Yes, I have, but I read it again to brush up on it. Under what it says, the Taconic would be a borderline case even in the controlled access segments. However, the page says that highways with at-grade intersections should be downgraded to highway=trunk.

More importantly, the page also says the following:
These borderline cases have been the subject of edit wars. As such, roads that are "borderline" as described above (motorway islands and slightly degraded expressways) must not be changed from their current classification without consultation with the community to determine whether a consensus exists. Changes to the classification of these edge case roads without community discussion may be summarily reverted.

As such, I am reverting this to as it was before. If you want to change the classification, please consult the community in places like the OSM community forum, the OSMUS Slack, or the OSM Discord. I would be willing to make the classification changes myself if a new consensus is formed.