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This page is still being added to. However, the information on it is current, and should be followed when editing in Arizona.

City Names

Although Arizona follows the general road naming and road type guidelines of the USA, there are some road naming rules specific to Arizona that all Arizona editors MUST follow.

The city name field is not to be filled in. Only road segments that pass along the boundary of a city/town will receive a city name and locked to a higher level to prevent tampering. The sole purpose for this practice is to easily identify city boundaries. The city area itself is already identified by Waze. Adding a city name to a road could potentially cause routing issues, especially if one road changes from one city to another.

Alternate Names

Alternate names are not to be used on any Arizona roadways. They do not show up in on the map and have been known to have adverse routing effects. For other reasons, please see the explanation on City Names.

Functional Classification implementation

FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION IMPLEMENTATION INTO WAZE FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA HAS BEEN COMPLETED.


PLEASE REFER TO THIS FORUM TOPIC ON THE MATTER Types (USA) – comprehensive overhaul of drivable roads

Waze USA has agreed to set a national standard in accordance with the FHWA manual for establishing road classification types in Waze. The following information is in relation to how this is to be understood/applied for the state of Arizona.

Arizona to Waze Functional Classification conversion

ADOT Gis class and color description

Gis Legend
Gis Legend

The Arizona Classification and Color scheme come from the official Arizona D.O.T (ADOT) Functional Classification (FC) map that is published by ADOT. The legend shows what classifications ADOT uses and what color is assigned to each class.

Please refer to the Gis FC map link in the Helpful Links section below for access to the map.


This screenshot shows how the FC and color scheme appear in the GIS map.


ADOT to Waze conversion table

Highway Systems
Interstate US Hwy (incl. some special routes) State Hwy (incl. some special routes) State Hwy BUS, SPUR[a], LOOP Locally-maintained
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  Principal Interstate    Fw  n/a n/a n/a n/a
  Principal Freeway  n/a  Fw   Fw   Fw   Fw 
  Principal Other (Arterial)  n/a  Major   Major   Major   Major 
  Minor Arterial  n/a  Major   Minor   Minor   Minor 
  Major Collector  n/a  Major   Minor   PS   PS 
  Minor Collector  n/a  Major   Minor   PS   PS 
 Local/Not Mapped  n/a  Major   Minor   PS   Street 

Helpful Links

ArcGIS Functional Classification This version of the map will give you an error when zoomed to the entire state because it has too much data to load. If you zoom to a location, it will show all of the road segments.

This is the Arizona Department of Transportation APLAN ArcGIS Functional Classification map. This is the interactive map that all Arizona editors are to use when establishing FC implementation into the Waze Map Editor.

Arizona's State Highway System

An interactive map showing Arizona's highways.

RailRoads of Arizona

An interactive map showing all of Arizona's RailRoad network.

Arizona Mileposts

An interactive map showing the location of all the Arizona Highway mileposts.

Arizona Highway Rest Area

An interactive map showing all of the Arizona Rest Stops location.