Deletion of List of roads in Howard County, Maryland

Comment: Per the above comments, this is a list of major, notable roads rather than simply a "street directory". It's also not indiscriminate, as counties are prominent geographic areas, so  doesn't apply
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTDIR)

Comment: as indexes of encyclopedia articles about encyclopedic roads that pass through encyclopedic Howard County, Maryland or Carroll County, Maryland, and in furtherance of coverage of the transportation infrastructure of those two counties.  These lists just seem to offend the nominator's idea of what kinds of subjects an encyclopedia should cover (see ), rather than having any actual policy-related flaws in concept or execution (at least in the absence of an explanation of how  specifically does and should apply here).  A map would be a nice thing to add to the lists, actually
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:UNENCYCLOPEDIC||WP:NOTDIR)

Comment: mdash;per .  clearly this kind of grouping of roads is notable as a reason for grouping.  i don't see that NOTDIR applies here; the only possibility is #1, and this doesn't fall under that because it's not "loosely associated".  not to make an otherstuff argument, but consensus, e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&redirs=1&ns0=1&search=intitle%3A+list+of+roads&limit=500&offset=0 this search, seems to be that lists of roads in a place are notable, even fictional places: List of Middle-earth roads.&mdash
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:LISTN)