Dissolving line segments that do not intersect other line segments

[NathanPinti1]

Hi, 

As the title says, I'm trying to merge certain line segments that represent roads through geoprocessing (there is too much to do manual).  I want to merge segments of a road that do not intersect other segments (see attached pic for clarity).  Unfortunately I cannot just do a dissolve on the road name because it combines more segments than I want (and the road attribute fields do not have anything else set up to aid in this).

Is this possible?

Thanks

[DuncanHornby · Accepted solution]

Have you tried changing the un-split line parameter of the Dissolve tool?

[NathanPinti1]

This got me what I wanted, I was not aware of that function.  Thankyou

[DuncanHornby]

Glad that has helped you out. It's always worth spending a little time reading the help file on tool parameters as a simple tick of a box can often have a profound influence on the output and it might just be what you need.