How do you create a street caseing (white middle but black outline) from a centerline street data?

[stefanlivingston2]

I have street centerline data and building footprints but I would like to make the centerline data into white in middle  and outlined in black so its easier to label - vs having the label on the line itself.

I have tried googling but no answers. Thanks.

[TimWitt2]

Stefan,

double click your street centerline, and as symbol choose freeway. Click on Edit Symbol and make the red layer white and leave the black layer. If you need the line to be thicker make sure to specify the thickness of each line in the Symbol property editor.

Tim

[XanderBakker]

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but you can use a double line symbology, using a thin white line (1.2 pts width) over a thicker black line (3 pts):

Or if the label text is not readable you can apply a Halo to make it more readable (edit the label symbol):

[SepheFox]

1. Go to the symbology for the line layer, click the symbol to edit it, and then select Edit Symbol.
2. Click the Type drop-down arrow in the Symbol Property Editor dialog box and click Cartographic Line Symbol.
3. Set the Units to Points.
4. Click the Color drop-down arrow and click black.
5. Set the Width to 3.4 points.
6. Click Butt for Line Caps and Round for Line Joins.
7. Click the Add A New Layer button .
8. Cartographic Line Symbol should already be selected as the Type.
9. Click white from the color palette.
10. Set the Width to 2.6 points.
11. Click Butt for Line Caps and Round for Line Joins.
12. Click OK.

[SepheFox]

Of course, there are several other ways to make your labels show up, including offsetting the labeling from the line, or even giving the label itself a white halo.

[WilliamMcLay]

I use a different approach. Each street segment has a "width" value in the attribute table. Using this field it is possible to use the Buffer command to create a new feature class that is a double line. This feature class can then be symbolized any way you want. I will assume that you do not have a "width" field, however, the Buffer command allows you to insert an offset value for all segments.