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This data layer contains a single line representation of all Newton’s street segments. This includes private streets, rights of way and paper (unbuilt) streets. There are several duplicate street names in Newton. In August, 2020 a new segment identifier was created based on the street ID from the address database. This will replace the old Hansen-based (DPW_ID) identifier.

Features and Attributes

Each line feature represents a distinct segment usually broken up at intersections but sometimes split where a change in the street’s attributes occur. For example a street may be a public way for the first 200 feet and then become private. Attributes describe the following

1. Street identifiers such as name, segment ID and the Department of Public Works’s segment identifier used in their complete streets software and database.
2. Type of street (Major artery, secondary, private, etc.) and one way status.
3. Addressing Information – not to be used as a substitute for a master address file but useful for linear referencing.
4. The streets at the beginning and end of each segment (from and to streets).
5. Snow plowing routes.

   Name	Alias	Description	Type	Width
   NAME	NAME	Street Name	Text	20
   DPW_ID	DPW ID	DPW unique segment identifier	Double	38
   LF	Left From Address	Lowest address number-left side of street	Integer	5
   LT	Left To Address	Highest address number-left side of street	Integer	5
   RF	Right From Address	Lowest address number-right side of street	Integer	5
   RT	Right To Address	Highest address number-right side of street	Integer	5
   ONEWAY	One Way Code	Code to indicate one way regulations	Text	2
   	***coded values***
   	<Null>	Two Way Street
   	Y	One Way Street
   	DV	One way section of divided street
   	R	Highway Ramp
   	L	One way during limited hours
   	X	No Vehicular Access
   TYPE	Street Class	Street Classification	Text	15
   	***coded values***
   	Abandoned	Abandoned Street
   	Highway Ramp	Highway Ramp
   	Interstate	Interstate Highway
   	Major	Major Aretery
   	Minor	Local Road
   	Paper	Paper Street
   	Private	Private Street
   	Private-Paper	Private Paper Street
   	ROW	Right of Way
   FROM_ST	From	Street at beginning of segment	Text	45
   TO_ST	To	Street at end of segment	Text	45
   SnowRoute	Snow Plowing Route	Snow plowing route	Text	4
   StreetID	Street ID	Street ID-from address IDs, not unique	Integer	5
   Segment	Segment ID	Segment number-unique for each street	Text	4
   Segment_ID	Street Segment ID	Unique ID for each segment-combo street & segment	Text	10
   Complete_SegID	Complete Streets ID	Unique ID for complete streets program	Text	44
   From_Intersection	From Intersection	ID of intersection at the start of the street segment	Integer	5
   To_Intersection	To Intersection	ID of intersection at the endof the street segment	Integer	5

Last Updated: April, 2024