Building Reference

Roads are the pinnacle of foot and vehicle movement once the relevant updates get launched. On Frenily, we have a guideline as for how roads should look, so we can keep consistency. Some states may opt for certain deviations off these guidelines. Any deviations will be marked below all standards.

There's a couple types of roads:

Highways are roads that have buffers between the directions of travel, with at least two lanes going in each direction.
Each lane is at least 4 blocks wide and split by two white blocks and two black blocks, creating a dashed line.
Additionally, highways require a hard shoulder or emergency lane.
- The hard shoulder should be separated from the other lanes (live lanes) with a continuous white line.
- Some states may opt to replace the continuous white line with 3 blocks white, followed by 1 block black.
Highways are limited access roads. Meaning one can only join or leave the highway at designated exits.
- Highways should therefore be protected by a fence, block or another form of barrier, making sure this is more than 1 block tall as to prevent jumping on or over this perimeter fence.
- Exits and crossing roads should always be grade-separated. Highways can never have an at-grade intersection, unless the highway explicitly ends before and resumes after the junction.
- Interchanged between highways are preferred in a free flowing design (meaning no crossing traffic). If this is not possible, an alternative where the primary traffic flow is free flowing should be preferred, If this is also not possible, only then can alternatives with crossing traffic be considered.
- For more reference on highway intersections and exits, follow this guidance: Click here, A typical highway exit with sufficient radius bend
- Highway exit are always numbered. There is no direct numbering scheme, but exit numbers must follow each other up per direction, i.e. incrementing or decrementing per direction, numbers do not have to follow each other up by a set amount. There can be exits 1, 3, 4, 5 and 9, as long as per direction the number only goes either up or down.
Highways are built using black concrete or grey concrete as black blocks and white concrete as white blocks. Smooth stone should be used next to the concrete blocks. Some states may opt for different blocks.
Highways are always assigned a number or colour. Colours should be used for primary, interstate, routes, whilst a number can also be for interstate purposes and must be prepended with the capital letter M.
Highways must be signposted at beginning or entering with the Highway-Start sign (or a DirectionSign-Basic-*ToMotorway sign. When the highway is left or ends, a highway user must be presented with a Highway-End sign.
Bends and turns in highways should be of a sufficient radius. Image of a highway with a sufficient S bend
- An inner radius, as taken from the inner smooth stone line, should not be smaller than 8x8 blocks and can never be smaller than 5x5 blocks.

Expressways are roads that have buffers between the directions of travel. These need a minimum of one lane of travel in each direction.
Each lane is at least 3 blocks wide, 4 is preferred. If there are multiple lanes in the same direction, these lanes are split by two white blocks, followed by two black blocks, creating a dashed line.
Expressways do not typically have a hard shoulder or emergency lane. It is however at the discretion of the road designer to implement one if they see fit.
- Usually these lanes are a minimum of 2 blocks wide (3 is preferred), and split off the live lanes with a solid, continuous white line. In some scenarios (like tunnels), the road designer may opt to implement 2 or 3 blocks wide of smooth stone as a buffer between the live lane and the perimeter fencing.
Expressways are limited access roads. Meaning one can only join or leave the highway at designated exits.
- Expressways may be interrupted with at-grade intersections but grade-separated should be preferred, depending on the road design.
Expressways are built using black or grey concrete as black blocks and white concrete as white blocks. Smooth stone should be used as edge of concrete.
Expressways are usually assigned a number, prepended with a capital letter A. In certain scenarios, urban expressways under city or town council management can also have a street name rather than a number.
Expressways have no signage at the beginning, entrances, exits and end.
Bends and turns in expressways should be of a sufficient radius.
- An inner radius, as taken from the inner smooth stone line, should not be smaller than 6x6 blocks and can never be smaller than 4x4 blocks.

Primary roads make lower volume connections between certain destinations than highways and expressways. The can be used to intersect highways and provide a route from the highway to a destination, or flow from one destination to another.
Primary roads need a minimum of one lane of travel in each direction.
Each lane is at least 3 blocks wide, 4 is preferred.
There is no buffer required between directions of travel.
- A buffer may be placed if deemed necessary. A buffer should be of sufficient height to not permit jumping on or over the barrier.
- If no buffer is present and:
  - The road has one lane in each direction:
    - A solid white line may be placed between the lanes if overtaking is not permitted
    - A dashed white line (2 blocks white, 2 blocks black) may be placed if overtaking is permitted
  - If one or both directions of travel have more than one lane:
    - A solid yellow line should be placed between the directions of travel. Use yellow concrete for this line.
    - Lanes in the same direction of travel should be split with a dashed white line (2 blocks white, 2 blocks black)
Primary roads typically do not have grade-separated exits, with most being at-grade. The road with highest rate of primary traffic should have priority.
Primary roads are built using black or grey concrete as black blocks, white concrete as white blocks and yellow concrete for direction separation if one or both directions have more than one lane. Smooth stone should be used as concrete edges.
For the purposes of spreading people around the map, primary roads should still have perimeter fencing around the roads with frequent at grade junctions to join or leave the primary road.
Primary roads should have a number assigned. If a primary road is under management of a city or town council, a street name may be given instead or in addition.
Bends and turns in primary roads should be of a sufficient radius
- An inner radius, as taken from the inner smooth stone line, should not be smaller than 5x5 blocks and can never be smaller than 3x3 blocks.

