openinterstate

Schema

Schemas drift when they live in prose, so this page is generated from the datapackage.json files shipped with the data (following the Data Package standard). What you read here is what the CSVs contain. Two datasets share one model: the core release ships corridors, exits, places, and the links between them, and the reachability release scores exit-place pairs that join back to those tables.

Core tables

Documented against release-2026-07-13-gha-33.

Name Description
corridors Contiguous directional interstate corridors.
corridor_edges Graph edges assigned to corridors.
corridor_exits Normalized exits linked to a corridor.
exit_aliases Source exit aliases mapped to normalized exits.
places Reachable places and services.
exit_place_links Spatial proximity links between exits and places.
reference_routes Routes for QA, examples, and exploration.

corridors

Contiguous directional interstate corridors.

Column Type Description
corridor_id integer Stable identifier for one directional corridor.
interstate_name string Interstate the corridor belongs to, like I-10.
direction_code string Canonical travel direction, like east.
direction_label string Capitalized form of direction_code.
geometry_geojson geojson Corridor geometry as GeoJSON LineString or MultiLineString text.
edge_count integer Number of graph edges assigned to the corridor.

corridor_edges

Graph edges assigned to corridors.

Column Type Description
edge_id string Deterministic edge identifier, like edge/I-35E/10125498410/82123455.
corridor_id integer Corridor the edge belongs to.
interstate_name string Interstate of the parent corridor.
direction_code string Canonical direction of the parent corridor.
length_m number Edge length in meters.
geometry_geojson geojson Edge geometry as GeoJSON LineString text.

corridor_exits

Normalized exits linked to a corridor.

Column Type Description
exit_id string OSM-derived exit identifier, like node/338162665.
corridor_id integer Corridor the exit sits on.
interstate_name string Interstate of the parent corridor.
direction_code string Canonical direction of the parent corridor.
sequence_index integer Zero-based position of the exit along the corridor.
exit_number string Posted exit number from OSM, like 1A. May be empty.
exit_name string Exit name from OSM. May be empty.
lat number Exit latitude in WGS84.
lon number Exit longitude in WGS84.
geometry_geojson geojson Exit location as GeoJSON Point text.

exit_aliases

Source exit aliases mapped to normalized exits. Ships empty in the current release. The alias-normalization layer is not yet populated.

Column Type Description
canonical_exit_id string Normalized exit that aliases collapse into.
source_exit_id string Source exit mapped onto the canonical exit.

places

Reachable places and services.

Column Type Description
place_id string OSM-derived place identifier, like node/10000051746.
category string Place category, like evCharging or restArea.
name string Name from OSM.
display_name string Name prepared for display.
brand string Brand from OSM. May be empty.
geometry_geojson geojson Place location as GeoJSON Point text.

Spatial proximity links between exits and places.

Column Type Description
exit_id string Exit side of the link. Joins corridor_exits.exit_id.
place_id string Place side of the link. Joins places.place_id.
category string Category of the linked place.
distance_m number Distance from exit to place in meters.
rank integer Proximity rank of the place for this exit, starting at 1.

reference_routes

Routes for QA, examples, and exploration. Only corridors that meet the route-builder thresholds are emitted. Short corridors may appear in corridors.csv without a matching reference route.

Column Type Description
reference_route_id string Deterministic route identifier.
interstate_name string Interstate the route follows, like I-10.
direction_code string Compact direction code, like EB.
direction_label string Readable direction, like Eastbound.
display_name string Route name, like I-10 Eastbound.
distance_m number Route distance in meters.
duration_s number Estimated drive time in seconds.
point_count integer Number of coordinates in the route geometry.
geometry_geojson geojson Route geometry as GeoJSON LineString or MultiLineString text.

Reachability tables

Reachability is computed with OSRM routing and documented against score-20260715-1351876. Scores run 0 to 100, higher is easier to reach, and every row joins back to the core tables through exit_id and place_id.

Name Description
reachability OSRM driving distance, duration, and a score per exit-place pair.
osrm_snap_hints Snapped coordinates and routing hints for incremental scoring runs.

reachability

OSRM driving distance, duration, and a score per exit-place pair.

Column Type Description
exit_id string Exit being scored. Joins corridor_exits.exit_id in the core release.
place_id string Place being scored. Joins places.place_id in the core release.
route_distance_m integer OSRM driving distance in meters. Empty when the pair is unreachable.
route_duration_s integer OSRM driving time in seconds. Empty when the pair is unreachable.
reachable boolean Whether OSRM found a driving route between the pair (t or f).
reachability_score number 0 to 100, higher is easier to reach. Penalized by route distance and exit-to-place offset. 0 when unreachable.
reachability_confidence number Confidence in the score from 0 to 1. Decreases with route distance.
provider string Routing engine that scored the pair, currently osrm.
provider_dataset_version string Provider dataset version when recorded. May be empty.
updated_at datetime When the pair was scored, UTC.

osrm_snap_hints

Snapped coordinates and routing hints for incremental scoring runs.

Column Type Description
source_scope string Source scope for the endpoint, like product.
endpoint_kind string Kind of snapped endpoint, like exit.
endpoint_id string OSM-derived identifier of the endpoint.
dataset_key string Key for the snapping dataset and config that produced the hint.
input_lon number Original longitude before snapping, WGS84.
input_lat number Original latitude before snapping, WGS84.
snapped_lon number Longitude snapped onto the routable road network.
snapped_lat number Latitude snapped onto the routable road network.
hint string Opaque OSRM hint token reused to skip re-snapping on later runs.
snapped_distance_m number Distance moved from the input point to the snapped point in meters.
updated_at datetime When the hint was produced, UTC.

Formats

Both datasets favor files you can open right now: plain CSV, GPX, and GeoJSON, with transparent lineage. Parquet and GeoParquet packaging will follow once the release path is stable.