Tag:curve=hairpin

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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
See also
Status: approvedPage for proposal
More details at taginfo
Tools for this tag

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

(B.C.)
Israel Italy Mexico Nepal New Zealand Panama Peru Philippines
South Africa Thailand USA Uruguay

See also

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