Tag:handrail=yes

handrail =
Description
Defines that there is at least one handrail.
Group: properties
Used on these elements
Useful combination
highway=steps highway=path sac_scale=*
Status: de facto
handrail=yes $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo
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Handrails are rails designed to be grasped by the hand so as to provide stability. The handrail= tag describes the presence of handrails on steps and paths.

Define the position of the handrails (in the direction of the OSM way):

• handrail:left=yes
• handrail:right=yes
• handrail:center=yes

Example

On a way:

• highway=steps
• handrail=
• handrail:left=yes
• handrail:center=yes
• handrail:right=yes

See highway=steps for more examples.

Gallery

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  Stairway handrails at the bambuseae of Juknogwon, South Korea
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  The Goodwin shopping center. Tyumen, Russia.
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  Handrails on a Korean hiking trail
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  Handrails on a Korean hiking trail

See also

• Proposed features/Steps features - proposal for this feature
• highway=steps - For flights of steps on footways and paths
• highway=path - A generic path used by pedestrians, small vehicles, for animal riding or livestock walking. Not designated for use by two-track vehicles. Very broad, non-specific meaning
• ramp=* - Whether a ramp for bicycles, strollers, wheelchairs and/or luggage is built into a stairway
• incline=* - Incline steepness