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St. Anthony 2040 Comprehensive Plan Chapter 6: Transportation <br /> <br />69 <br /> <br />EXISTING ROADWAY SYSTEM <br />The sections below provide information about the existing roadway system in St. <br />Anthony Village, including existing number of lanes, existing roadway jurisdiction, <br />existing functional classification, existing traffic, existing safety, and access <br />management. This chapter also includes summary recommendations from recent <br />plans and corridor studies. <br />Functional Classification <br />The functional classification system groups roadways into classes based on <br />roadway function and purpose. Functional classification is based on both <br />transportation and land use characteristics, including roadway speeds, access to <br />adjacent land, connection to important land uses, and the length of trips taken on <br />the roadway. <br /> <br />Four classes of roadways are included in the seven-county metropolitan area <br />functional classification system: principal arterials, minor arterials, collector <br />streets, and local streets. FIGURE 6-1 shows the existing functional classification of <br />each road in the City of St. Anthony Village and FIGURE 6-2 shows the existing <br />roadway jurisdiction. The following sections describe each functional class in <br />greater detail and indicate which roadways fall into each classification. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The functional classification system organizes a <br />roadway and street network that distributes traffic from <br />local neighborhood streets to collector roadways, then <br />to minor arterials and ultimately the principal arterial <br />system. Roads are placed into categories based on <br />the degree to which they provide access to adjacent <br />land and mobility for through traffic. Functional <br />classification gives an indication of the relative <br />hierarchy of roadways in the transportation network. <br /> Image: MnDOT