FREEWAY = 1 # Freeway (Multi-lane, controlled access)
PP_TH = 2 # Primary Provincial/Territorial highway
SP_TH_MA = 3 # Secondary Provincial/territorial highway/ municipal arterial
MC_USP_TH = 4 # Municipal collector/Unpaved secondary provincial/territorial highway
LS_WR = 5 # Local street/ winter road
3 was the sweetspot. The dataset can be explored here in case you want to get an intuition on detail level. https://geodata.bts.gov/datasets/usdot::north-american-roads...