Hi,

Thanks for contributing. Unfortunately I've had to revert this classification change, as NY-201 doesn't quite meet the standard for "motorway" under the current NYS classification guidelines. You can read more about them here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TMP-Proposal:_New_York/Highway_Classification

In short, motorway is used for not only the highest performance roads, but for roads that are both controlled-access and the highest level of importance. Route 17 is a good example here; NY-201 might be controlled-access, but it's definitely not as important as Route 17. To tag a road that is limited or controlled access, but isn't important enough to be a motorway, you can use highway=primary+expressway=yes.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
John