diff --git a/resources/features/route__road.png b/resources/features/route__road.png
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diff --git a/resources/map_features.xml b/resources/map_features.xml
index fbc4a398..ae5ee749 100644
--- a/resources/map_features.xml
+++ b/resources/map_features.xml
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
     <inputSet ref="cycle"/>
     <inputSet ref="bicycle-lane"/>
     <inputSet ref="bus-route"/>
+    <inputSet ref="road-route"/>
     <inputSet ref="tram-route"/>
     <inputSet ref="pedestrians"/>
     <inputSet ref="roadLanes"/>
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@
     <inputSet ref="cycle"/>
     <inputSet ref="bicycle-lane"/>
     <inputSet ref="bus-route"/>
+    <inputSet ref="road-route"/>
     <inputSet ref="tram-route"/>
     <inputSet ref="pedestrians"/>
     <inputSet ref="roadLanes"/>
@@ -368,6 +370,17 @@
     </input>
   </inputSet>
 
+  <inputSet id="road-route">
+    <input type="route" name="Highway Route" description="Highway route" category="Transport" priority="low" presence="onTagMatch">
+      <match k="type" v="route"/>
+      <match k="route" v="road"/>
+      <icon image="features/route__road.png">
+         <font size="12pt">Route: <b>${ref}</b> (${network})</font>
+      </icon>
+    </input>
+  </inputSet>
+
+
   <inputSet id="tram-route">
     <input type="route" name="Tram Route" description="Tram route" category="Transport" priority="low" presence="onTagMatch">
       <match k="type" v="route"/>
diff --git a/resources/map_features/transport.xml b/resources/map_features/transport.xml
index a6462be6..19cf26a1 100755
--- a/resources/map_features/transport.xml
+++ b/resources/map_features/transport.xml
@@ -567,5 +567,25 @@
     <inputSet ref="wheelchair-basic" />
   </feature>
 
+  <feature name="Highway Route">
+    <category>transport</category>
+    <!-- this doesn't seem possible: icon image="${symbol}"> -->
+    <icon image="features/route__road.png">
+         <font size="12pt">Route: <b>${ref}</b> (${network})</font>
+    </icon>
+
+    <relation/>
+    <tag k="type" v="route"/>
+    <tag k="route" v="road"/>
+    <input type="freetext" presence="always" category="Details" name="Name" priority="high" key="name" description="Official route name"/>
+    <input type="freetext" presence="always" category="Details" name="Reference" priority="high" key="ref" description="The official reference number"/>
+    <input type="freetext" presence="always" category="Details" name="Network" key="network" description="The network the route is part of" priority="high"/>
+    <input type="freetext" presence="onTagMatch" category="Details" name="Symbol" key="symbol" description="URL of route symbol" priority="low"/>
+    <input type="freetext" presence="onTagMatch" category="Details" name="Route authority" key="operator" description="Who manages the route ('operator')" priority="low"/>
+    <input type="freetext" presence="onTagMatch" category="Details" name="Description" key="description" description="Text description of the route" priority="low"/>
+    <inputSet ref="source"/>
+    
+  </feature>
+
       
 </featureGroup>
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new file mode 100644
index 00000000..938d3a26
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+++ b/resources_src/route__road.svg
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