QUOTE: Originally posted by ben_ringrose I was about to construct a road on my N scale layout and i was wondering if anyone knew how wide the road should be? Any information would help. Thanx Benjamin R.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by trainnut57 [Also, I am modeling an era when road width was determined by the size of the "average" vehicle. In the 40's and 50's, vehicles were not as large as they are now and larger roads were relagted to big cities only. Good Luck.
hschroeder wrote:Looking up the instructions on the Woodland Scenics Road System paving tape box, it states as follows for N scale:scale NCity Street 2-1/4"Country Road 1-3/8"Highway Lanes 7/8" - 1-3/8" sidewalk 1/4"(Note: figures are rounded to the nearest 1/8")Howard Schroeder "N" Norfolk Southern Modeler
Is this per lane?
gatrhumpy wrote: hschroeder wrote:Looking up the instructions on the Woodland Scenics Road System paving tape box, it states as follows for N scale:scale NCity Street 2-1/4"Country Road 1-3/8"Highway Lanes 7/8" - 1-3/8" sidewalk 1/4"(Note: figures are rounded to the nearest 1/8")Howard Schroeder "N" Norfolk Southern Modeler Is this per lane?
A lane is generally 10'-12' wide. In N scale 3/4inch = 10 feet. 12 foot lanes are a national standard, but there are many exceptions both wider and narrower in the real world.
On California multilane highways the lanes are usually stripped 12 feet wide (the minimum is 10 feet). Until about 10 years ago the right side edge line was painted 1 foot into the shoulder making the right lane 13 feet wide.