Rural roads make low volume connections, frequently with no or very small destinations. They can be used to intersect highways in low density areas or continue as a downgraded route from an ongoing primary road.
Rural roads should have one lane of travel in each direction, though this is not required.
- Rural roads should not have more than one lane of travel in each direction, except:
  - Climbing lanes for long ascends
  - Turn lanes
- Should a rural road require more than one lane of travel in each direction, it should be upgraded to a primary road.
Each lane should be at least 3 blocks wide in the case of split directions, otherwise 5 blocks width in total.
No buffer is required between directions of travel.
Rural roads do not have grade-separated exits. All exits should be at-grade. The road with highest rate of primary traffic should have priority.
- If a rural road intersects with a primary road, typically the primary road should have priority.
Rural roads are built using black or grey concrete as black blocks, white concrete as white blocks.
It is recommended that 3 blocks of gravel are used as concrete edges.
Rural roads do not need perimeter fencing around the road, the 3-block-wide gravel edges serve the purpose of a buffer.
- Rural roads should usually not be built directly into or around towns, so spreading people is less of a purpose of a rural road.
- Rural roads therefore have less at grade junctions to nowhere.
Rural roads can be assigned a street name or B-grade road number
Bends and turns in rural roads should follow the same standards as primary roads where possible.

Urban roads are found in cities and towns and can be ,made in different classifications.

Arterial roads are primary roads used within city and town perimeters. Depending on volume, they can have one or multiple lanes in each direction, with a minimum of one lane in each.
Arterial roads follow the same design standards as Rural roads described above.
Arterial roads can have a number assigned, prepended with a capital letter A. Usually however, all urban roads have been designated a street name. Urban roads can have both.
Usually, arterial roads connect to collector roads. Sometimes arterial roads can also connect straight to tertiary streets.
Arterial roads usually do not connect to driveways or roadside parking.
In smaller urban areas like villages, arterial roads can be omitted in favour of collector roads.
All urban roads including arterial roads may include a yellow concrete as external edge to the carriageway, e.g. when smooth stone is used as a pavement/sidewalk.

Collector roads are secondary roads used within city and town perimeters.
Collector roads usually connect arterial roads to tertiary streets.
Collector roads usually have just one lane in each direction. Otherwise, collector roads follow the same design principles as Rural roads described above.
Collector roads can connect to driveways and have roadside parking.
All urban roads including collector roads may include a yellow concrete as external edge to the carriageway, e.g. when smooth stone is used as a pavement/sidewalk.

Tertiary streets are the smallest type of roads in the classifications.
Tertiary streets do not need any form of lane separation (either by barrier or line).
These streets can be made of other materials, but only of materials that are solid enough. Examples are stone types (like stone bricks, smooth stone and stone) and concretes.
Tertiary streets usually connect to either collector roads or arterial roads.
Tertiary streets can have roadside parking and connect to driveways. Alternatively, part of the carriageway can be designated to parking.
All urban roads including tertiary roads may include a yellow concrete as external edge to the carriageway, e.g. when smooth stone is used as a pavement/sidewalk.

Use this screenshot of Luton to see which road is which classification.

Nottingswell has no deviations from the standards.

The Blue Highway is laid out as double lane expressway between exits 48 and 52 as the Ring road for Durness, as is the same highway between Campole and Hawes as it passes through a valley.

Stonebury has no deviations from the standards.

Ashbourne has used yellow concrete not only as direction separator, but also as road edge on arterial and collector roads. This is not a deviation from the standard, but a discretion used by the road designer.

Southport uses yellow concrete as the separator between the black blocks and smooth stone used as pavement/sidewalk.

Barkdale has no deviations from the standards.

Luton uses an extensive barrier between directions on arterial roads, consisting of not only a wall, but also yellow concrete on the inner and outer edge of each carriageway. Luton also uses yellow concrete on collector and tertiary roads as separator between black blocks and smooth stone used as pavement.

Leicester uses yellow concrete in addition to the directional separator on the external edges of arterial roads.

Masarat has no deviations from the standards.

Fountain Islands has no deviations from the standards.

Sherbourg has no deviations from the standards.

Winterby uses yellow concrete for direction separation on all of it's single lane roads due to the winter conditions.

Kingsland has no deviations from the standards.

Yorkshire has no deviations from the standards.

Near Hull, the last leg of the Blue Highway is laid out as a single lane expressway.

Building Reference

Roads

Highways (red, blue, M4 etc)

Expressways (A11, part of A30 etc)

Primary roads (A100, A102, A105 etc)

Rural (secondary) roads

Urban roads

Arterial roads (primary routes)

Collector roads (secondary routes)

Tertiary streets (local roads)

State differences

Nottingswell

Stonebury

Barkdale

Masarat

Fountain Islands

Sherbourg

Kingsland

Yorkshire