the claimed features seem to verge on OR too, and very little of it is sourced) and complete, but there are some entries that aren't on there. Clarityfiend (talk) 12:03, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete. This list has a whopping amount of OR classification. Alleys and cul-de-sacs are "lower capacity highways"? I'm not sure if List of road types by features should be deleted or tagged for cleanup, but it's not worth merging to at present. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:32, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Under some definitions, any public right of way is a highway, not just the roadways most people think about when they hear the word highway. So yes, those would be "lower capacity highways". Imzadi 1979 → 06:01, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• I stand corrected. Apparently these are legitimate (if nutty) classifications.[1][2] Clarityfiend (talk) 22:35, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Hierarchy of roads? Clarityfiend (talk) 22:45, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Question. Is there a worldwide standard, or are there multiple competing ones? If the latter, this list is very misleading and incomplete. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:12, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• The answer is that this list is very misleading and incomplete. There is not only no worldwide standard, but here in the UK there is no national or even local standard. For example anything from a a short dirt track to a major Roman road hundreds of miles long, such as Watling Street or Ermine Street, can take the name "street". 86.17.222.157 (talk) 16:42, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• I just checked out our article on the street where my daughter lives and see that I was wrong above. It actually dates to pre-Roman times. 86.17.222.157 (talk) 20:59, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep—per WP:CLN. Imzadi 1979 → 06:03, 29 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• merge to Road#Road_terminology which it duplicates. Mangoe (talk) 15:15, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Road#Road_terminology per suggestion by Mangoe. Ajf773 (talk) 20:04, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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