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St. Anthony 2040 Comprehensive Plan Chapter 6: Transportation <br /> <br />66 <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 streets, <br />and local streets. FIGURE 6-1 shows the existing functional classification of each <br />road in the City of St. Anthony Village and FIGURE 6-2 shows the existing roadway <br />jurisdiction. The following sections describe each functional class in greater detail <br />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 the <br />degree to which they provide access to adjacent land <br />and mobility for through traffic. Functional classification <br />gives an indication of the relative hierarchy of roadways <br />in the transportation network. <br /> Image: MnDOT