My road file is in short segments and I want to use dissolve the lines to merge the line segments together based on roads type - (primary/secondary). Several road segments that all have the same type I would like to be 1 line - The only way I have been able to get this to work is through an edit session, selecting all the segments and then (edit - merge) - however this file is huge, I am working with a clip portion currently trying to develop a process and I should just be able to dissolve the lines based on type. I have tried dissolve, unsplit, in a file geodatabase and as shape files. I have attached a graphic - all lines selected (blue) and black lines are all primary lines. My end goal is to merge the segments together based on type, then planarize based on road intersections. This will give me the road segments I need to work with.
I am working in 10.1